# How to make a smooth text scroller?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-smooth-text-scroller/79455>\
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**Created:** [February 14, 2005, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-smooth-text-scroller/79455 "2005-02-14T10:24:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thijs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Thijs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Thijs)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-a-smooth-text-scroller/79455/1 "2005-02-14T10:24:40Z")

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on [the website i’m making now](http://www.thijspulles.com/irene) i made a scroll-button. But with the code i used you have to click a lot!

Does anybody knows how to make it like when you hold the button it keeps scrolling.

```auto
on (release) {
	newsbox.scroll -= 1;
}

```