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Notes & Preview: Scroll does not work on text selection

I noticed that, when using Notes or Preview app, when you select some text with the mouse the scrolling stops working. You cannot use the trackpad or the scroll wheel of the mouse to scroll, which makes selecting long lines of text an hassle.


Issue seems to be prevalente for quite some time: Cannot scroll when selecting text while h… - Apple Community


I was trying to include both Notes and Preview in my workflow but this annoying behaviour prevents me from doing it.


I know I can click at the beggining of the text and shift+click again where I want the selection to end, but scrolling feels more natural


Are there any workarounds or fixes planned for this?

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Works for me in Golden Gate Notes and Preview (MBP M5). Maybe some setting or 3rd party extension prevents it for you? Does it work if you create a new user account?

Tried on a fresh new user, the problem still persists.