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AutoScroll

is an option to SelectionMove and related functions that specifies whether a notebook should automatically be scrolled to display the current selection.

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AutoScroll

AutoScroll

is an option to SelectionMove and related functions that specifies whether a notebook should automatically be scrolled to display the current selection.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Create a notebook with many cells:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateDocument[Range[20]];

Move the selection and allow automatic scrolling to the new selection:

Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, Next, Cell, 7]

Move the selection further without automatic scrolling:

Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, Next, Cell, 5, AutoScroll -> False]

Scope  (1)

Create a notebook window with many cells:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateDocument[Range[20]];

Find and select the number 12 without scrolling:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookFind[nb, "12", AutoScroll -> False];

Read what is currently selected:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookRead[nb]

Make content changes without scrolling:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookApply[nb, SqrtBox[""], AutoScroll -> False]
Wolfram Language code: NotebookWrite[nb, "/2", AutoScroll -> False]

Select the current cell's contents with automatic scrolling:

Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, All, CellContents]
Wolfram Research (1996), AutoScroll, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoScroll.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), AutoScroll, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoScroll.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "AutoScroll." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoScroll.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). AutoScroll. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoScroll.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_autoscroll, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AutoScroll}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoScroll.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_autoscroll, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AutoScroll}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoScroll.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}