Scroll Faster using CapsLock and Autohotkey

I wanted a global faster scrolling option in windows.

In apps like VSCode when you hold ALT the Scroll Wheel on your mouse scrolls about 5 times faster.

I wanted this functionality in every app. Long websites, word documents, pdfs etc.

To achieve this I created this AutoHotKey script.

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0

#SingleInstance Force

; Fast scrolling when Caps Lock is held down

SetCapsLockState ("AlwaysOff") ; Disable Standard Caps Lock functionality (Actual caps-lock will not work any more)

scrollSpeedMultiplier := 5 ; Scroll speed multiplier

; Define fast scroll behavior when Caps Lock is held down
CapsLock & WheelUp::
{
    Send("{WheelUp " scrollSpeedMultiplier "}")
    return
}

CapsLock & WheelDown::
{
    Send("{WheelDown " scrollSpeedMultiplier "}")
    return
}

This totally disables the capslock, but replaces it to be a modern modifier key.

Save this file as CapsScrollSpeed.ahk and add it to your startup folder (shell:startup) to auto enable the script on every startup.

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// Nils Henrik

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