Re: odd mouse scrollbar behavior

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:55:12 -0700
Mike Hoy <mhoy4@cox.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i have a usb Creative optical mouse.
>
> the scrollbar works, i can scroll up and down web pages or really any
> program that has a scroll bar.
> but the scrollbar on the mouse has one more function:
> if you click down on the scroll bar it locks you in place on the web
> page you are on and then you can move the mouse up and down or side to
> side and you can scroll around the image or web page relative to where
> you locked the scrollbar in place..
>
> maybe there is a better way to state that.
>
> this is NO big deal at all, but was wondering if anyone knows how to
> configure the mouse better so all of it's functions can be used.
>
> BTW the 'locking' feature i'm talking about WORKS in thunderbird. I can
> lock down the scroll bar and move the mouse around like I said above.
>
> the problem is on web pages only(firefox).
>
> I found out that what it's doing in place of 'locking' is pasting the
> contents of the clipboard into the url, but only if it is a valid url.
>
> ex: if:
>
> foo bar is not a real word
> is in my clipboard it won't paste http://foo bar is not a real word
>
> but plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us does past into
> http//plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> kinda weird
>
> maybe Fedora Core 3 has taught my mouse a new trick? :-)
>
> mike h

Mike,

Normal behavior, I think. Works in Mozilla, too. Click the center button and whatever is in the clipboard is pasted into the address line and Mozilla takes you there if it's a valid URL or spits out an error.

With a scroll mouse it's easy to press the wheel down (it's the center button, too) without thinking.

Dennisk
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