Firefox: Set Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

This page shows several common config tweaks for Firefox browser. On Linux, these features are not on by default.

This page is tested with latest release of Firefox as of to .

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Set Accelerated Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed

In the URL bar, type about:config, press Enter.

The change is immediate. You don't need to restart Firefox. This works in macOS and Linux too.

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