Vscode: Lag when scrolling with Trackpad on Dell XPS 13

[NiklasRosenstein]

• VSCode Version: 1.6.1
• OS Version: Windows 10 x64

On my Dell XPS 13, scrolling in Visual Studio Code using two fingers in any view (Editor, File Tree, Terminal, Extensions) has a lag to it. Especially when starting the drag, most of the time it won't start moving for half a second and then jump a large distance into the scroll direction.

Scrolling on the Touch display works without problems. Also, of course scrolling with two fingers on the Trackpad in _any_ other application works without problem. (Also tried it in Atom)

[NiklasRosenstein]

I just noticed that in the Terminal, I can not scroll properly with the Touch display. Also, trying to scroll with the _Scroll Bar_ is really awkward because it immediately jumps to where I point the mouse (not even clicking into the Scroll Bar).

[CoenraadS]

I also have this on my XPS 13, but it happens sporadically, and can't really reproduce it. Sometimes changing the window size makes it go away... Is there anything we can do while we are experiencing this issue to help debug it?

[jasonboninger]

Been experiencing this on Surface Book for a while now, but thought I was crazy. Oddly, it's been extremely annoying tonight which brought me to this thread. Changing the window size made it go away for me. No idea on the debug front, but happy to have a workaround.

[alexdima]

It appears to be an upstream issue with Chromium (we recently updated to Electron 1.3.8 that comes with Chromium 52). Apparently Chromium 54 has fixed the issue already. Let's track in #13612

[johncrim]

Was experiencing the same on my Dell Precision. Thought I was crazy initially, too, but the scroll lag didn't affect other apps.

[shan-du]

This happens on my Surface Pro 4 as well.
The mouse scroll works fine, just trackpad double finger scroll seems to lag.
But resizing the window is a good work-around.

[xv]

I can confirm this on my Dell Inspiron 7559 as well. As @shan-du mentioned, maximizing then unmaximizing "fixes" the issue.

[txbrown]

Still an issue on my XPS15 - 9550. Changing window size solves it though. thanks @CoenraadS

[ghost]

Can confirm this is a problem on a clean install of VS Code on a Dell XPS 15 9550. Changing window size solves it.

[tohnperfect]

I also have this issue on my Dell XPS 15 9560.

[rongcuid]

Also have this issue on XPS 13 9343, Windows 10 x64.

[davidstoneham]

Experiencing this on ASUS Zenbook UX430 Windows 10 x64

[davidstoneham]

Staring vscode with the flag "--disable-gpu" fixes the issue for me

[stozk]

How do you set that flag as a default, for example when opening folders from the context menu in the explorer?

[davidstoneham]

Not sure if that is possible. Only works if you open VSCode with the target set, then open the project. This is only seems to be a workaround for the time being.

[NickBrooks]

Also experiencing this issue! 😢

[coccyx]

Adding another me-too on a Dell XPS 13" 9365. Confirmed that maximizing and unmaximizing also resolves the issue. Plenty fine workaround for me.

[hazzlewis]

Very laggy touchpad scrolling on my XPS 15 9550 too. However the suggestion above to resize the window worked a treat. Still not perfect, but it's reduced the delay/lag/stutteriness considerably.

Thanks jasonboninger 😄

[abowloflrf]

Still have this problem on my DELL XPS 9360 , the VScode version is 1.121.
Have a very terrible experience scrolling with my touchpad.
Hope to fix the issue soon.
thanks

[hazzlewis]

Jason Lei, try unmaximizising then maximising the window again. E.g., WIN+down, WIN+up

From: Jason Lei [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 14 May 2017 10:58
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Subject: Re: [Microsoft/vscode] Lag when scrolling with Trackpad on Dell XPS 13 (#14716)

Still have this problem on my DELL XPS 9360 , the VScode version is 1.121.
Have a very terrible experience scrolling with my touchpad.
Hope to fix the issue soon.
thanks

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[mlewand]

I tried adding the --disable-gpu flag, however it causes for me unbearable flashing while scrolling, so no go for me. 😿 I also can confirm poor performance while scrolling on XPS 9550.

[eikaramba]

dell precision 5510 here, with VSC 1.12.2. Same problem, unmaximiziing and maximizing windows actually helped! ;)

[Hello2Jason]

Same on my XPS 15 9550, hope to fix this issue soon!

[davidwudv]

Same problem

[a-heryani]

I have the same problem on my Dell XPS 9560. I have found a strange workaround

1) Right click on taskbar and select taskbar settings
2) Change taskbar orientation to the opposite of whatever it is at the moment, ie, If Bottom then set to Top or vice versa. If Left then Right etc
3) Change the taskbar back to the original orientation or leave it as it is, doesn't matter.
4) Smooth scrolling again

I have to do this every time I start VS Code but it works.

[yveslange]

Disabling the minimap fixed the problem on my SP4

[saadanjum]

Same issue on my Dell Inspiron 13 5378 with Windows 10. Un-maximizing and then maximizing again resolves the issue. Issue comes back every time I restart vscode.

[NiklasRosenstein]

I guess that it has the same effect as resizing the VS Code window.

On 29 May 2017 03:24, "Amit Heryani" [e-mail] wrote:

I have the same problem on my Dell XPS 9560. I have found a strange
workaround

1. Right click on taskbar and select taskbar settings
2. Change taskbar orientation to the opposite of whatever it is at the
   moment, ie, If Bottom then set to Top or vice versa. If Left then Right etc
3. Change the taskbar back to the original orientation or leave it as it
   is, doesn't matter.
4. Smooth scrolling again

I have to do this every time I start VS Code but it works.

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[krm87]

Im still experiencing this issue on my sp4 as well. Changing the vscode window size and maximizing works, but as I frequently switch back and forth between the browser and vscode, the issue is reintroduced and thus forces me to constantly resize my vscode window. Very annoying

[hazzlewis]

WINDOWS_KEY + DOWN, WINDOWS_KEY + UP 😊

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Im still experiencing this issue on my sp4 as well. Changing the vscode window size and maximizing works, but as I frequently switch back and forth between the browser and vscode, the issue is reintroduced and thus forces me to constantly resize my vscode window. Very annoying

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[azatom]

Maximize (and optionally restore) works for me too, until restarting vscode.
But even it solves the lagging, it is still much slower than in chrome. "editor.mouseWheelScrollSensitivity" does not have affect on this.

[fedme]

Same problem on Dell precision 5510.
Unmaximing and then maximinzing again solves it, still not super smooth though.

[hazzlewis]

I’m starting to think this could be a chromium bug, as I was just experiencing really bad scroll lag on a website, but unmaximizing then maximising the window again completely fixed it.

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Subject: Re: [Microsoft/vscode] Lag when scrolling with Trackpad on Dell XPS 13 (#14716)

Same problem on Dell precision 5510.
Unmaximing and then maximinzing again solves it, still not super smooth though.

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[NickBrooks]

Yes, I had the same issue and fix in some of the scrollable elements of
Postman so it must be a Chromium issue.

[bisak]

I have the same issue on XPS 9560. Although it's hard to reproduce It's very urgent to get this fixed microsoft. :) (gets unusable at some point)

[NiklasRosenstein]

I can also reproduce this issue on a Lenovo X1 Carbon 5G. As @hazzlewis mentioned, Win+Down and Win+Up is a nice and quick workaround. Still sucks though.

VS Code 1.13.1

[GMartinez-Sisti]

I'm having the same issue on my 2 workstations with version 1.16.1 on Windows 10:

• Dell XPS 13 9650
• Surface 3 Pro

Only happens when using the trackpad, WIN + UP ; WIN + DOWN fixes the issue for that process.

[PNRxA]

I bound a key to reload VSCode, whenever this problem happens I simply hit the key and voila. Kind of annoying though.

New XPS 15

[Mohamed3on]

Same with XPS 13 9360. Can confirm a window resize fixes it, but it happens every time I start VSCode.
Version 1.14.2

[tobiasviehweger]

From the other issue:

I'm not too sure someones actually working on that though.. I think Electron is just saying it's an Chrome issue, but I was not able to find a bug in the issue tracker, except this one, which has basically no activity at all going on.. Does anybody know if someone is working on this?

It's happening for me as well on my 4k XPS 9550 and it's driving me nuts. I love VS Code so much, but having to minimize/maximize it every 5 minutes is so annoying...

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=713907

[ottawabasementsale]

I have a Dell XPS 9350 (3200 x 1800 resolution) and Visual Studio Code is not usable at all due to this issue in Windows 10 (fresh reinstall, all Windows updates, all Dell updates). I've tried every trick I could find online to fix it and nothing helped.
I'm now dual booting into elementary OS and Visual Studio Code works amazingly well in elementary OS (just like it does on my 2008 MacBook).

[myjeeed]

This issue doesn't happen if you go to full-screen mode (by pressing F11).

So a nice workaround would be to just leave it open in full-screen mode inside a new Desktop (Ctrl + Win + D) and then just use the swipe left/right gestures (using four fingers) to switch between your apps/desktops!

(I'm using a Dell XPS 13 with 3200 x 1800 resolution as well)

[sandaemc]

Confirm doesn't lag when on full-screen. But I don't want to be always on full-screen!

Using Dell XPS 13 Windows 10. Scrolling is smooth when I'm on Ubuntu though.

[JapSeyz]

Experiencing this on Lenovo P51s as well

[Mohamed3on]

So, is this issue being worked on? I'm not trying to bitch, just genuinely asking.

[dreadnautxbuddha]

i'm also experiencing this on Dell Inspiron 14 7460

[sparcut]

@dreadnautxbuddha I'm still experiencing this issue but have you tried @CoenraadS's suggestion of re-sizing the window? For me (XPS 15 9550), it fixes the problem for a little bit, enough for it to not be _too_ annoying.

[codykonior]

Experiencing this too. Works after min/maxing the screen.

[vincentjenks]

--disable-gpu seems to have worked for me.

[dreadsoul]

I am also experiencing the SAME ISSUE (I have _Acer Swift 3_)
Fullscreen and win resizing works for me as well. Does anybody working on this at all??? (sry for asking again it's driving me nuts )

[ottawabasementsale]

Just as a side note. The resizing trick sort of works on my XPS. I say sort
of because it is an improvement, however, it is still not nearly as
smooth/fluid feeling as it is in Elementary on the same PC. Also, using
MacOS on my ancient Core 2 Duo Macbook is also beautifully smooth like it
is in Elementary (to the point where I cannot use vscode in Windows on my
XPS because I know how good it can be and how much it is falling short).
On Oct 6, 2017 7:25 AM, "dreadsoul" [e-mail] wrote:

I am also experiencing the SAME ISSUE (I have Acer Swift 3)
Fullscreen and win resizing works for me. Does anybody working on this at
all??? (sry for asking again it's driving me nuts )

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[y10s]

Having this issue as well on XPS 9360. To me it seems to be happening only when running on battery. Did you guys experience that issue when plugged as well?

[Mohamed3on]

@schwammerl yep.

[LyubomirVetskov]

I am having this issue with Lenovo Yoga 720 as well. Resizing does fix the problem though.

[MarcusAdriano]

I am having this issue with Dell Inspiron 5558 as well. Resizing does fix the problem though.

[lzgrzebski]

same for my new dell xps 15 inch :<

[DjavanRoa]

same here Dell XPS15 9560, resizing works

[reifnotreef]

Haven't had this problem until this morning.
Zenbook UX330UA with Windows 10

If I downsize the window and maximize, or run in full screen, it works fine. But I usually split chrome and vs code side by side.

[zdandoh]

Also having this problem on my dell XPS 15 9550. Resizing fixes it.

[MajorBreakfast]

I'm experiencing very noticeable scroll lag on my Surface Book. The scrolling is slow to start, very janky and with a lot of dropped frames. Resizing seems to fix it. (VSCode version 1.17.1)

[aayandre]

Version: 1.17.1
Acer Predator Helios 300

Same scroll lag here.
Resizing fix the problem too.
I tried too change the smooth settings before, but it doesn't work.
Very annoying if you haven't a mouse.

[wbercx]

Surface Pro 3 here, resizing fixes it for me too.

[abelbarbosa]

Same issue on Acer Spin 5. Resizing window is a valid workaround.

[bradleybauer]

Gigabyte Aero 14.
QHD screen.
Windows 10.
Works fine after toggling fullscreen.

[aayandre]

Acer Predator Helios 300
Windows 10 last avaliable build(not insider)
VS Code 1.17.2v

They fixed this annoying thing.

Thanks Microsoft, keep the good work.

[rohilshah95]

@aayandre Feature build 1709?

[aayandre]

@rohilshah95 Yes

[coffenbacher]

@aayandre what makes you think it's fixed? I'm on SP4 / W10 Pro 1703 / VSCode 1.17.2 and I'm still seeing the issue. I'll update my Windows build, but was this a Windows issue and not VSCode? I've never seen it on another app.

[aayandre]

@coffenbacher I'm wrong. It isn't fixed.
But I restarted VSCode when I tried it. Sorry for the wrong comment.
I don't know what could make it work.

[oaeide]

Getting real tired of having to toggle to fullscreen to "fix" this...

[tluanga34]

And here we are at 2017 and the issue still persists. It doesn't play well with Windows Precision touch driver.

[ayoubsousali]

the issue is still here, why ? :/

[tohnperfect]

There might be a good news soon hopefully, see #13612

[vmsantos]

Just downloaded vscode on Windows 10 x64 on my Dell Inspiron 7567 and noticed this issue.

[iKlsR]

Dell XPS 15, same issue here on latest stable... 1 year later since I visited this thread. Also just noticed, hiding the menubar "frees" it up instead of having to resize the window.

[johnpyp]

Same issue on Zenbook UX330UA.

Fixed the same way as the other Zenbook guy above (resizing window and re-fullscreening it).

[softwarenerd]

The issue _appears_ to be in Chrome. I believe I found this out randomly by seeing the exact same issue in the Developer Tools windows of my Electron app. Changing the size of the Developer Tools window allows it to scroll normally.

[Dawnut]

Dell XPS 15 9560, same issue, resizing fixes it