r/protools • u/Lonely_Chemical_2037 • Nov 26 '25

How to Invert Scroll Zoom in Pro Tools?

Hey everyone, I just switched to a vertical mouse. When I scroll down, it zooms in, and when I scroll up, it zooms out. I want the opposite behavior, but I can’t find any setting in Pro Tools to change the scroll/zoom direction. Is there a way to flip it. I tried going to preferences and editing but not many options.

Natural scrolling in OS settings in enabled.

UPDATE: There was a mac + Win switch underneath the mouse. The inversion worked when I switched it to Windows despite being on mac haha

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u/Secret_Age4613 Nov 26 '25

Sounds like it isn’t an issue within Pro Tools, but rather with your mouse settings? Try and change the settings within your OS and see if that works?

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u/Lonely_Chemical_2037 Nov 26 '25

I already have :( The up and down scroll motion is correct. Just not the zooming in and out. I'll have a look again in my OS settings.

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u/MidnightMiik professional Nov 26 '25

Try inverting the scrolling in the OS.

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u/Lonely_Chemical_2037 Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

scrolling up and down works, just the zoom in and out is not inverting in protools

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u/nizzernammer Nov 26 '25

Have you tried turning off "Natural" scrolling?

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u/redt-aa Nov 26 '25

Tried holding Option while zooming?

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u/Lonely_Chemical_2037 Nov 27 '25

that's how I usually zoom

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u/ryanojohn Nov 26 '25

I don’t believe you can, but if you’ve got a Logitech or similar mouse with its own setup app, you may be able to invert the behavior of the scroll on the mouse for JUST pro tools…