diff --git a/core/workspace_svg.ts b/core/workspace_svg.ts
index 00ebcbdc1a3..84c91e4527a 100644
--- a/core/workspace_svg.ts
+++ b/core/workspace_svg.ts
@@ -2184,58 +2184,78 @@ export class WorkspaceSvg extends Workspace implements IASTNodeLocationSvg {
     return this.scale;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Scroll the workspace to a specified offset (in pixels), keeping in the
-   * workspace bounds. See comment on workspaceSvg.scrollX for more detail on
-   * the meaning of these values.
-   *
-   * @param x Target X to scroll to.
-   * @param y Target Y to scroll to.
-   * @internal
-   */
-  scroll(x: number, y: number) {
-    this.hideChaff(/* opt_onlyClosePopups= */ true);
+// Add two new methods to WorkspaceSvg
 
-    // Keep scrolling within the bounds of the content.
-    const metrics = this.getMetrics();
-    // Canvas coordinates (aka scroll coordinates) have inverse directionality
-    // to workspace coordinates so we have to inverse them.
-    x = Math.min(x, -metrics.scrollLeft);
-    y = Math.min(y, -metrics.scrollTop);
-    const maxXDisplacement = Math.max(
-      0,
-      metrics.scrollWidth - metrics.viewWidth,
-    );
-    const maxXScroll = metrics.scrollLeft + maxXDisplacement;
-    const maxYDisplacement = Math.max(
-      0,
-      metrics.scrollHeight - metrics.viewHeight,
-    );
-    const maxYScroll = metrics.scrollTop + maxYDisplacement;
-    x = Math.max(x, -maxXScroll);
-    y = Math.max(y, -maxYScroll);
-    this.scrollX = x;
-    this.scrollY = y;
+/**
+ * Scroll the workspace horizontally by a relative amount.
+ * @param {number} deltaX Pixels to scroll horizontally.
+ */
+workspace.scrollHorizontal(deltaX) {
+  // Use existing scroll method with updated x
+  this.scroll(this.scrollX + deltaX, this.scrollY); 
+}
 
-    if (this.scrollbar) {
-      // The content position (displacement from the content's top-left to the
-      // origin) plus the scroll position (displacement from the view's top-left
-      // to the origin) gives us the distance from the view's top-left to the
-      // content's top-left. Then we negate this so we get the displacement from
-      // the content's top-left to the view's top-left, matching the
-      // directionality of the scrollbars.
-      this.scrollbar.set(
-        -(x + metrics.scrollLeft),
-        -(y + metrics.scrollTop),
-        false,
-      );
-    }
-    // We have to shift the translation so that when the canvas is at 0, 0 the
-    // workspace origin is not underneath the toolbox.
-    x += metrics.absoluteLeft;
-    y += metrics.absoluteTop;
-    this.translate(x, y);
+/** 
+ * Scroll the workspace vertically by a relative amount.
+ * @param {number} deltaY Pixels to scroll vertically.
+ */
+workspace.scrollVertical(deltaY) {
+  // Use existing scroll method with updated y
+  this.scroll(this.scrollX, this.scrollY + deltaY);
+}
+  
+  /**
+ * Scroll the workspace to a specified offset (in pixels), keeping in the
+ * workspace bounds. See comment on workspaceSvg.scrollX for more detail on
+ * the meaning of these values.
+ *
+ * @param x Target X to scroll to.
+ * @param y Target Y to scroll to.
+ */
+scroll(x: number, y: number) {
+  this.hideChaff(/* opt_onlyClosePopups= */ true);
+
+  // Keep scrolling within the bounds of the content.
+  const metrics = this.getMetrics();
+  // Canvas coordinates (aka scroll coordinates) have inverse directionality
+  // to workspace coordinates so we have to inverse them.
+  x = Math.min(x, -metrics.scrollLeft);
+  y = Math.min(y, -metrics.scrollTop);
+  const maxXDisplacement = Math.max(
+    0,
+    metrics.scrollWidth - metrics.viewWidth,
+  );
+  const maxXScroll = metrics.scrollLeft + maxXDisplacement;
+  const maxYDisplacement = Math.max(
+    0,
+    metrics.scrollHeight - metrics.viewHeight,
+  );
+  const maxYScroll = metrics.scrollTop + maxYDisplacement;
+  x = Math.max(x, -maxXScroll);
+  y = Math.max(y, -maxYScroll);
+  this.scrollX = x;
+  this.scrollY = y;
+
+  if (this.scrollbar) {
+    // The content position (displacement from the content's top-left to the
+    // origin) plus the scroll position (displacement from the view's top-left
+    // to the origin) gives us the distance from the view's top-left to the
+    // content's top-left. Then we negate this so we get the displacement from
+    // the content's top-left to the view's top-left, matching the
+    // directionality of the scrollbars.
+    this.scrollbar.set(
+      -(x + metrics.scrollLeft),
+      -(y + metrics.scrollTop),
+      false,
+    );
   }
+  // We have to shift the translation so that when the canvas is at 0, 0 the
+  // workspace origin is not underneath the toolbox.
+  x += metrics.absoluteLeft;
+  y += metrics.absoluteTop;
+  this.translate(x, y);
+}
+
 
   /**
    * Find the block on this workspace with the specified ID.