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Is there any way to achieve smoother scrolling than this:

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Why can't notebooks scroll like chrome or safari? I'm using OSX 11.1 on macOS 10.12.4.

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  • $\begingroup$ It looks like problems of interaction of MMa with X-server on your Mac. I've seen something similar on some builds of Linux.. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 23, 2017 at 16:09
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    $\begingroup$ @Rom38 There is not X server involved on the Mac. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 23, 2017 at 16:32
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    $\begingroup$ Why don't you ask Wolfram Support? The more people complain, the more likely that this issue will be prioritized. I think the problem is related to two things: 1. large and complex graphics objects that are slow to render 2. a non-optimal redraw strategy: that graphics is re-rendered more often than needed. As you noticed, the Mathematica front end fell significantly behind browsers. It wasn't always so. To be fair, browser makes have a lot more resources and manpower to develop their software. But still: the M front end could be faster. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 23, 2017 at 16:34
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    $\begingroup$ Had that exact problem for all 10.xx versions. Was so bad I had to use page up and down to scroll through a large notebook. Then it disappeared with 11.0. I hope it has not made a comeback in 11.1... $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 24, 2017 at 1:34
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    $\begingroup$ @Rom38 Yes, there are X servers available for Mac, as they are for Windows. But most applications don't use them. Mathematica certainly doesn't, and works without an X server installed. I don't think this problem has anything to do with X servers, or that Mathematica on Mac is comparable in this respect with Mathematica on Linux. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 24, 2017 at 9:35

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Here is something you might try. It made the scrolling behavior much better for me, although it could still be improved:

Open the Preferences menu and make the adjustment shown in the screen shot here:

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This selects No Antialiasing. On my Mac laptop, the scrolling is significantly improved.

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    $\begingroup$ This has influence on rendering of namely graphical objects. But these settings does not change the jumps during the scrolling of the code in front-end. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 30, 2017 at 8:20
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    $\begingroup$ Yes this has no effect $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 16:56

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