Zooming / panning in map view is too coarse

[tent405]

When plotting orbits on areas that are far from my current point of focus, the mousewheel zoom is very choppy, making it hard to get a close in look.

Is it possible to temporarily turn down the sensitivity on this, allowing finer-grained control of the map view?

[95tiger59]

Im not sure, your mouse may have options linked to this but I don't think the game does

[Pecan]

Why not change your focus? Double-click a planet to focus on it, backspace returns to your currently-active ship (NB: OK in map mode but means 'abort' action group in flight). Tab cycles through all objects, if you've got the patience. See the key-bindings on the wiki for others.