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Squirrel

?️ Pronounced: Scroll-Wheel

A menu bar app that adds scrolling to the simulator.

  • For some reason, you can’t scroll in Xcode’s simulator.
  • This app enables scrolling again!
  • Features: customizable settings, made with SwiftUI, and a cute squirrel.
  • Download here.

Screenshots

Main Menu Advanced Settings
Menu Bar Menu Bar Expanded
Dark Mode
Menu Bar Dark Mode
1. You start scrolling 2. Squirrel drags on the screen for you 3. Your cursor auto-snaps back to where you started
Screenshot of simulator Screenshot of simulator, blue pointer shown at initial cursor position. Cursor is dragged higher up. Screenshot of simulator, cursor is back at its original position.

Videos

Squirrel.mp4

Simulator.mp4

Community

Author Contributing Need Help?
Squirrel is made by aheze. All contributions are welcome. Just fork the repo, then make a pull request. Open an issue or join the Discord server. You can also ping me on Twitter. Or read the source code — there’s lots of comments.

How does it work?

Squirrel uses your Mac’s accessibility controls to simulate a “drag” gesture.

Apple, if you’re reading this:

Please add native scroll support to the Simulator! Feels like such a small feature but it’ll be very welcome.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2023 A. Zheng

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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GitHub

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