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Best Way to Scroll Horizontally Without a Magic Mouse

person Patrick Bushe ยท calendar_today May 1, 2026

Horizontal scrolling on Windows machines generally requires painfully clicking and dragging a tiny scrollbar at the bottom of the screen. The best way to scroll horizontally sideways without owning an expensive Apple Magic Mouse is utilizing the Smooth Scrolling extension. It enables keyboard modifier inputs; holding the Shift key completely rotates your scroll axis. Flicking your standard vertical scroll wheel results in perfectly mapped, buttery-smooth horizontal panning across massive digital datasets.

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