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Mike Choo
Inspiring
June 11, 2026
Question

How to set the default for 'View with Scrolling' to disabled in the Chrome Acrobat extension

  • June 11, 2026
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Hi, I would really like to disable ‘View with scrolling’ on the Chrome Acrobat Extension, as I work with an ultrawide monitor and scaling to page width by default is not usable.

I’ve tried every fix I could search up, including changing settings in the Acrobat desktop app, but nothing I have found works.

There is no option that I can find in Preferences in the extension.

If there is a way to do this please let me know, as the time wasted changing this setting each time I open a PDF adds up through the day.

Cheers 👍🏾

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Win 11, Chrome Version 149.0.7827.55, Acrobat Extension Application version - 1.3.160 (at time of writing, but both set to auto-update)

    1 reply

    Amal Jaiswal
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    June 11, 2026

    Hi there,

     

    Hope you are doing well and thank you for taking the time to describe this so clearly 
     

    This is a known limitation with the current version of the Acrobat Chrome Extension: there is no persistent preference to disable 'View with Scrolling' by default, yet. The extension resets this to its default state on each new PDF load, and it does not currently sync with the page layout preferences set in the Acrobat desktop application. We understand how frustrating this is, especially on an ultrawide monitor where 'Page Width' scaling makes documents very difficult to work with.
     

    Here are some workaroounds, I'd suggest in the meantime and see if that helps:

    1. Open directly in Acrobat desktop: In the extension toolbar, look for the option to "Open in Acrobat" to launch the PDF in your desktop app where your layout preferences (including continuous vs. page-by-page scrolling) are fully respected and persistent.

    2. Keyboard shortcut workaround: Once the PDF is open in the extension, pressing Ctrl+Shift+H can toggle the scrolling mode more quickly than navigating the UI each time. It's not a fix, but it reduces friction.


    This is something our team should hear. Please submit a feature request here https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac The more votes a request gets, the higher visibility it gets with the product team.

     

    Sorry we don't have a cleaner fix today, but I hope the workarounds help reduce the friction while this gets addressed in a future update.

     

    ~Amal