Hi, Basically as the title says, here's how to reproduce this: 1. start Emacs with -Q; 2. evaluate this sexp: (progn (custom-set-variables '(scroll-step 1) '(scroll-margin 0)) (with-current-buffer (switch-to-buffer "test") (insert (make-string 100 ?\n) (propertize "XXX" 'face '(:height 2.0)) (make-string 100 ?\n)))) 3. in the newly created buffer press and keep pressed . You'll notice that the point moves to the top of the window and stays there, but as soon as it *steps* over "XXX", the point is centered. This is pretty annoying in my case where I use big headings in Markdown mode. This happens, at least, in Emacs 25.1.1, 24.5.1 and 26.2 on Linux. Please let me know if you need additional details. Best, Andrea