Chromium browsers have erratic scrolling speeds with a trackpad. | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

pure wraith Feb 14, 2026, 2:14 PM

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Issue:
Using any chromium based browser has a pretty fast scrolling speed compared to firefox based browsers, I am unable to change it or find a way to change it within the browser settings. There is a comparison video attached to this thread that demonstrates Helium on the left, and Librewolf on the right. The scrolling on chromium browsers also has no elastic scrolling (also known as overscroll), and I've also noticed this affecting electron apps (such as the native Discord/Vesktop app).

Usually, scrolling through discord is absolutely awful (worse than scrolling on chromium browsers), but when connected to AC with my power-profile-daemon being set to Performance, it has the same scrolling effect as any other chromium browser.

Note that there is 0 issue when using a mouse or trackpoint - this only happens with a trackpad.

Specs:

ThinkPad T14 G3 (Intel)
i5-1245U
32GB DDR4
Arch Linux with 6.18.9-3-cachyos (same issue with the regular linux kernel)
KDE Plasma 6.5.5 // Wayland

@fathom shell

fathom shell Feb 14, 2026, 2:27 PM

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Lmk if the flags work on chromium

pure wraith Feb 14, 2026, 2:29 PM

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fathom shell Lmk if the flags work on chromium

Unfortunately not

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Disabling smooth scrolling doesn't seem to do anything either

fathom shell Feb 14, 2026, 3:08 PM

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damn

vivid cove Feb 14, 2026, 4:21 PM

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I think you mean erratic

fathom shell Feb 14, 2026, 5:32 PM

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I JUST REALIZED THE TITLE

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LMAO

pure wraith Feb 14, 2026, 8:17 PM

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vivid cove I think you mean erratic

LOL you're right

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Chromium browsers have erratic scrolling speeds with a trackpad.

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😭 😭 😭 😭

vivid cove Feb 14, 2026, 8:20 PM

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OMEGALUL

#Chromium browsers have erratic scrolling speeds with a trackpad.