Comments on: Disable That Irritating AutoScroll Feature in Firefox

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:35:45 +0000

Ok…I’m just trying to get this generic HP USB Optical 2 button Mouse with scroll wheel (& button) working to where the “scroll wheel” button can be set to double-click anything within Windows Vista (Browser, Windows Explorer, Files, etc.). Microsoft Inellipoint doesn’t work (uninstalled it). I guess I’ll try the Logitech Mouseware…By the way, HP’s web site is zero help…they don’t even offer the driver. It’s a wired optical USB mouse (2 button with scroll wheel).

By: Arjun M

Arjun M — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:18:27 +0000

Completely the opposite for me. I love the autoscrolling feature. Can’t live without it for a few websites. Most notably Twitter with Endless Tweets (Greasemonkey script) enabled.

-Arjun

By: David McRitchie

David McRitchie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:07:41 +0000

Had expected the website I entered to show up a link to my name, here is a relevant webpage,
which also includes both Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Shortcuts across 5 browsers (Windows):
. Firefox and other Browser Keyboard Shortcuts (Comparison Table)
. http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie.....yboard.htm

By: David McRitchie

David McRitchie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:44:50 +0000

Not much point to setting wheel button to double-click as double and triple-click are easily done with the left mouse button.

The real value of this button is when it is set to Enter through the system control panel for mouse, and it is universal for all applications. May have to override Firefox specifically, but the reason that Firefox has been an exception was to make forward and back buttons work in the past.

Gets rid of the annoying and useless automatic scrolling, and means you can use the keyboard a little less on dialogs that that have a default for such as [Ok] [Cancel], in which case you hit Enter. Also good for location-bar (address-bar) and search box, and other form entry by simply hitting Enter no need for a toolbar button or need to use the Enter key if you hand is already on the mouse after cut and paste, or drop-down selection.

Just a matter of designers saying we have a button with no function, let’s demonstrate auto-scrolling and make it the default so people learn about it. But as a feature it’s not too practical.

By: JTC

JTC — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:20:43 +0000

THANK YOU!! I have been irritated by this for weeks. Now it’s gone. Hooray!!

By: youaremygod

youaremygod — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:20:34 +0000

Thank you so much for this. This has been bugging the s#@% out of me forever.

By: qwertyu63

qwertyu63 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:12:32 +0000

Thank you. I used these steps to turn the useful feature on (it was off on mine).

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:23:46 +0000

Thank you so much! This feature was driving me mad – I thought my computer trackpad was broken, and found your site through a google search.

By: tori

tori — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:39:50 +0000

Do the exact same for micosoft, only autoscroll is alled smoothscroll

By: Veron

Veron — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:53:51 +0000

Thank you so much for the guide!..

I’ve been frustrated with this problem for few weeks…

Thanks a lot!