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I used to have an app that would scroll the window your mouse was hovering over instead of scrolling the active window. Unfortunately I lost that app. Does anyone know what that app is called?

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I use AutoHotKey for this:

EasyWheel(d)
; if _WHEELAUTOFOCUS if set, check which window is under the mouse and gives it focus if it hasn't already
; then send scroll event to the control under the mouse
; original code from Shimanov: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6772#54821
{
Global _WHEELACC
   , _WHEELMAXN
   , _WHEELAUTOFOCUS
Static t, s


   if ( A_TickCount > 500+t) {
      t := A_TickCount
      s :=0x780000
   }
   else if (s < _WHEELMAXN)
      s += _WHEELACC

   MouseGetPos x, y, hwnd
   h := DllCall("WindowFromPoint", "int", x, "int", y)
   if _WHEELAUTOFOCUS && (hwnd<>WinExist("A"))
      WinActivate, ahk_id %hwnd%
     testan:=WinActive("A")
    if (testan<>hwnd){
        SendMessage, 0x20A, d*s,(y<<16)|x,, ahk_id %h%
        }
        else if (d=-1){
        send {WheelDown}
        }else{
        send {WheelUp}
        }
}


WheelUp:: EasyWheel(1)
WheelDown:: EasyWheel(-1) 
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  • I adore it. I don't know what I'd do without it, apart from be massively less productive and have less fun.
    – Phoshi
    Nov 6, 2009 at 21:26
  • Not what I the app I was looking for, but 10x better. BTW, always love your comments on Lifehacker.
    – sound2man
    Nov 6, 2009 at 21:34
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    Thanks :) That script is slightly edited from the version I took off the official forums, it sends an actual wheel-down message if the window is focussed. No real difference, but certain applications can handle things... differently, and that seemed to maximize compatibility with everything <3
    – Phoshi
    Nov 6, 2009 at 21:36
  • @Phoshi, do you use this with a dual monitor setup? It works... mostly. I think the problems I see (with windows not scrolling when I expect them to) happen when the active window is on the second monitor. (i.e. perhaps in the coordinate resolution?) Still, great little script. :)
    – JMD
    Nov 6, 2009 at 21:47
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    Does not work in Visual Studio 2010. Oct 22, 2012 at 17:07
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katmouse works well - small and easy to enable or disable from the system trayp

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  • Works perfectly for me too, in Windows 7 64 bit. Unobtrusive and reliable little application :)
    – yummer
    Nov 18, 2011 at 12:16
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There’s a few that can do that, but TweakUI for sure has that option (Mouse->X-Mouse).

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    Can you add the other ones? I'm looking for one that runs on Windows 7 (64 bits).
    – Snark
    Nov 6, 2009 at 21:01
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I use WizMouse. Works in Vista and 7.

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XMouse Toggle is a stand alone utility to do this on XP, Vista, 7 both 32 and 64 bit.

XMouse Toggle

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