diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index c642377e..a4ef29ad 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ app's JSON control channel (`deckcraft --control PORT`).
 | 2026-10-15 | PPTX trigger sequences keep separate On Click steps, including paragraph builds; synthetic import/edit/save/reopen and headless show regressions |
 | 2026-10-16 | Export: PNG with a transparent background — the slide background is left out, only the slide's content is drawn (Export… dialog, File › Export, web download, `file.export`/`file.render` `transparentBackground`, `deckcraft-cli render --transparent`) (#784) |
 | 2026-10-16 | Arrange ▸ Align: Align to Slide and Align Selected Objects, as in PowerPoint. One object aligns to the slide and several to each other until the other choice is ticked; the choice holds for that selection and also drives Distribute |
+| 2026-10-16 | Fitted canvas: discrete mouse-wheel steps navigate immediately, including rapid and batched input, while trackpad gestures retain their cooldown and zoomed slides still pan. |
 | 2026-10-15 | CLI: .txt and .md export includes table cell text, which it used to skip silently (#814) |
 | 2026-10-15 | A `.pptx` slide that can't be read is reported, not dropped in silence: `lostSlides` from `file.open`, a message and a repaired copy in the app, a warning from `deckcraft-cli` (#203) |
 | 2026-10-16 | AutoFormat as you type: ordinals (1st, 22nd, 103rd) get superscript suffixes after a space or punctuation; Tools ▸ AutoCorrect and `text.autocorrect {ordinals}` turn it off |
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ app's JSON control channel (`deckcraft --control PORT`).
 | 2026-10-16 | trivial | Progress log: PNG export with a transparent background (#784) |
 | 2026-10-16 | trivial | Progress log: a `.ppsx` from the system starts the slide show (#862) |
 | 2026-10-22 | trivial | Progress log: table text takes the master's other-text style |
+| 2026-10-16 | trivial | Progress log: responsive mouse-wheel navigation on the fitted canvas |
 | 2026-10-14 | trivial | remote MCP checks reply IDs, envelopes and bounded newline framing (#718) |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | Gray list markers on empty paragraphs while editing; caret keeps the list indent before typing |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | Community PR wave folded: headline breadth 84% over 191 features (P0 92%, P1 82%, P2 55%) and the feature-area breadths from `cargo xtask parity`; one row per area; Upcoming item 2 merged; per-PR count notes dropped from the progress log. Ready stays ~55%, stage alpha |
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index ba66aad8..818a9f5f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -95,11 +95,62 @@ pub(crate) fn page_flick(wheel: egui::Vec2) -> Option<bool> {
     (along.abs() > MIN_FLICK).then_some(along < 0.0)
 }
 
+/// Discrete wheel input must not share the trackpad's gesture cooldown. Keep all the steps,
+/// including several notches delivered in one frame, and clamp at each end of the deck.
+///
+/// High-resolution and free-spin wheels send fractions of a line (0.125 per event on Windows), so
+/// the delta is accumulated in `carry` and each whole line is one slide; a change of direction
+/// drops what was left over. Returns the target, `None` when no wheel event was read.
+fn wheel_slide_target(events: &[egui::Event], current: usize, slides: usize, carry: &mut f32) -> Option<usize> {
+    let last = slides.checked_sub(1)?;
+    let mut target = current.min(last);
+    let mut handled = false;
+    for event in events {
+        if let egui::Event::MouseWheel { unit, delta, modifiers, .. } = event
+            && matches!(unit, egui::MouseWheelUnit::Line | egui::MouseWheelUnit::Page)
+            && !modifiers.ctrl
+            && !modifiers.command
+            && !modifiers.shift
+            && delta.y.is_finite()
+            && delta.y.abs() > 0.0
+            && delta.y.abs() >= delta.x.abs()
+        {
+            if *carry * delta.y < 0.0 {
+                *carry = 0.0;
+            }
+            *carry += delta.y;
+            // The small slack keeps sums such as 10 × 0.1 from falling just short of a line.
+            let whole = (carry.abs() + 1e-4).floor();
+            *carry -= whole.copysign(*carry);
+            let steps = whole.min(slides as f32) as usize;
+            target = if delta.y < 0.0 { target.saturating_add(steps).min(last) } else { target.saturating_sub(steps) };
+            handled = true;
+        }
+    }
+    handled.then_some(target)
+}
+
+fn trackpad_scroll(events: &[egui::Event]) -> egui::Vec2 {
+    events.iter().fold(egui::Vec2::ZERO, |sum, event| match event {
+        egui::Event::MouseWheel { unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Point, delta, modifiers, .. } if !modifiers.ctrl && !modifiers.command => sum + *delta,
+        _ => sum,
+    })
+}
+
 pub fn show(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
     let avail = ui.available_rect_before_wrap();
     app.canvas_rect = Some(avail);
     let Some(st) = app.session.active() else { return };
+    // The leftover fraction of a wheel line belongs to one presentation. Drop it whenever another
+    // one is drawn here, hovered or not, so switching away and back starts from zero.
+    let carry_id = ui.id().with("wheel_carry");
+    let doc_uid = st.uid;
+    ui.data_mut(|d| {
+        if d.get_temp::<(u64, f32)>(carry_id).is_none_or(|(uid, _)| uid != doc_uid) {
+            d.insert_temp(carry_id, (doc_uid, 0.0_f32));
+        }
+    });
     if st.doc.slides.is_empty() && st.selection.target == Target::Slides {
         let resp = ui.allocate_rect(avail, Sense::click());
         ui.painter().text(avail.center(), Align2::CENTER_CENTER, "Click to add first slide", theme::font(22.0), t.text_dim);
@@ -134,20 +185,27 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     if resp.hovered() && !zooming {
         if overflow != egui::Vec2::ZERO {
             offset -= wheel;
-        } else if !app.anim_preview_active()
-            && app.session.tool.marquee.is_none()
-            && !app.session.tool.dragging()
-            && let Some(next) = page_flick(wheel)
-        {
-            // A fitted slide: the mouse wheel and a trackpad swipe turn the page. Pinch zoom is
-            // the branch above and is left alone.
-            let gate = ui.id().with("wheel_gate");
-            // No previous flick yet: the first one must turn the page, not wait out the gap.
-            let last: f64 = ui.data_mut(|d| d.get_temp(gate).unwrap_or(f64::NEG_INFINITY));
-            let now = ui.input(|i| i.time);
-            if now - last > 0.35 {
-                ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(gate, now));
-                let _ = app.run(if next { "slide.next" } else { "slide.previous" }, json!({}));
+        } else if !app.anim_preview_active() && app.session.tool.marquee.is_none() && !app.session.tool.dragging() {
+            let (_, mut carry): (u64, f32) = ui.data_mut(|d| d.get_temp(carry_id).unwrap_or_default());
+            let wheel_step = app.session.active().and_then(|d| {
+                let current = d.selection.slide;
+                ui.input(|i| wheel_slide_target(&i.events, current, d.doc.slides.len(), &mut carry)).map(|target| (current, target))
+            });
+            ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(carry_id, (doc_uid, carry)));
+            if let Some((current, index)) = wheel_step {
+                if index != current {
+                    let _ = app.run("slide.go", json!({"index": index}));
+                }
+            } else if let Some(next) = page_flick(ui.input(|i| trackpad_scroll(&i.events))) {
+                // Point-based trackpad gestures keep their cooldown. Raw input avoids reading
+                // the smoothed tail of a discrete mouse notch as another page turn.
+                let gate = ui.id().with("wheel_gate");
+                let last: f64 = ui.data_mut(|d| d.get_temp(gate).unwrap_or(f64::NEG_INFINITY));
+                let now = ui.input(|i| i.time);
+                if now - last > 0.35 {
+                    ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(gate, now));
+                    let _ = app.run(if next { "slide.next" } else { "slide.previous" }, json!({}));
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 50387a93..df8ee6f0 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -3331,6 +3331,139 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(crate::canvas::page_flick(egui::vec2(4.0, 10.0)), None);
     }
 
+    fn mouse_wheel(harness: &mut egui_kittest::Harness<'static, SlideApp>, notches: &[f32]) {
+        let centre = harness.state().canvas_rect.unwrap().center();
+        let input = harness.input_mut();
+        input.events.push(egui::Event::PointerMoved(centre));
+        for &y in notches {
+            input.events.push(egui::Event::MouseWheel {
+                unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Line,
+                delta: egui::vec2(0.0, y),
+                phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move,
+                modifiers: egui::Modifiers::NONE,
+            });
+        }
+        harness.run_steps(1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mouse_wheel_keeps_fast_notches_in_both_directions_without_a_smoothed_tail() {
+        let mut h = flick_harness();
+        for _ in 0..8 {
+            h.state_mut().run("slide.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        }
+        h.state_mut().run("slide.go", json!({"index": 0})).unwrap();
+        h.run_steps(1);
+
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-1.0]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 1, "one notch responds immediately");
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-1.0]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 2, "the next frame does not lose a notch to the cooldown");
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-1.0, -1.0]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 4, "notches batched into a frame are retained");
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-3.0]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 7, "an accelerated wheel event keeps its steps");
+        h.run_steps(30);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 7, "smoothing must not turn more pages");
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[2.0]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 5, "reversing direction responds immediately");
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[100.0]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 0, "stop at the first slide");
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-100.0]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 8, "stop at the last slide");
+    }
+
+    /// A high-resolution wheel on Windows sends one notch as eight 0.125-line events.
+    #[test]
+    fn mouse_wheel_fractional_lines_accumulate_into_one_slide_per_line() {
+        let mut h = flick_harness();
+        for _ in 0..4 {
+            h.state_mut().run("slide.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        }
+        h.state_mut().run("slide.go", json!({"index": 0})).unwrap();
+        h.run_steps(1);
+
+        for _ in 0..7 {
+            mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-0.125]);
+            assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 0, "a fraction of a line does not turn the page");
+        }
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-0.125]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 1, "eight eighths make exactly one slide");
+        h.run_steps(30);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 1, "nothing is left over to turn another page");
+
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-0.5]);
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[0.5, 0.25]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 1, "a change of direction drops the leftover fraction");
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[0.25]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 0, "a whole line back is one slide back");
+    }
+
+    /// A fraction of a line left over in one presentation does not carry into another.
+    #[test]
+    fn mouse_wheel_fraction_does_not_carry_into_another_presentation() {
+        let mut h = flick_harness();
+        h.state_mut().run("slide.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        h.state_mut().run("slide.go", json!({"index": 0})).unwrap();
+        h.run_steps(1);
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-0.75]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 0);
+
+        let a = h.state().session.active_index().unwrap();
+        h.state_mut().run("file.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        h.state_mut().run("slide.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        h.state_mut().run("slide.go", json!({"index": 0})).unwrap();
+        h.state_mut().ui.zoom = Some(0.4);
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-0.25]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 0, "a quarter line in the new presentation does not turn the page");
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-0.75]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 1, "a whole line in the new presentation does");
+
+        // Back in the first one, leave 0.75 of a line, then switch away and back with the pointer
+        // off the canvas (on the tabs): the canvas never sees a hover in the other presentation.
+        let b = h.state().session.active_index().unwrap();
+        h.state_mut().session.set_active(a);
+        h.state_mut().ui.zoom = Some(0.4);
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-0.75]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 0);
+        h.input_mut().events.push(egui::Event::PointerMoved(egui::pos2(-10.0, -10.0)));
+        h.run_steps(1);
+        h.state_mut().session.set_active(b);
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        h.state_mut().session.set_active(a);
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-0.25]);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 0, "switching away without a hover still drops the fraction");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mouse_wheel_over_a_zoomed_canvas_pans_and_outside_the_canvas_does_not_navigate() {
+        let mut h = flick_harness();
+        h.state_mut().run("slide.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        h.state_mut().run("slide.go", json!({"index": 0})).unwrap();
+        h.state_mut().ui.zoom = Some(3.0);
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        let before = h.state().slide_rect.unwrap();
+        mouse_wheel(&mut h, &[-3.0]);
+        h.run_steps(30);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 0);
+        assert!(h.state().slide_rect.unwrap().min.y < before.min.y, "the enlarged canvas scrolls");
+
+        h.state_mut().ui.zoom = Some(0.4);
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        h.input_mut().events.push(egui::Event::PointerMoved(egui::pos2(-10.0, -10.0)));
+        h.input_mut().events.push(egui::Event::MouseWheel {
+            unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Line,
+            delta: egui::vec2(0.0, -3.0),
+            phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move,
+            modifiers: egui::Modifiers::NONE,
+        });
+        h.run_steps(30);
+        assert_eq!(slide_at(h.state()), 0, "wheel input outside the canvas is ignored");
+    }
+
     /// A sideways swipe on a fitted slide turns the page, like PowerPoint on a Mac trackpad.
     /// The frames of one gesture do not skip ahead.
     #[test]