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Disable Scrolling On Analysis Board

I use an Apple Magic Mouse (on high sensitivity for bullet) where the scrolling function comes from dragging one finger vertically up or down the surface of the mouse. Because the scrolling function is not a separate tactile scroll wheel, it is possible to scroll by mistake when moving a mouse side to side, selecting a piece or drawing an arrow.

This is only an issue during the Analysis Board mode where scrolling up or down while you mouse is over the board will rapidly cycle moves to the first or last move! Tiny inadvertent scroll = back to the first move!

I like to record screen captures of some of my games using Analysis Mode that I can share with my chess club to highlight themes or instructional points. It sucks when I'm 10 minutes into a video, I scroll by accident, the board resets to the end position and I have to cycle back through the moves to find the same position. Will usually have to restart the video.

I love the keyboard move cycles (left: 1 move back, right: 1 move forward, up: first move, down: last move) It's perfect! Allows for complete control to go where I want to in a game. To me the scrolling function is extraneous but I can see how it may be my mouse that's causing the problem. There is no option for me to disable scrolling on my mouse unfortunately.

Is it possible to add an option to disable scrolling on Analysis Board?

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On linux you can disable the scrolling, or create an executable to toggle it. Maybe its possible on mac os. Might be helpful, not sure

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