autoscroll

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autoscroll (third-person singular simple present autoscrolls, present participle autoscrolling, simple past and past participle autoscrolled)

(graphical user interface) To automatically scroll. Usually activated with the middle button of a mouse. The distance of the cursor from the original location on the screen where the middle button was activated controls speed (increasing with distance) and scrolling direction.