diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index dca00ab9..7e7acab0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ Red Panda C++ Version 2.12
   - enhancement: Delay for tooltips.
   - enhancement: "Tool tips delay" option in Options/editor/Tooltips
   - change: Remove "Compile & Run" menu item. It's replaced by "Run".
-  - enhancement: Limit max speed for mouse scroll (and touch pad?)
   - enhancement: Show "..." instead of "...}" when folding #if/#endif
+  - enhancement: Correctly handle high-precision mouse wheel / touchpad in editors.
 
 Red Panda C++ Version 2.11
 
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp
index 7da92182..ffe07922 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp
@@ -66,25 +66,22 @@ Editor::Editor(QWidget *parent, const QString& filename,
                   const QByteArray& encoding,
                   Project* pProject, bool isNew,
                   QTabWidget* parentPageControl):
-  QSynEdit(parent),
-  mInited(false),
-  mEncodingOption(encoding),
-  mFilename(filename),
-  mParentPageControl(parentPageControl),
-  mProject(pProject),
-  mIsNew(isNew),
-  mSyntaxIssues(),
-  mSyntaxErrorColor(Qt::red),
-  mSyntaxWarningColor("orange"),
-  mLineCount(0),
-  mActiveBreakpointLine(-1),
-  mLastIdCharPressed(0),
-  mCurrentWord(),
-  mCurrentTipType(TipType::None),
-  mOldHighlightedWord(),
-  mCurrentHighlightedWord(),
-  mSaving(false),
-  mHoverModifiedLine(-1)
+  QSynEdit{parent},
+  mInited{false},
+  mEncodingOption{encoding},
+  mFilename{filename},
+  mParentPageControl{parentPageControl},
+  mProject{pProject},
+  mIsNew{isNew},
+  mSyntaxErrorColor{Qt::red},
+  mSyntaxWarningColor{"orange"},
+  mLineCount{0},
+  mActiveBreakpointLine{-1},
+  mLastIdCharPressed{0},
+  mCurrentTipType{TipType::None},
+  mSaving{false},
+  mHoverModifiedLine{-1},
+  mWheelAccumulatedDelta{0}
 {
     mInited=false;
     mBackupFile=nullptr;
@@ -622,21 +619,23 @@ void Editor::undoSymbolCompletion(int pos)
 void Editor::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event) {
     if ( (event->modifiers() & Qt::ControlModifier)!=0) {
         int size = pSettings->editor().fontSize();
-        if (event->angleDelta().y()>0) {
+        int oldSize = size;
+        mWheelAccumulatedDelta+=event->angleDelta().y();
+        while (mWheelAccumulatedDelta>=120) {
+            mWheelAccumulatedDelta-=120;
             size = std::min(99,size+1);
-            pSettings->editor().setFontSize(size);
-            pSettings->editor().save();
-            pMainWindow->updateEditorSettings();
-            event->accept();
-            return;
-        } else if  (event->angleDelta().y()<0) {
-            size = std::max(2,size-1);
-            pSettings->editor().setFontSize(size);
-            pSettings->editor().save();
-            pMainWindow->updateEditorSettings();
-            event->accept();
-            return;
         }
+        while (mWheelAccumulatedDelta<=-120) {
+            mWheelAccumulatedDelta+=120;
+            size = std::max(2,size-1);
+        }
+        if (size!=oldSize) {
+            pSettings->editor().setFontSize(size);
+            pSettings->editor().save();
+            pMainWindow->updateEditorSettings();
+        }
+        event->accept();
+        return;
     }
     QSynEdit::wheelEvent(event);
 }
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/editor.h b/RedPandaIDE/editor.h
index 67d93a07..d416ebc6 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/editor.h
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/editor.h
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ private:
     QTimer mAutoBackupTimer;
     QTimer mTooltipTimer;
     int mHoverModifiedLine;
+    int mWheelAccumulatedDelta;
 
     static QHash<ParserLanguage,std::weak_ptr<CppParser>> mSharedParsers;
 
diff --git a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/qsynedit.cpp b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/qsynedit.cpp
index eb685eb2..18ec91ae 100644
--- a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/qsynedit.cpp
+++ b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/qsynedit.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 namespace QSynedit {
 QSynEdit::QSynEdit(QWidget *parent) : QAbstractScrollArea(parent),
     mDropped{false},
-    mLastWheelEventTime{QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch()},
-    mWheelEventTimes{0}
+    mWheelAccumlatedDeltaX{0},
+    mWheelAccumlatedDeltaY{0}
 {
     mCharWidth=1;
     mTextHeight = 1;
@@ -6330,37 +6330,28 @@ void QSynEdit::leaveEvent(QEvent *)
 
 void QSynEdit::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event)
 {
-    qint64 current=QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
-    if (current-mLastWheelEventTime<=1000) {
-        mWheelEventTimes+=1;
-        if (mWheelEventTimes>30)
-            return;
-    } else {
-        mWheelEventTimes=0;
-        mLastWheelEventTime=current;
-    }
     if (event->modifiers() == Qt::ShiftModifier) {
-        if (event->angleDelta().y()>0) {
+        mWheelAccumlatedDeltaX+=event->angleDelta().y();
+        while (mWheelAccumlatedDeltaX>=120) {
+            mWheelAccumlatedDeltaX-=120;
             horizontalScrollBar()->setValue(horizontalScrollBar()->value()-mMouseWheelScrollSpeed);
-            event->accept();
-            return;
-        } else if (event->angleDelta().y()<0) {
+        }
+        while (mWheelAccumlatedDeltaX<=-120) {
+            mWheelAccumlatedDeltaX+=120;
             horizontalScrollBar()->setValue(horizontalScrollBar()->value()+mMouseWheelScrollSpeed);
-            event->accept();
-            return;
         }
     } else {
-        if (event->angleDelta().y()>0) {
+        mWheelAccumlatedDeltaY+=event->angleDelta().y();
+        while (mWheelAccumlatedDeltaY>=120) {
+            mWheelAccumlatedDeltaY-=120;
             verticalScrollBar()->setValue(verticalScrollBar()->value()-mMouseWheelScrollSpeed);
-            event->accept();
-            return;
-        } else if (event->angleDelta().y()<0) {
+        }
+        while (mWheelAccumlatedDeltaY<=-120) {
+            mWheelAccumlatedDeltaY+=120;
             verticalScrollBar()->setValue(verticalScrollBar()->value()+mMouseWheelScrollSpeed);
-            event->accept();
-            return;
         }
     }
-    QAbstractScrollArea::wheelEvent(event);
+    event->accept();
 }
 
 bool QSynEdit::viewportEvent(QEvent * event)
diff --git a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/qsynedit.h b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/qsynedit.h
index 67774530..ea799675 100644
--- a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/qsynedit.h
+++ b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/qsynedit.h
@@ -743,8 +743,8 @@ private:
     BufferCoord mDragSelBeginSave;
     BufferCoord mDragSelEndSave;
     bool mDropped;
-    qint64 mLastWheelEventTime;
-    int mWheelEventTimes;
+    int mWheelAccumlatedDeltaX;
+    int mWheelAccumlatedDeltaY;
 
 friend class QSynEditPainter;