Reporting | PDF Preview - Enhance scroll and zoom behaviour
The PDF preview pane is fantastic... except a page can be lengthy and it doesn't let you scroll on it.
If I hover my cursor on the PDF preview and scroll (using the scroll wheel of my mouse), it zooms. I almost never need to zoom on it. If I needed to Zoom I would hold control and scroll, like I would on any other browser page.
I have to move my cursor to this skinny panel either side of the page to be able to scroll, or grab the skinny scroll bar (to the right, not the left).
Get rid of the dumb zoom function. Fix the scroll behaviour.
While you're at it, move the + & - buttons for zooming, to the top of the PDF preview screen, then you can keep everyone happy.
It was clearly designed by someone at Xero who has never worked in practice and in reports all day.
Sam Gray
shared this idea
Appreciate your feedback, Sam. We don't have any immediate changes planned to the zoom and scroll behaviour of the reporting preview. For now we'll track interest your idea receives here and update if there's any progress around this.
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alexed balet
commented
The PDF preview pane is a great feature, but its current scroll and zoom behavior significantly impacts usability for professionals who review long reports daily; instead of automatically zooming when using the mouse wheel, it should follow standard browser conventions where scrolling moves the page and zoom only activates with a Ctrl + scroll command, eliminating the need to awkwardly hover over narrow side panels or drag a thin scrollbar just to navigate through lengthy documents. Removing the default zoom-on-scroll function and prioritizing smooth vertical scrolling would dramatically improve workflow efficiency, while relocating the + and – zoom controls to the top toolbar of the preview window would keep zoom functionality accessible without disrupting navigation. Thoughtful UX adjustments like these—similar to the intuitive layout practices demonstrated on platforms such as https://ffbiocode.com/ show
how small interface refinements can greatly enhance user experience, particularly for accountants and practitioners who spend hours working inside reports.