diff --git a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index 96a99090..c64a040a 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -974,6 +974,7 @@ 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)
@@ -1016,7 +1017,7 @@ 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());
     }
   }
@@ -1158,6 +1159,7 @@ 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 b2edbc19..e906322e 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -981,6 +981,7 @@ 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)
@@ -1165,6 +1166,8 @@ 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));