# Horizontal scrolling on Ansible Navigator

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-on-ansible-navigator/871>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** devtools, ansible-navigator\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-on-ansible-navigator/871 "2023-09-18T09:14:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jbericat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jbericat/32/627_2.png) [@jbericat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jbericat)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-on-ansible-navigator/871/1 "2023-09-18T09:14:46Z")

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Hello!

Does anybody know if there is any way to do horizontal scrolling in `ansible-navigator`?

The only information I was able to find on the Internet was this “discussion”, which hasn’t been even discussed yet 😅

> **[horizontal scrolling (in e.g. \`:log\`) doesn't seem to work ·...](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-navigator/discussions/966)**
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> In a small terminal, running :log cuts off messages and there doesn't seem to be a way to scroll right to see them. (Tested in iTerm2 and mate-terminal)

Currently, to see the full logs I’m just using the artifact that is created after the playbook execution, but I find that kind-of time consuming when debugging faulty code.

**Ansible Navigator version:**

```bash
$ ansible-navigator --version
ansible-navigator 3.0.1

```

Thanks a lot in advance.

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**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-on-ansible-navigator/871/2 "2023-09-26T08:35:15Z")

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Can anyone from [@DevTools](https://forum.ansible.com/groups/devtools) give an opinion on this one?

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**Author:** ![cidrblock](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/cidrblock/32/126_2.png) [@cidrblock](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cidrblock)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-on-ansible-navigator/871/3 "2023-09-29T12:28:50Z")

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It doesn’t…

The `:log` functionality is pretty limited. There should also be a log file created on the local filesystem. For digging deep into it, a seperate terminal window might be a better approach with the pager/editor of your choice.

-brad

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**Author:** ![jbericat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jbericat/32/627_2.png) [@jbericat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jbericat)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-on-ansible-navigator/871/4 "2023-09-29T16:31:53Z")

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Ok that’s what I thought… but thanks anyway for taking the time to answer @cidrblock, much appreciated 👍

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-on-ansible-navigator/871/5 "2023-10-29T16:32:36Z")

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