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Anonymous
February 10, 2010
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Turn Off Scroll Wheel Zooming

  • February 10, 2010
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I need to turn off the scroll wheel zooming in After Effects. If I am looking at a Comp window and I scroll with my mouse, the view zooms in or out. I don't want to do this, especially because I have a Magic Mouse and any stray movement suddenly zooms my window. It's a realy problem. Can I turn this "feature" off?

iMac i7 running Mac OS X 10.6.2

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      Maurice1587
      Participating Frequently
      January 21, 2024

      Let me be the first to say that this is still a thing in 2024. I was sure it was just me--how sad to find out it's been a problem for so many for so long. Please provide a way to turn off the zoom when attempting to scroll with the Magic Mouse.

        mickpeninsulaTV
        mickpeninsulaTV
        Known Participant
        November 28, 2023

        How do disable Magic Mouse Zoom in Adobe After Effects, it's now heading into 2024 and it's still a thing.

         

        Come on people it has to be a simple fix!

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          brumby0890
          Known Participant
          November 28, 2023

          @mickpeninsulaTV , Adobe isn't a client-oriented company. They just don't care about their users' experience. I used to complain about Apple, stating that they don't listen to their customers, but compared to Adobe, they are angels!

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          brumby0890
          Known Participant
          November 8, 2023

          In both Photoshop and Illustrator apps there are options to disable this feature:

          • Photoshop (Mac):  Photoshop → Preferences → Tools → Zoom with Scroll Wheel
          • Illustrator (Mac): Illustrator → Prefereces → General → Zoom with Mouse Wheel

          Please, make a similar option for the AE as well.

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            George25422651gmvo
            Participating Frequently
            October 2, 2022

            Adobe claims this is "hard-coded and intended behavior", but we all know better that things like this are just bugs they don't feel like fixing. Here is a workaround that actually works because this is a BUG. No idea why:
            COPIED FROM EARLIER POST IN THIS THREAD:

             

            FIX!

            Been putting up with this issue/bug for years now and I think I've just accidentally stumbled upon a workaround - If you go to the hamburger dropdown menu in the comp window then go to 'panel group settings' then check the option 'stacked panel group' then the window doesn't scroll from the mousewheel / magic mouse swipes! And you can now just use , and . to zoom in/out as you usually would. I'm not exactly familiar with the 'stacked panel' layout option so this may have some unintended behaviours in the comp window but it's definitely working as a fix for the annoying scrolling issue for me.

             

            Not sure why this option would remove this function exactly? But anyway, hope this works for anyone else out there that's been dealing with this annoying issue for so long!

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              George25422651gmvo
              Participating Frequently
              October 2, 2022

              GOOD LORD ADOBE. 14 YEARS. 14 YEARS AND YOU STILL JUST WONT FIX THESE PROBLEMS!!!! 14 YEARS!!!!! 

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                MurDogDesigner
                Participant
                September 16, 2022

                How is this still a problem 12 years and counting after this was posted? I don't want to zoom with the mouse. I'm sure others do, but why do I have to live with a broken interface with the way I use it. I'd like to turn mouse zooming off. It is a constant frustration and hindrance. Over entire time, how much time have I lost to having to fix the zoom OVER AND OVER AND OVER?

                  dsol21
                  dsol21
                  Known Participant
                  December 3, 2020

                  That's not very helpful. And I haven't found a decent USB mouse yet. I've got a Razer on my other PC, and it's far less pleasant to use than the Magic Mouse. Surely adding a user option to at least disable scroll wheel zoom (and the scrolling over tabs) would not be a crazy thing to ask for?

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                  pinheadx
                  Participant
                  May 6, 2018

                  Hey... I posted a feature request. Maybe if everyone votes on it, it'll get some attention.

                  Please make scroll to zoom (especially in the Comp window) dependent on a modifier key. – Adobe video & audio apps

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                  NudeCruzer
                  Inspiring
                  April 1, 2020

                  I have the same problem in another APP.  The IKEA Kitchen Planner, same exact problem.  Tried 3 different browsers. I think safari is the worst. Anyway, my only work around is to turn off scrolling completely when I am using the web app. 

                  System Preferences - Accesibility - Pointer Control - Mouse Options - Uncheck > Scrolling.  Don't worry you won't forget to turn it back on... This completely disables any scroll/zoom action with the Magic Mouse.  Also, scrolling through the Accesibility Settings Pane is a little weird after you do this,  just hold down the mouse button on a selection and move the whole mouse up or down, the selection changes and the list scrolls.

                   

                  Also, my memory was, at one point, you could have app specific settings within the "MacOS X" Pref Settings.  I remember having this problem in the past and was able to fix it, that time was a maps web app.

                  JonHungDesign
                  JonHungDesign
                  Participant
                  September 4, 2017

                  Here's a hack I found. This should work

                  Stop The Magic Mouse Zoom in Adobe After Effects - YouTube

                  "Stacked layer panels" in the hamburger menu of your composition.

                    Ican Belfast
                    Ican Belfast
                    Participant
                    May 23, 2017

                    this annoyed me to but there is a simple fix that works and hasn't affected anything else for me watch this - you basically use stacked panels in your composition Stop The Magic Mouse Zoom in Adobe After Effects - YouTube

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