Thanks for your bug. The behaviour comes from the GTK text widget and is known upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92387
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gedit => gtk+2.0 Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #92387 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92387 ** Also affects: gtk (upstream) via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92387 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Gedit is scrolling too fast when dragging a text selection https://launchpad.net/bugs/58345 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs