AutoScroll

This extension adds customizable autoscroll support to Chrome.

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AutoScroll is a Chrome extension designed to bring customizable autoscroll support to users primarily on Linux and Mac platforms, where native autoscroll is limited. With AutoScroll, you can easily scroll pages by pressing (or holding) the middle mouse button and moving the mouse, or by holding Ctrl/⌘ and left-clicking.

The extension offers flexible scrolling modes including sticky and non-sticky scrolling, avoids scrolling on textareas or links to prevent disruptions, and includes adjustable settings like scroll speed to tailor the experience to your preferences. While it works on most web pages, it has known limitations and requires a refresh or browser restart after installation. Due to Chrome security policies, it cannot operate on chrome:// URLs or the Chrome Web Store pages.

Discover the full changelog and contribute on GitHub to stay updated and make the most of this handy browsing enhancement.

By:: https://kaescripts.blogspot.com
Users:: 80,000+
Rating:: 4.21

(665)
Version:: 4.10 (Last updated: 2018-11-21)
Creation date:: 2018-11-21
Risk:: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: storage
Size:: 52.94K
Email:: pc*****@gmail.com
URLs:: Website
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 20 hours ago

Ranking

# 2,439 ▲ 81

Other rankings

#1660 in Accessibility ▲ 2

#12 in scroll keyword 17

#21 in hold keyword 2

#58 in press keyword 20 ▼ 1

#101 in mouse keyword 42 ▲ 7

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User reviews

Users appreciate AutoScroll for enhancing browsing, particularly on Linux systems and browsers like Brave and Vivaldi. It provides useful autoscrolling capabilities not natively available on some platforms and is helpful for specific tasks like manga reading and screen recording. However, recurring issues include it being outdated (Manifest v2) and facing removal from the Chrome Web Store, inconsistent functionality on various sites, need for manual flag configuration, and imperfect features such as starting scroll from hyperlinks and hand-free scrolling.

Pros

Easy to use and improves browsing experience, especially on Linux and for specific devices like Steam Deck.
Works well on various browsers like Brave and Vivaldi on Linux.
Valuable for users where native middle-click autoscroll is not available.
Useful for hands-on scrolling when configured properly.
Good for specific use cases like screen recording or reading manga.

Cons

The extension is outdated and uses Manifest v2, which leads to it being disabled or removed due to Chrome Web Store policies.
Does not work consistently across all sites and browsers, including issues on new Reddit design and React SSR errors.
Requires manual flags or workaround commands on Linux to function properly, which may not be user-friendly.
Some features like starting scroll from hyperlinks do not work reliably.
Not truly 'auto' as sometimes user must hold keys or mouse button to scroll.

Recent reviews

Very good extension, but it has already been removed, it seems it's no longer possible to install it, my browser has disabled it and I had to enable it manually, but I can imagine it will be gone for the next update if the devs don't fix this. Chrome web store says it doesn't fulfill their recommended practices and thus they will disable it and that's what is already happening it seems. Disgraceful that things are like this.

Josue Cortez, 2025-04-15

Check out AutoScroll 2.0 in the web store. It's an update of the extension to Manifest v3.

John Deptuch, 2025-02-17

Por favor, antes de que inhabiliten la extensión, que el desarrollador la actualice porque es la única que me funciona tan bien.

SomeHow, 2025-01-22

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Extension safety

Risk impact

AutoScroll requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

AutoScroll has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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