UPDATE Additionally to using filters one of the last updates of the android tools added a pause button to logcat. Just click the button and autoscroll is disabled. In Logcat at top right there is a button that looks like an arrow pointing downward with line under it. Toggle it to switch autoscrolling on and off.

How do I turn off automatic scrolling?

How to Disable Windows 10’s “Inactive Window Scrolling” Feature

1. Head to the new Settings app and click on the Devices section.
2. Click the Mouse & Touchpad tab.
3. Switch “Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them” to off.

How do I change scroll settings on Android?

So if you’d like to adjust these, tap the three-dot menu button at the top of the screen, then head to the “Settings” entry. From here, the “Speed of scrolling” option lets you adjust how fast the automatic scrolling will be.