Autoscroll bug when changes are saved

Zero

The bug causes the editor to scroll slightly downward every time changes are saved (either manually or automatically, if the autosave feature is enabled).

hendrik

Could you provide some more context to the issue you are experiencing? Also please note that you should open a GitHub issue for better and more tailored help. Thanks!

Zero

To be honest, I couldn't detect the bug's pattern yet. It just seems to appear and disappear randomly. I will provide more info if notice something new.

JiaShi

I have exactly the same issue! The page will scroll downward a bit every time i edited something and triggered autosave.

General Information
Zettlr Version: 4.1.1
Build number: 6e63f1c (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)
UUID: 240dab56-7b7c-4f31-9ecb-c07a590f00e0
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JiaShi

Sorry，one update: the issue always exist no matter autosave is set to "After a short delay" or "Immediately", even i hit commander+s to save manually it will auto scroll too.

writing_mind

Had the same occurence here, Windows, Zettlr 4.1.0 and 4.1.1.
The effect disappeared after switching off Spellchecker, LanguageTool, and Markdown Linter.
I do miss them, though.
LanguageTool with the API key wasn't of much use in Zettlr anyway, because even for documents of only a few pages, the status bar reported LT overload. This happens on two Windows machines, one big and one small.

benniekiss

With these kinds of bugs, it is really helpful if you can either share a screen recording of the behavior, or even better, share a document where the scrolling happens. It's reeaaally important for being able to reproduce these issues.