How to disable horizontal scroll in visual studio code?

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When I scroll with the touch pad with two fingers in Visual Studio Code, I often scroll to the sides a little by accident. This is a bit annoying. I'd be happy to have it scroll only up and down.

Ariel Gabizon · Answer 1 · 2017-08-30T11:45:26.133

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A partially satisfying solution, is to simply press Alt + z, to have the lines wrapped, and then it doesn't scroll to the side. You can also make wordWrap default as described here How do I turn on text wrapping by default in VS Code

edited Aug 30 '17 at 11:45

answered Aug 14 '17 at 10:38

Ariel Gabizon

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If you don't want to use word wrap on long lines of code, you can use `shift+mousewheel` to scroll horizontally, or `shift+alt+mousewheel` which is faster. (This doesn't help the OP on a tablet, but I find it better on the desktop than using the horizontal scrollbar. – aamarks Jun 17 '19 at 21:18
Or just hit `home` twice to move to the start of the line. – aamarks Jun 17 '19 at 21:24
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On version 1.47.3 (Mac), enabling word wrap doesn't disable horizontal scrolling. The original problem still persists. This is due to Gitlens (see other answer). – spoulson Aug 10 '20 at 19:18
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For macOS Big Sur Version 11.5.2 `option+z` worked. – George Carvalho Sep 22 '21 at 19:59

score 57 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 15 '19 at 11:13

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If you have this problem because of Gitlens (blame lines), the solution i found is to disable gitlens.currentLine.scrollable (or set it to false in the settings json file.

answered Jun 15 '19 at 11:13

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Similarly with ErrorLens there is a "Scrollbar hack" setting to fix this. – Akh Mar 01 '22 at 03:48

WasiF · Answer 3 · 2021-09-23T06:26:37.487

Pressing alt + z to disable horizontal scrolling, works fine for a current single file. If you want permanent solution then for every file you visit? then follow:

Settings > Text Editor > Diff Editor > Word Wrap to on

Note: in case you don't know where is this Settings, just go

1. Via MENU

File > Preferences > Settings > Text Editor > Diff Editor > Word Wrap

2. Via shortcut Keys

On Windows

ctrl + , (control + comma)

On Mac - correct me if I am wrong

command + , (command + comma)

score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 17 '18 at 09:59

Just want to add that some plugins, like GitLens, may mess this setting up.

E.g., with GitLens, it can add git blame information inline, at the end of each line of code, showing you who is responsible for that line's current version, and when.

Unfortunately, this information will not only be to the right of the wrap column, e.g. 80, it'll also "unlock" the horizontal scrolling, even when no GitLens blame annotation is there.

I haven't found any fix for this other than disabling such features.

Think this should be a comment and not answer (or maybe even open a new question) — Ariel Gabizon, Dec 18 '18 at 15:48

Anushil Kumar · Answer 5 · 2020-09-05T10:13:53.797

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Just press ALT + Z -> To enable/disable the horizontal scroll

edited Sep 05 '20 at 10:13

answered Dec 06 '19 at 08:26

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shortcut is used by nvdia geforce experience, do u know the exact setting of this, so that I can go manually toggle it – Time May 31 '23 at 15:25

rickandmorty · Answer 6 · 2021-03-18T05:05:07.787

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⌥ + z

the shortcut for Mac. you welcome

edited Mar 18 '21 at 05:05

answered Mar 16 '21 at 02:00

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iMujtaba8488 · Answer 7 · 2021-02-06T05:25:45.777

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Config: MBP 2018 | Using Magic Mouse 2.

For me, I had accidentally set the 'Scroll Beyond Last Column' to 80 chars. Just resetting it to default settings is what worked for me. Hope it does for you all!

Update (6th Feb, 2021): Enabling the mini-map again causes the problem. So disabled it to get rid of the issue.

edited Feb 06 '21 at 05:25

answered Mar 21 '20 at 07:41

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For me default, 5, was still a problem, setting to 0 was the final pain relief :) – mPrinC Jun 29 '20 at 12:26

Eye Sight · Answer 8 · 2021-04-30T13:14:28.347

February 2020 (version 1.43) update adds an option called: Scroll Predominant Axis

Scrolling predominant axis

When trying to scroll vertically using a modern touchpad, it oftentimes happens that the file scrolls horizontally as well. There is now a new setting, editor.scrollPredominantAxis (which is set to true by default) which blocks "diagonal" scrolling. This forces scrolling gestures to be either vertical or horizontal (based on the highest absolute scroll delta), but never diagonal.

When enabled,it prevents any diagonal scrolling.
It guesses your scrolling to either vertical scroll or horizontal scroll.

It says by default it is enabled. If not then you can enable in Scroll Predominant Axis in settings.

Screenshot: Editor: Scroll Predominant Axis

Or in settings.json

"editor.scrollPredominantAxis": true

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 27 '23 at 15:41

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I changed Word Wrap Column and saw scroll.

File > Preferences > Settings > Text Editor > Diff Editor > Word Wrap Column

answered Feb 27 '23 at 15:41

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 03 '23 at 02:30

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Late to the question, but because the in-VS-Code solutions were not to my liking I looked elsewhere:

If you are on a Mac with with Magic Mouse you can use BetterTouchTool to disable Horizontal Scrolling just for the Code app.

answered Apr 03 '23 at 02:30

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score -2 · Answer 11 · answered May 09 '21 at 07:20

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Use Ctrl + E, then Ctrl + W for disable horizontal scrolling.

For more details, you can refer this cite: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/disable-horizontal-scrolling-in-visual-studio-2019/612873.

answered May 09 '21 at 07:20

Ben Feng

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