Smooth Key Scroll
by Smooth Key Scroll
Quick Look
Enhance your web browsing experience with smooth and responsive keyboard scrolling on any page.
AI Overview
Who is this for?
Users who prefer keyboard navigation for a smoother and more controlled scrolling experience.
Key Features
- → Adjustable scrolling speed with arrow keys
- → Modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt) for speed control
- → Power scrolling key options
- → Disable mouse hover effects
Reviews Analysis
Overall Sentiment
Mostly PositiveUsers appreciate the smooth keyboard scrolling and customization options, though some experienced occasional website compatibility issues.
Note: AI analysis focuses on the substance and recency of reviews, which may differ from the overall store rating.
What Users Love
- ✓ Enables smooth keyboard scrolling on all pages
- ✓ Offers customizable scrolling speeds and key options
- ✓ Prevents hover effects during scrolling
Points to Consider
- × Occasional compatibility issues with specific websites
- × Some users may prefer built-in browser scrolling
Official Description
From the Developer
Smooth scroll with the keyboardSmooth Key Scroll enables smooth and responsive scrolling with the keyboard on every page.
- Arrow keys to move arround with adjustable speed
- Control (ctrl) and Option (alt) to modify speed
- Power scrolling keys (vim, gamer, ergonomic)
- Option to disable mouse hover effects
Issues & Suggestions: https://github.com/smoothkeyscroll/issues/issues
Changes
v2.8.6
- Multiple fixes
v2.8.5
- Fix regression introduced in v2.8.4 which prevented scrolling on some websites
v2.8.4
- Fix scrolling container detection affecting some websites like https://docs.readthedocs.io
v2.8.2
- Fix issue cause slow scrolling in some websites like for example imdb.com
- Upgrade to manifest v3
- Make extension icon open the options page when pressed
v2.8.0
- Option to disable the extension on certain websites (blacklist)
v2.7.1
- Prevent welcome page from opening again when extension is installed multiple times in different browsers using the same user profile
v2.7.0
- Make advanced features free
v2.6.6
- Really remove hardcoded IPN URL
v2.6.5
- Remove hardcoded IPN URL
v2.6.4
- Update API URL
v2.6.1
- Fix bug introduced in Chrome 61 which prevented scrolling.
v2.6.0
- Automatically find scroll element on pages with unconventional scroll (google photos, microsoft team services, etc)
v2.5.1
- Fix document.body scrolling detection on edge cases
v2.5.0
- Switch to less obtrusive scrolling detection algorithm
- Fix problem with Team Foundation Server
v2.4.1
- Add support for iframes
v2.4
- Don't scroll on google search results page when blue arrow is enabled
- Add option to disable blue arrow on google instant search
v2.3
- Fix horizontal scrolling issue in Google Photos
- Fix https://smashingboxes.github.io/OwlCarousel2/demos/basic.html
v2.2
- Improve scrolling engine to allow scroll in gmail, vk.com, etc..
- Improve scrolling performance by removing scroll check on every key repeat
v2.1
- Fix scroll locking when usind find/search in page. Currently the only solution is to scroll normally when searching When google fixes this issue we may be able to re-enable smooth scroll: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=529050&thanks=529050&ts=1441646441
- Fix rare ocasion when smooth scroll would not activate after pressing the shift key in a shortcut
v2.0
- Complete re-write
- Alternative directional keys (Vim, Gamer, Ergonomic)
- Options to prevent hover effects while scrolling
v1.0.6
- Fix Ctrl and Alt keys on Linux
v1.0.5
- Fix page not scrolling in Chrome 40
v1.0.4
- Selecting text with Shift is now possible anywhere on the page
- Fix alt and ctrl speed sliders regression (options page)
v1.0.3
- Fix alt-left/right functionality on windows (and other default shortcuts)
- Allow alt key to be pressed and released while scrolling without changing focus to the menu (Windows)
v1.0
- Options page with adjustable speeds
- Fix issue with Flash
- New icon
v0.2
- Fix speed getting stuck should page loose focus
- Fix collision between meta key and browser native functionality
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Key Info
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Rating:
4.3/5.0
184 ratings
- Users:20,000
- Version:2.8.6
- Updated:Apr 01, 2026
- Developer:Visit Website →
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