diff --git a/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/ServerTabPane.java b/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/ServerTabPane.java
index 9567c71..9fa799b 100644
--- a/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/ServerTabPane.java
+++ b/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/ServerTabPane.java
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.Component;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.FlowLayout;
 import java.awt.Insets;
 import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
+import java.awt.event.MouseWheelEvent;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -48,6 +50,24 @@ final class ServerTabPane extends JPanel {
             int i = tabbed.getSelectedIndex();
             if (i >= 0 && i < tabs.size()) listener.selectTab(tabs.get(i));
         });
+        tabbed.addMouseWheelListener(this::onWheel);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Scrolling over the tab strip steps through the connections. The content
+     * area keeps its own scrolling, so only wheel events on the strip itself
+     * (and on the tab labels, which forward theirs) change tabs.
+     */
+    private void onWheel(MouseWheelEvent e) {
+        if (!tabbedMode) return;
+        Component content = tabbed.getSelectedComponent();
+        if (content != null && content.getBounds().contains(e.getPoint())) return;
+
+        int steps = e.getWheelRotation();
+        if (steps == 0) return;
+        int target = Math.max(0, Math.min(tabs.size() - 1, tabbed.getSelectedIndex() + steps));
+        if (target != tabbed.getSelectedIndex()) listener.selectTab(tabs.get(target));
+        e.consume();
     }
 
     void addTab(ServerTab tab) {