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Improve the scrolling experience in VS Code Terminal

Oct 26, 2023

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I’ve been frustrated about reading the output of my program when using VS code. Each scroll has a big leap that makes it hard to read the output. But now I have found the Solution.

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Enable Terminal Smooth Scrolling & Change Terminal Mouse Sensitivity

1. Enable Terminal Smooth Scrolling

If you don’t know how to add directly to Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON).
Go to settings to enable the Terminal Smooth scrolling

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Smooth Scrolling Settings

Else

Add this code to the Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON).
“terminal.integrated.smoothScrolling”: true

2. Change Terminal Mouse Sensitivity

Go to settings if you don’t know Open User Settings (JSON).

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Smooth Scrolling Settings

Else

Add this code to the Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON).
Change the sensitivity based on your preferences
"terminal.integrated.mouseWheelScrollSensitivity": 0.1

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Andrew Surya
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