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

Save your file as CapsScrollSpeed.ahk and add it to your startup folder to auto enable the script on every startup. The startup folder can be found by entering entering shell:startup in the “URL” bar in Explorer.

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Thats it for this time.

// Nils Henrik

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