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In most browsers, you can middle click on a non-link to enable auto-scroll:

i.e. you middle click and this icon appears, then the page auto-scrolls in whatever direction you move your mouse. This is useful for creating a slow-scrolling screen for reading longform text, like a teleprompter. If configured properly (where moving the mouse further from the autoscroll icon increases speed), it is also a convenient way to scroll large distances quickly.

    what are "most browsers" here?

      Firefox does this by default. It looks like you have to get an extension for it in Chrome. Could have sworn this was standard -- I am pretty sure it used to be in older systems, but I guess it's less common now. It's still a great feature that I miss from Firefox.

      i think its more common on windows, chrome, ff, edge, to name a few, have it

        Yes, I agree. I tried to add this feature via an "autoscroll" chrome extension, but the extension isn't working on Orion. When navigating with a mouse it's second nature for me and thus without it, I feel hobbled. This and the ability to incrementally adjust the zoom level by finer 1% increments makes me feel less comfortable in Orion.

          3 months later

          +1, I’m trying to replace Firefox with Orion (again) and this is a feature I miss when using a mouse. There is no quicker and easier way to scroll a long webpage. Demo:

          • Vlad replied to this.

            adorabilis When you say no quicker way, isn't native two finger gesture scroll both quicker and feels more native? You can do this both on the trackpad and apple mouse. It is fast and does not involve any clicks.

                adorabilis How are these tw related? they ask for different behaviour? Can there be a way to simplify this to same behavior? We do not like to stray away from native and when we do I appreciate when the ask is simple.

                    Vlad They’re different behaviours. Sorry for the confusion. I thought the link might help interested users discover another suggestion that shares the same spirit (QOL improvement for using Orion with a mouse).

                        I use 'autoscroll' all the time, and not having it available in Orion is frustrating for me. I'm also in the camp of users who frequently use a non-Apple mouse with my PC (specifically, a Logitech MX Anywhere), so I don't have easy access to two-finger scrolling a lot of the time.

                          17 days later

                          Just feel like chiming in here. I have a Macbook, when I'm working on the couch or whatever, yes the trackpad is great. But most of the time I'm at my desk using an ergonomic keyboard and mouse. I use the Kinesis Advantage keyboard and the Evolent vertical mouse.

                          I use these to avoid pain in my wrists and fingers so it's very important.

                          I'm trialing Kagi and Orion, my typical browser is Firefox almost entirely because of this auto-scroll (and better privacy related extensions). My mouse has a mouse wheel but that's it's own sort of painful and I only use it in certain situations. So for me, this is an unfortunate missing feature of Orion.

                          I have seen that there are some extensions that allow global auto-scrolling in macOS (for example https://smooze.co). Similar to how I've learned that 1password has a universal auto-fill (and as such I don't need the extension in Orion), maybe this is a good solution for me in more cases than just Orion.

                          a month later

                          We added a working extension that does this in our Popular extension section with this update (124.2)

                            5 months later
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