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difference between autoscrolling and smooth scrolling

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what is the difference between autoscrolling and smooth scrolling

what is the difference between autoscrolling and smooth scrolling

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You enable auto-scroll by clicking the middle mouse (scroll wheel) button on empty space on the website. This makes the auto-scroll icon appear You move the mouse up or down to auto-scroll in that direction.

If you enable smooth scrolling then you scroll by pixel and not by line height, so it is less jumpy but takes more CPU/GPU load.

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You enable auto-scroll by clicking the middle mouse (scroll wheel) button on empty space on the website. This makes the auto-scroll icon appear You move the mouse up or down to auto-scroll in that direction.

If you enable smooth scrolling then you scroll by pixel and not by line height, so it is less jumpy but takes more CPU/GPU load.