No vertical scroll bar in VSCode extension
Resolved 💬 11 comments Opened Aug 29, 2025 by mstefanec77 Closed Oct 29, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (gpeal, contributor)
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What version of the VS Code extension are you using?
0.4.0
Which IDE are you using?
VS Code
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64
What steps can reproduce the bug?
There is no vertical scroll bar so it is not possible to scroll up/down through the chat. Scrolling with arrow keys or Pgup/PgDown is also not working. The only thing that works is a mouse wheel.
<img width="646" height="1061" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9971b481-8280-410c-b3cb-b3ce4d65076c" />
What is the expected behavior?
possibility to scroll vertically
What do you see instead?
can not scroll
Additional information
_No response_
11 Comments
Replace css at location .youreditor/extensions/openai.chatgpt-0.4.0-universal/webview/assets with attached css
index-CZu8nHhf.css
+1 - I found this very frustrating for usability, not even able to page up / down. Please prioritize this.
I am also facing this issue in Cursor, in Windows, this version: openai.chatgpt-0.4.12-universal.
I could kiss you, thank you! NOTE you rename this file to match YOUR css file in this location.
how?
Noted! We will be bringing this back soon
Please fix this. If we cannot scroll it is really painful to use the tool in Cursor.
Thanks.
Or look at the solution given 3 weeks ago and do what it says? It worked for me.
Yes, it is very frustrating and make it almost not usable to get details further up in conversation
I think this issue is no longer relevant, so I'm closing it. If you're still seeing this problem in the latest versions of the extension, please let us know.
I can reproduce this on macOS 15.7.1 (arm64) with a Kinesis Freestyle Edge keyboard that has dedicated Page Up/Page Down keys.
This is not just a VS Code extension issue for me. I see the same broken transcript navigation in:
Tested keys that do not scroll the chat transcript:
Expected: normal keyboard navigation of long chat responses.
Actual: the transcript does not scroll from the keyboard at all; mouse/trackpad scrolling is required.
VS Code version: 1.114.0
Extension version: openai.chatgpt@26.325.31654
This looks like a shared focus/keyboard-event bug across both surfaces, not just an extension-specific problem.