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Questions tagged [scroll-wheel]

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Inverting direction of mouse scroll wheel

Is there a way to make a mouse scroll wheel invert its direction? I'd like to scroll upwards and have that action scroll downwards and vice-versa. There is no setting on the Mouse control panel that makes this possible. Any pointers to a hack or a…
Christian Correa
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Horizontal scrolling shortcut in Windows

In Os X, I can hold Shift while using the scroll wheel on the mouse to scroll horizontally instead of vertically. Is there a way to do something similar in Windows?
Matthew Shanley
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On Windows 7, is there any way to make the scrollwheel's focus follow the mouse?

On Mac OS X I can mouse over something (without clicking on it or giving it complete focus) and use the scroll wheel to scroll it. On Windows (7 at least) which I'm forced to use in my new job, it does not work this way. Is there any way to change…
iconoclast
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Logitech Anywhere MX mouse scrolls up a little after I scroll down and vice-versa

I am using Windows 7 x64 and have installed the SetPoint Settings software and have specified OS implementation. I have also unchecked the smooth scrolling. How to fix this problem, so the response will match the actual scrolling of the scroll wheel…
Arthur Mamou-Mani
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remedy for a no scroll wheel trackball?

I am thinking to buy an trackball and my option is Logitech trackman marble. But then I found that there is no scroll wheel. How do you tackle with that? Do I definitely want to buy a trackball with scroll wheel? I scroll a lot using facebook. I…
lamwaiman1988
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No smooth scrolling on Windows 10

For some reason, smooth scrolling (using the mouse wheel) was replaced on Windows 10 (in my case, at least) with scrolling of entire page and sometimes even more. I see this on those apps for now: IE Edge Android-Studio. Chrome Notepad++ Except…
android developer
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How do you disable mouse scroll wheel acceleration in Mac OS?

Under Windows and Linux, the mouse scroll wheel seems to be linear. Under Mac OS the scroll wheel some sort of acceleration which means it either goes too slow or too fast.
Nick Sonneveld
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Inconsistent and erratic mouse wheel in Linux while moving the mouse pointer

I have Manjaro Linux in VirtualBox, and in some applications such as the terminal the mouse wheel seems not to register many of the scroll ticks. Sometimes it scrolls fine, then suddenly it scrolls only half as much or stops scrolling at all. In…
Daniel A.A. Pelsmaeker
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How to make the scroll wheel to affect always what's under the mouse pointer?

It happens to me so many times that I roll the scroll wheel over some scrollable element, but the thing DOES NOT SCROLL. What's worse, something else on another part of the screen may scroll. I know very well why that happens. Windows is sending the…
GetFree
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Smooth scrolling for vim in Mac Terminal/iTerm?

Is it possible to get smooth scrolling (using the mouse scroll wheel or macbook touchpad) within a terminal on Mac OSX (Lion)? Furthermore, could I do this within vim? I find that smooth scrolling aids the reading of code, I don't like it when you…
Eddy
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How do I horizontally scroll in Notepad++?

How to horizontally scroll in Notepad++? I know the way by dragging horizontal scroll bar, but I would like more convenient way: Scrolling with keyboard Scrolling with mouse wheel while holding Shift key pressed. I have lots of long lines in logs…
ViliusK
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Getting Synaptics trackpad to send actual scroll-wheel events

I have a laptop (a Samsung Series 9) with a Synaptics trackpad, and I have Windows XP on it. One of the nice features of this trackpad is that it allows you to scroll by placing two fingers on the trackpad and then dragging them up or down. But the…
Ram Rachum
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How to change mouse scrolling speed in Ubuntu?

I use Ubuntu 22.04. How to change mouse scrolling speed in Ubuntu? I went to mouse settings and I found a mouse speed option, but nothing for the mouse wheel scrolling.
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How to disable scrollwheel?

How can I completely disable the scroll wheel on my mouse on a Windows 7 system? This would be system wide not just for a single application.
Colonel Panic
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How to change the step of volume scroll in VLC?

When I roll the mouse scroll wheel in VLC, the volume changes. But it changes too rapidly: like 83%-70%-58% Can I change the step used like to 1-5% at a time?
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