That’s interesting, I just tried it in every combination I can think of.
On my Windows machine, SHIFT modifies the scroll direction depending on how the scroll is performed - if I apply SHIFT while scrolling with a mouse wheel, it changes the direction of the scroll (from up-down to left-right). That’s how I use it and I love this.
If I press SHIFT before dragging the screen with the hand tool in galley view, it disables the hand tool and it seems to have no effect if pressed when the hand tool is active (i.e., I’m already in the process of dragging the screen). I use SHIFT in this mode to activate the Marquee tool instead and make selections.
I’m seeing no change (which seems intentional) if I apply SHIFT while using the scrollbar near the right-side panel.
Perhaps there’s another way that I missed.
I’m also wondering (belatedly) if the monitor specs are an important part of why I’m struggling with this. I’m using an old 2560 x 1080 in horizontal orientation.
It fits a lot of music in galley view, which I really like, but perhaps this ratio contributes to why it’s so easy for me to lose track of the vertical position and the location of currently active bar as I’m scrolling down from my oboe to the violas. Especially if I had just zoomed in to see a single instrument group and copy parts from it and now have to navigate down.
What I used to do is click on the bar line itself to create the orange highlight and then navigate, but of course I kept forgetting I have to do that. Since yesterday, I’m trying to make it a habit to always remember the bar number as it’s already there. A hit or miss so far, but I’m sure I’ll get there eventually.