Scroll through Documents

By Cynthia, 14 November, 2025

Do either of the following:

  • Using mouse actions or keystrokes
    • To navigate around the documents vertically, scroll the mouse wheel or press the Down or Up Arrows on the keyboard.
    • To navigate around the document horizontally, press Shift and scroll the mouse wheel. 

While scrolling in a document, you can lock the scroll direction to prevent the document from being scrolled out of place, especially when the document is zoomed in and scrolled within tablets. The steps are as follows:

  • Choose File > Preferences > General, and check the Show scroll lock button option under the Status Bar to enable scroll lock. Once enabled, the scroll lock icons will be displayed in the Status Bar. 
  • Click on the Status Bar to lock the scroll horizontally. 
  • Click on the Status Bar to lock the scroll vertically. 
  • Click both and on the Status Bar to freeze the screen so that you can read the current view of the document.  

 

  • Scroll automatically

Automatic scrolling allows users to view documents without using mouse actions or keystrokes. Foxit PDF Editor also enables you to change the scrolling speed with ease.

A. Choose View > AutoScroll.

B. Do one of the following:

  • To increase or decrease the scrolling speed, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key, depending on the direction of scrolling. To change the scrolling speed to a specific speed, press a number key (9 for the fastest, 0 for the slowest). 
  • To reverse the direction of scrolling, press the minus sign (-) key.
  • To jump to the next or previous page, press the Right Arrow key or Left Arrow key respectively.
  • To stop automatic scrolling and go back to Hand Command mode, click AutoScroll again or press the Esc key.
  • To pause automatic scrolling, press the Space key.

You can also perform auto-scrolling with the middle mouse button if this feature is enabled. To do so, please follow the steps below. 

  • Ensure that the auto-scroll function for the middle mouse button is enabled in the Preference settings.

  • Use one of the following methods to scroll pages:

    • Press the middle mouse button, and then move the mouse to scroll the pages. You can press the middle mouse button again to exit AutoScroll mode. 

    • Press and hold the middle mouse button, and then move the mouse to scroll the pages. You can release the middle mouse button to exit AutoScroll mode. (Available in Subscription Releases)

       

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