Scroll speed is represented by the toolbar speed slider . 0 serves as an idle speed. Positive speeds scroll forwards and negative speeds scroll backwards. The larger the value the faster the scrolling. You can click and drag the slider to change the speed.
Changing Speed
Speeds can be adjusted many ways to suit your need:
- Keyboard: Use the Decrease Speed or Increase Speed hot keys (by default ← and →) in Prompt mode to adjust speed. Use the Switch Direction hot key (default I) in Prompt mode to instantly switch scrolling direction. Pressing the 0-9 number keys in Prompt mode also sets the speed. Lastly, the menu shortcuts for Decrease Speed ⌥⌘←, Increase Speed ⌥⌘→, and Switch Direction ⌥⌘I perform the same behaviors as their hot key equivalents.
- Mouse prompting: Moving the cursor up or down can adjust the speed while in Prompt mode. This presents a highly intuitive way to control the prompter, particularly for mouse users. You can turn on Mouse prompting in the Controls Settings.
- Scroll actions: Scroll actions over the script can adjust the speed while in Prompt mode. You can turn this on in the Controls Settings.
Details
Speed changes at higher speeds have greater effect. For example, the difference between speeds 8 and 9 are more pronounced than the difference between speeds 2 and 3. This provides fine-tuning for more common speeds while providing the ability to ramp up speeds quickly for larger fonts. You can impact of a speed value by setting the toolbar timer or prompter timer to “remaining” by clicking on the timer.
The speed numbers do not correspond to particular values. Speeds are capped in the slider to -10 and +10, but you can overdrive speeds beyond these values by using the Decrease Speed or Increase Speed Hot Keys or menu shortcuts.