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Microsoft Wireless Mouse 3500 Scroll Button “Stuck”
I'm having problems with my mouse. It occurred just two days ago. Middle-click was working fine, the sound of clicking the wheel button sounded normal. But then two days ago, it feels "stuck" and it ...
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How to setup middle button action in IntelliPoint?
I have Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000 and it's Control Panel applet allows to setup: (1) left button, (2) right button, (3) wheel, (4) second left button (tiny one) and (5) second right button (tiny ...
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How to emulate mouse scroll in openbox?
I use laptop a lot and have no mouse.
I use trackpoint which substitues mouse very well except scrolling.
Is it possible to bind scrolling of windows to - for example - 'ctrl + middle + mouse?
I was ...
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change middle mouse button function in Windows
Is there a way to assign a function (like cut / copy / paste) to the middle mouse button or scroll wheel in Windows 7?
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Configure Mouse Middle(Wheel) button to bring behind window in focus
In Ubuntu, whenever you press the middle scroll wheel of the mouse at top of a window, it brings the window immediately behind the current window into focus.
How can this be done in Windows 7?
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Middle Mouse Button does not work in XFCE / Arch Linux
I have the XFCE desktop manager installed on my Arch Linux system. With E17 (Enlightenment desktop manager) i had no problems with my mouse: all buttons worked correctly out of the box. But in XFCE my ...
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Middle-clicking to open link in a new tab in Firefox 15 does not work
When I booted up my laptop yesterday, the latest version of Firefox (15) was installed. Now, clicking the middle mouse button on a link is unresponsive.
I tried Chrome and it still works there.
(I'm ...
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Make the middle mouse button behave as a double-click in Windows 7?
What is the best, lightest-weight way to make the middle mouse button (i.e. clicking the scroll wheel) behave as a double-left-click in Windows 7? I want this to be universal, so that other programs ...
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How to get a mouse middle click event on a Macintosh?
I am using a MacBook Air running OS X 10.7 (Lion) with Screen Sharing application to view the display of a Linux box running Emacs. I need a mouse middle click. How can I generate a mouse-middle ...
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Middle mouse button acts like Alt-Tab
My wireless mouse (Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 on Windows 7) has started acting this way: When you press the middle button in a browser (expecting a link to open in a new tab) it will instead ...
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Windows scrolling doesn't scroll all the way up
I have encountered this weird issue today. I didn't install or reconfigure anything to cause this. I've restarted my computer but this hasn't cured the problem.
Regardless of the application I use (I ...
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Close window by middle-clicking the title in Windows 7
I'm looking for a feature that will close the window by middle-clicking the window's title. It would be nice if I could do that in Windows 7.
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XWindows-like mouse behaviour in Windows 7
I currently use Linux as my primary desktop OS, and have done for more years than I care to remember. In recent years I've settled on GNOME and XFCE as my environments of choice.
For a number of ...
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Is there a way to use the X-Window select - middle-click-to-paste behaviour on windows?
On Linux, the last text selected can be pasted via a middle click, making copy-pasting faster for one thing, and additionally providing a second clipboard. Is there a way to add this feature to ...
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Disable middle-CLICK on laptop?
I just got a new laptop, and it's great. However, in Google Chrome, middle-clicking on a tab closes it, and my middle-click is activated by tapping with two fingers. Unfortunately, recognition of this ...
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Firefox middle click to open history menu item in new tab
I recently upgraded to Firefox 7. Occasionally I use middle-click a the History menu item to open it in a new tab, but it opened in the current tab instead. Unfortunately I don't remember which ...
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Easy way to turn middle click to right click? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Generic mouse button remapping utility/driver
I'm using an old wireless mouse, and the right click on it seems to have stopped working. Is there an easy way for me to ...
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How can I delete “MiddleClick” app for Mac?
I needed to use a middle click button for Maya. So I downloaded and installed the "MiddleClick" application.
But I can't see any visible appearance such as a preference pane or an application icon in ...
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How to assign command to mouse middle-click in Ubuntu?
TL;DR version
Does anyone know how to assign a command to a mouse action (e.g. holding middle-mouse-button)?
Like this: hold down middle-mouse-button, command #1, release middle-mouse-button, ...
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How do I map the middle button of a Mighty Mouse to open a new tab in Chrome?
Is it possible to map the middle click of my Apple Mighty Mouse (connected to a MacBook Pro) to open a new tab in Google Chrome (on OSX Snow Leopard)?
This works in Firefox, and (I think) on Chrome ...
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Strange mouse wheel behavior on Windows 7
I have a Windows 7 x64 Enterprise SP1 Dell Optiplex 980 system with a Dell mouse. Under the Control Panel > Mouse, and Mouse Properties tab it says "Name: HID-compliant mouse". It's a Dell basic ...
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How do I enable middle-click functionality on a two-button mouse?
I bought a new trackball mouse, but it only has a left and right button, no middle click.
I use middle click almost exclusive to close tabs in Firefox and Visual Studio, close windows, open links in ...
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Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 Driver Update
Yesterday was the first time I had turned on my laptop in over a week, so immediately I started getting notifications that I needed to update stuff. So I update my antivirus, Adobe whatever, and then ...
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middle mouse button paste doesnt work in gvim7.3
I recently upgraded myself to gvim7.3 (from gvim7.2) and I've lost my middle-mouse button paste functionality.
Note: This problem is only in gvim, my vim works as expected.
What magic stuff should I ...
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middle click to open folder in new window
I have selected "single click to open item" in the folder option in Windows 7. Now I want to open the folder in new window when I middle click on any folder. how to achieve this. Suggest any explorer ...
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When middle-clicking links, why does my browser sometimes open two tabs?
For around a year I have had an issue with my USB mouse's middle button action whilst browsing the web. Essentially if I use the middle button to open any link, about 5% of the time it will open two ...
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Multi-button mouse on X11: How can I configure several buttons to act as the middle button?
I know how to make another button act as the middle button but how can I map several mouse buttons to the middle button?
xmodmap complains if I repeat button numbers in the pointer option.
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Getting MiddleClick to open on log in for Mac OS X
I'd like MiddleClick to open on startup for Mac OS X (10.6.6). I know that you can right-click and select the option, "Open on login" or something like that, but I don't see that option when I ...
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Windows 7: Close on middle-click of taskbar icon?
Used to middle-clicking tabs in Firefox, I'm finding myself instinctively middle-clicking taskbar icons, expecting it to close them, and annoyed when it opens a new instance instead. Is there ...
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How do I disable middle-click-pasting functionality in MacVim?
I've been accidentally pasting lately, would like to remove this functionality. Bonus points if I can re-assign the input to another function.
Mac OS 10.6.6, MacVim 7.3
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Mouse wheel scrolling not working inside Google Chrome. But working in Firefox, any solution?
Scrolling with the mouse wheel is not working in Google Chrome (on Windows), but works fine in Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Chrome Version: 9.0.597.15 dev
OS: Windows XP
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Left mouse buttons on Samsung laptop feels unresponsive - I have to press it longer than I would usually do
Left mouse buttons on Samsung laptop feels unresponsive.
When I press it, it often has no effect and I have to either press it longer or press it multiple times (pressing it longer seems to be the ...
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Razr mouse on Macbook Pro lost middle click functionality after installing new firmware
I started using the Razor Deathadder mouse on my new Macbook Pro today. The middle button was working until I downloaded the latest firmware for the mouse. Now it won't work anymore. I was using the ...
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Middle click using IBM/Lenovo keyboard with TrackPoint to scroll on Mac OS X
I have an IBM ThinkPad style USB keyboard with TrackPoint (similar to the ones Lenovo currently sells). I love this keyboard and would like to use it with a Mac OS X machine I have. Everything seems ...
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middle-click cycles windows in windows 7
I'm trying to get synthetic middle-click working in Firefox on a new HP G62 running Windows 7. (That is, I want to open a link in a new tab when I simultaneously press both touchpad buttons.) ...
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Difficulty with middle click - MS Wireless 6000 scroll wheel sensitivity
When I try to middle click on the scroll wheel, I usually just get a little bit of scrolling instead. I am using the Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000, which is very sensitive to small scrolling ...
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How to disable the middle click on Mac OS X
I can't find where to disable the default Mac OS X behavior of the middle click (opens the dashboard). I have steermouse installed and I would like to use the middle click, the way it was meant to be ...
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Close/Blank last tab w/ middle-click?
I have only one tab open in Firefox (the page that's showing this question, for example). I'm using (what I think is) a stock 3.6.6 install, and there's no close button on that one tab. Here's the ...
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Anyway to enable middle click to close a tab in Safari 5?
The start up speed of the new Safari 5 has convinced me to switch to it from Chrome. The only annoyance I have is that I am unable to close a tab by simply middle-clicking on it (which works in ...
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Emulate middle mouse click by pressing the two buttons at the same time
I upgraded the driver of my Synaptics Touchpad under XP and I can no longer press the left and right buttons simultaneously to simulate a middle click. How can I turn this back on?
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How do I stop Firefox on Ubuntu from trying to load whatever is in my clipboard when I middle-click on a non-link?
In Firefox on Ubuntu, if I middle-click anywhere on a page that's not a link, it seems to treat whatever text is in the clipboard as a URL and tries to load it.
This is annoying, since if I either ...
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Auto-detected mouse - disable 3rd button enumation
I'd like to disable the 3rd button emulation in ubuntu 9.10. Normally, I'd just change the option in xorg.conf and it would go away - but how do I deal with an autodetected mouse?
For example, I've ...
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Middle mouse click in VirtualBox (Vista host, Debian guest)
I'm running Virtualbox on Windows Vista. I have a Microsoft USB mouse (it says "Comfort Optical Mouse 3000") with left and right buttons, and a mousewheel in the middle. If I press down on the ...
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middle click works only once
Just recently I'm having problems with middle click. After a reboot, it works the first time I use it, but then it doesn't work after that.
As far as I've investigated, that's the same on Linux and ...
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Logitech wheel middle click not working in XP
On my previous PC (same os, same trackball (Logitech TrackMan Wheel) I was able to middle click tabs in firefox and visual studio to close them (and middle click links in FF to open in new tabs).
I ...
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Alternative to middle click for Linux in Parallels on a MacBook?
I'm running Ubuntu on Parallels on a MacBook, and there is no middle-click on the MacBook trackpad - which is annoying because it means you can't do X's paste action.
Is there an alternative? I'm ...
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How to close windows by middle clicking on application title bar?
I wish to use mouse' middle button to close various applications so that when I middle click a windows title bar, it actually closes it.
Is it possible to do it by configuring windows or using ...
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How to enable the “middle” button of Apple's new Magic Mouse?
The Magic Mouse seems to be a vast improvement over the old Mighty Mouse after using it for a few hours. However, I just discovered that there seems to be no way to execute a "middle" click.
I use ...
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How do you disable the wheel mouse button in Windows 7 so that it does not bring up the task switcher
When I am in Chrome (Or IE8), and I want to open a link in a new tab, I'm used to using the middle (wheel) button.
With Windows 7, click on the mouse wheel brings up the Task Switcher, but I would ...
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How to enable middle mouse button copy and paste with Cygwin?
I have a three button mouse. Within a shell (I use bash), on either OS X or linux, the selecting text and clicking the middle button copies the selection and pastes it at the cursor.
However, using ...
