# Is it possible to scroll by dragging the mouse in the current view?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [May 7, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964 "2024-05-07T13:37:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![ndelgado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ndelgado](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ndelgado)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/1 "2024-05-07T13:37:18Z")

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Hello,

I was wondering if there is a way to use a keyboard shortcut and drag the mouse to scroll through the slices in the current selected view. I know that it is possible to use the shift key and then drag mouse to scroll through the corresponding view, but is it also possible to do it in the selected view for ease of performing annotation?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/2 "2024-05-07T13:43:06Z")

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Do you have. scroll wheel on your mouse? That’s what we usually use.

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**Author:** ![ndelgado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ndelgado](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ndelgado)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/3 "2024-05-07T16:53:06Z")

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Thank you! We do use the scroll wheel on our mouse. Our team was just wondering for when we need to move through a lot of slices quickly if there is a method to do so in the current view for 3D slicer.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/4 "2024-05-07T16:55:51Z")

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Would something like a control-shift-mouse-move work for your use case?

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**Author:** ![alex\_bone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@alex\_bone](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/alex_bone)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/5 "2024-09-19T07:40:12Z")

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Dear 3D Slicer team,

Thank you for your amazing work.

I would also be interested in such a feature for very fast slice scrolling controlled by mouse dragging in the current view, for instance with control-shift-mouse-move as proposed by pieper.  
In other words, it would be a shortcut replacing the use of the “slider” button usually available at the top of the window.

In typical PACS viewers, radiologists can simply hold a “click left” anywhere in the image and then move the mouse up and down to very quickly scroll across all slices.  
In 3D slicer, the left click is already reserved to other actions, and I do not suggest changing that. But this is where this “fast scroll by mouse dragging” feature request is coming from.

Thank you again, best,  
Alex

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**Author:** ![strider\_hunter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/strider_hunter/32/8253_2.png) [@strider\_hunter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/strider_hunter)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/6 "2025-08-26T08:54:10Z")

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Hi,  
Was this functionality implemented? For Ctrl + Mouse-Move = slices scrolled.  
Maybe something to add in the “ **vtkMRMLCameraWidget.cxx** “ file?

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**Author:** ![Y\_A](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/y_a/32/82604_2.png) [@Y\_A](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Y_A)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/7 "2026-07-11T23:28:34Z")

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Hi radiologist here, just wondering if there are any updates on this feature request? It would be really helpful to have a drag and scroll tool like hospital-based PACS systems

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/8 "2026-07-13T11:10:13Z")

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We have a draft implementation for this and discussing some more details here:

> <https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/9284>
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> Add a new "Scroll" mouse interaction mode alongside the existing
> Translate/rota…te view, Adjust window/level, and Place modes.
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> This is consistent with other radiology viewers (Weasis, OsiriX, etc.)
> and an older IHE supplement that many viewers adopted
> (https://www.ihe.net/uploadedFiles/Documents/Radiology/IHE\_RAD\_Suppl\_BIR\_Rev1.3\_TI\_2016\_09-09.pdf),
> and users requested (https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/4).
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> A few additional modes (zoom, pan, crosshair) may be considered,
> which can be useful when using single-button mouse or touchscreen.
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> When this new mode is active, click-and-drag vertically in a slice view scrolls through
> slices, with the full view height mapped to the full slice offset slider range.
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> Implementation:
> New mode is added to vtkMRMLInteractionNode.
> vtkMRMLSliceIntersectionWidget implements the view interaction.
> Added new icon (stack with blue up/down arrow) to the toolbar and shortcut to view context menu.
> 
> \<img width="614" height="511" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/99fb0041-bced-4778-9aed-80660a2770ad" /\>

Your inputs would be very welcome.

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**Author:** ![Y\_A](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/y_a/32/82604_2.png) [@Y\_A](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Y_A)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/is-it-possible-to-scroll-by-dragging-the-mouse-in-the-current-view/35964/9 "2026-07-15T23:02:57Z")

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Is there a beta version of 3D slicer with this implemented or do I add it as a module?