Excel scrolls the wrong window on hover

Anonymous
2016-02-19T13:07:31+00:00

If two (or more) instances of Excel are open, and one of them has the focus, when hovering the second one, scrolling is still applied to the first one. We need to steal focus from the first window of Excel and then scroll the second.

This seems like a bug and can be reproduced easily (more easily with two monitors).

Lets say you have two windows of Excel open : A and B.

You're working on A but you need to read B. hover your mouse over Excel B, scroll... the scrolling occurs in A ! You must click on B, scroll, then return on A.

Now, with focus on A, open another application (let's say Word), and, of course, set the focus to the newly open app. Be sure to see Excel A and B. Hover your mouse over B, scroll... Scrolling still happens on A.

This does not happen with Word or Outlook. If you open 2 windows of Word, the scroll occurs in the one that is hovered, as expected.

I don't think there's a solution, this is a bug and should be adressed by Microsoft.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-11T08:46:09+00:00

    Suppose if there are two excel open A and B and you are already working on the editing file A and if you are reading from B but not working on B then you may have to click on file B to scroll.

    Ms. Patil. This is not a solution and it is incredibly counter-intuitive. You should be able to scroll whichever window under the mouse. Focused or not focused - whichever application.

    If Microsoft is reluctant to fix it, maybe they can bundle WizMouse which seems to does the job adequately?

    ^ stupid remark? Maybe. But so is not fixing this annoying bug.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-07-18T06:55:38+00:00

    I have been having this problem too. I have reported it in various forums, including, I believe MS itself. MS seems to be ignoring the problem!

    Every single other program that I have on my PC works fine with the inactive monitor scroll. It's only Excel that messes it up & it's VERY frustrating.

    Please listen to your customers MS & FIX THIS!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-24T14:14:13+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-01T11:43:32+00:00

    Great. Marking this as an answer. We'll see in the future.

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