"Smooth Scrolling" is a very useful feature and can be found in almost all popular web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, etc. Smooth Scrolling slides down the web page smoothly and helps you in reading a long web page easily. Without smooth scrolling, the browser directly jumps down one page and doesn't look good.
Surprisingly, one of the most popular and widely used web browser "Google Chrome" doesn't come with this basic feature. But did you know there is a hidden setting to enable this useful feature?
Today in this tutorial, we are going to share a small and easy to use trick which can be used to enable smooth scrolling feature in Google Chrome web browser.
If you are a Google Chrome user and want to enable this feature, check out following simple steps:
1. Open Google Chrome, type chrome://flags or about:flags in addressbar and press Enter. It'll open a secret configuration page of Google Chrome as mentioned here. It's quite similar to Mozilla Firefox's about:config page. It lets you enable or disable many hidden and experimental features in Google Chrome.
2. Scroll down a little until you see "Smooth Scrolling" option. It would be disabled by default.
3. Click on "Enable" link given under the option and then click on "Relaunch Now" button as shown in following screenshot:
4. That's it. It'll restart the web browser and you'll be able to enjoy smooth scrolling in Google Chrome.
PS: There are many more hidden and interesting tweaks available in chrome://flags page, check them out.
Thanks to our reader "TheAslan" for sharing this trick...
Posted by: Vishal Gupta | Categories: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
PetarVlad
I've tried to emulate such behavior via add-ons,
but i wasnt happy with the results...
This is a great tweak, thanks Vishal! :)
VG
^^ Welcome and thanks to TheAslan too. :)
Prabhjot sohal
Great job
here is a place where i can learn many more things
VG
^^ Thanks. :)
Ramesh
Should this work in Comodo Dragon (Chrome based browser)? When i type chrome://flags and press enter, it showing google search results for chrome://flags always.
Amiel
why is this feature not enabled by default?
Rtyh-12
@Amiel
It's unstable, apparently. Don't worry, it works.
But anyway, I've been using an add-on called 'Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller', works wonders, you should really try it out.
TheAslan
about://flags opens chrome://flags too, it'll redirect you there, it works in both ways =)
Anjan Ghosh
OK, now here's a hidden feature in Opera: the Voice or Talk to Opera feature. With the help of this unique feature, you can tell Opera what to do or ask it to read a web page. Also note that this feature was not hidden before Opera 12; but it's hidden in Opera 12 onwards. To enable it, go to opera:config > Voice XML > Voice XML enabled (check this). For voice settings/preferences, go to Preferences > Advanced > Voice...
Vijay Rulz
@Ramesh.
Open Comodo Browser, type in url as dragon://flags. It works. For more type in url as dragon://chrome-urls
Ramesh
Thanks Vijay, that worked.
But even after enabling smooth scrolling i noticed no change in scrolling at all (i did relaunch the browser).
Nirmohi Rahani
Thnxx VG :) nice article.
zydrius32
Looks nice ❂.❂
Albert De Castro
The 'Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller' extension is great but Facebook doesn't work properly with this extension enabled. It's a shame Google Chrome doesn't have a proper feature like this by default - the tip above works fine, but it's nothing compared to the smoothness of Firefox or IE.
Dex
thanx (Y)