diff --git a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index ad3d64f6..2c5d5c01 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ void PTextEdit::load( const QString &f, const int index )
   // create a new text edit object
   PSubTextEdit *edit = new PSubTextEdit( fAdmin.get() );
   edit->setFont(QFont(fAdmin->getFontName(), fAdmin->getFontSize()));
+  edit->setCenterOnScroll(true);
 
   // place the text edit object at the appropriate tab position
   if (index == -1)
@@ -1042,7 +1043,7 @@ PSubTextEdit *PTextEdit::currentEditor() const
     return nullptr;
 
   if ( fTabWidget->currentWidget() ) {
-    if (fTabWidget->currentWidget()->inherits( "PSubTextEdit" )) {
+    if (fTabWidget->currentWidget()->inherits( "PSubTextEdit" )) {        
       return dynamic_cast<PSubTextEdit*>(fTabWidget->currentWidget());
     }
   }
@@ -1184,6 +1185,7 @@ void PTextEdit::fileNew()
 {
   PSubTextEdit *edit = new PSubTextEdit( fAdmin.get() );
   edit->setFont(QFont(fAdmin->getFontName(), fAdmin->getFontSize()));
+  edit->setCenterOnScroll(true);
   doConnections( edit );
   fTabWidget->addTab( edit, tr( "noname" ) );
   fTabWidget->setCurrentIndex(fTabWidget->indexOf(edit));
diff --git a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index e1c4a558..46c710ed 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@ void PTextEdit::load( const QString &f, const int index )
   // create a new text edit object
   PSubTextEdit *edit = new PSubTextEdit( fAdmin.get() );
   edit->setFont(QFont(fAdmin->getFontName(), fAdmin->getFontSize()));
+  edit->setCenterOnScroll(true);
 
   // place the text edit object at the appropriate tab position
   if (index == -1)
@@ -1191,6 +1192,8 @@ void PTextEdit::fileNew()
 {
   PSubTextEdit *edit = new PSubTextEdit( fAdmin.get() );
   edit->setFont(QFont(fAdmin->getFontName(), fAdmin->getFontSize()));
+  edit->setCenterOnScroll(true);
+
   doConnections( edit );
   fTabWidget->addTab( edit, tr( "noname" ) );
   fTabWidget->setCurrentIndex(fTabWidget->indexOf(edit));