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December 2, 2018
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P: Mouse Scroll wheel enabled for Mac

  • December 2, 2018
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Mouse Scroll wheel does not work on Lightroom sliders on mac. Comming from windows these function is missing a lot on Mac.

16 replies

Participant
August 3, 2025

Why can't Lightroom Classic on macOS use the mouse wheel to precisely adjust parameters like exposure, white balance, and color mixer, just like it does on Windows? I find this quite inconvenient.

Ian Lyons
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 3, 2025

I'm merging your post with an existing feature request

Participant
May 28, 2025

Cuando migré a Mac y comencé a editar, noté un problema en el módulo de revelado: al colocar el cursor sobre los valores, como Contraste o Exposición, y girar la rueda del mouse, los valores no se modifican. Esto sí funcionaba antes cuando usaba Windows.

 

Me comuniqué con un asesor pensando que podría ser un problema de configuración, del mouse o de mi dispositivo, pero después de probar distintas soluciones, concluyó que este comportamiento es normal en Mac y no se trata de un error ni de un ajuste mal configurado.

 

Sugiero que se considere corregir esto para que vuelva a funcionar como en Windows. Sería una mejora importante para optimizar los flujos de trabajo y mantener una experiencia consistente entre plataformas.

 

En caso de que no sea posible este comportamiento, sería ideal que integren una forma de modificar los valores de manera sencilla, sin necesidad de presionar teclas o usar comandos complicados. Simplemente un gesto con el ratón sería ideal, lo cual permitiría mayor exactitud y precisión al configurar los valores para nuestras imágenes.

Known Participant
March 2, 2025

Wonderful that over 8 years later this is still a limitation error on Adobe and Mac's interoperability. Is this an Apple mistake? Is this an Adobe mistake? Who knows. It's great that my new $100 MX 3S is essentially missing an entire fundamental operation in professional software.

Participant
January 23, 2025

same problem for me 😞 Adobe pls...

Participant
December 17, 2024

I also recently switched from Windows to Mac and still can't get used to not being able to use the sliders with my scroll wheel. It would awesome for Adobe to incorporate this functionality in an update (asap)! 

davidd37970807
Participant
December 8, 2024

Another message from a user who just switched from Windows to Mac, and ask Adobe to implement the mouse wheel for moving the sliders !!! Please Adobe !!! It is incomprehensible that we cannot have this possibility on mac !!!

Participating Frequently
November 30, 2024

I use Lightroom Classic both on Desktop Windows and on my Laptop Mac.
I am currently working on a catalog that is on an external SSD so I can work on either of the devices.

When I work in Lightrom on windows I can change the editing sliders in the develop mode by using the scroll on the mouse. But unfortunately when I am editing on Mac the scroll dosen't change the sliders. It only works with clicking on the sliders. 
I have muscle memory of using the scroll of the mouse at the moment and when I am editing a big batch of photos It is time consuming unfortunately.

I talked to an agent to see if there is the function of using the scroll on Mac too, and unfortunately the support told me that at the moment Mac dosen't support the scroll function.

I am using: MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Windows 11, and the latest version of lightroom (
14.0.1 Version).

I am writing this message to request that this feature will be taken into consideration for the next updates.

Participant
November 3, 2023

As a previous Windows user, I can but strongly request this feature from Adobe! The time saver that it provides is incredibly huge.

Participant
October 27, 2023

Editing more in LrC on macOS Ventura 13.1, not being able to use mouse wheel up/down for slider control once clicked on center pin is extremely frustrating. It too is built into my muscle memory.

johnrellis
Legend
June 21, 2023

"It's possible for Adobe to make such an update? Or I am not to expect it?"

 

Given that people have been asking for this on Mac since the beginning of LR, I think it's unlikely they'll implement it.  (There was a previous request for this on the old feedback forum that apparently didn't get migrated over to the new platform.)