# Synchronize scrolling between editor preview
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [August 23, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656 "2019-08-23T14:41:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@PackElend](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PackElend)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/1 "2019-08-23T14:41:44Z")
Scrolling not sync between Editor and Preview not working well when using lot of formated text like code, links etc.
1. Write a lot of text mixed in with code block samples, links etc now and then
2. After a while, you will find that where you are typing in the editor is not in view in the preview.
I have been experiencing cases where preview does not sync its scroll position to where the editor view is. It seems to act up when I use several formatted text, links mixed with regular text and markdown.
I expect the preview to always show where you are typing in the editor.
FEATURE REQUEST: editor shall sync with preview (on demand) as the reading of the preview is more much convenient.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/2 "2019-08-24T00:12:42Z")
Syncing is a best effort kind of thing, it is never going to be exactly perfect.
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### Author:  [@PackElend](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PackElend)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/3 "2019-08-24T14:55:42Z")
fair enough but it could help if I e.g. double click on the text on the preview window, editor is focused on the same text.
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### Author:  [@PackElend](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PackElend)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/4 "2019-09-14T12:03:22Z")
@codinghorror could
> [@PackElend](#):
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> double click on the text on the preview window, editor is focused on the same text.
implemented?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/5 "2019-09-18T21:49:46Z")
Not implemented yet, not on a specific roadmap
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### Author:  [@PackElend](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PackElend)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/6 "2019-09-19T08:29:38Z")
any chance to get it on a roadmap?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/7 "2019-09-19T09:41:25Z")
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### Author:  [@PackElend](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PackElend)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/8 "2019-09-19T11:46:51Z")
we are non-profit, so enterprise hosting option is properly far beyond our current budget.
We are glad that at least we were granted the same chat app under non-profit licences model you are using.
What about nextcloud, home-assistant, fairphone, are any of those enterprise customer?
I publish complex post over there frequently, so I could make a suggestion over there.
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### Author:  [@kenjdarhan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kenjdarhan)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/9 "2023-10-30T09:50:54Z")
If I want to edit and modify a long piece of content, I have to scroll up and down in the edit box, and I want that the preview area show the content exactly where I am at in the edit box, but the preview area just shows content somewhere else.
Like, when my aritle have several sections and I am at section 4.2 in the edit box, the preview area would show somthing like section 3.1.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronize-scrolling-between-editor-preview/126656/10 "2023-10-31T04:11:41Z")
Its a very complicated feature, we tried once in the past but it came with too many caveats.