Scrolling is the act of moving vertically or horizontally across visual data to view something that normally would not be in view with the current viewing mechanism.
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Some PowerPoint 2007 slides have a tiny scrollbar and scroll a long time with mouse/mousewheel
Seemingly out of the blue, slides 5 through 8 on a PPT I was working on starting exhibiting very strange behaviour. On slides 1-4, and 9-40, the vertical scroll bar is a reasonable size. When I ...
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How to use 3 different possible combinations in AutoHotkey?
I want to use these three hotkeys:
- left shift and wheeldown to scroll down twice
- left control and wheel down to scroll down 4 times
- left shift and left control and wheeldown to scroll down 8 ...
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How to have space bar scroll half the page instead
Can the space bar scroll behavior be modified in all apps (such as Firefox, pdf viewers, etc.)? It's dizzying to have space bar scroll the full page -- I often lose track of what I'm reading.
I ...
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VIM - Only last line updates with scroll?
Searched around and couldn't find anything but cheat sheets for commands, perhaps my Google-fu is lacking these days.
Any guidance here is much appreciated. I've never seen this before, not sure what ...
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All the sliders just automatically go DOWN [closed]
Argh! My sliders (not just the volume ones but every slider you could possibly encounter) just keep automatically going DOWN. This is also happening while I play games that you can scroll in and out ...
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key repeat when scrolling in tmux
When using tmux, I would like to keep the PgUp/Down key pressed to scroll quickly between pages. I press Ctrl-b PgUp to enter copy mode and to scroll the page, but if I keep it pressed, nothing ...
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Accidentally (?) disabled touchpad scrolling
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Z580 with Windows 8, and I was annoyed by the charms bar popping up every time I was putting my finger on the touchpad from the right side, so I applied the registry changes ...
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Erratic Mouse Scroll wheel
The scroll wheel seems to malfunction. As I scroll eg down the page will move down, suddenly move up.
It also looks as if it does not scoll a consistent distance. Sometimes one line, sometimes more.
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How to scroll in browser with Logitech Trackman Marble?
I have a Logitech Trackman Marble and I really love it. I spend a lot of time on web browser and code editors. I was wondering if there could be a feature like when I press Option Key the trackball ...
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How to read ebooks in continuous scrolling mode and save highlights?
I'm looking for a way to manage my academic workflow for reading e-books in .epub or .mobi formats on OSX.
My requirements:
- continuous scrolling mode
- ability to highlight text (e.g. in yellow, ...
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How can I make the Page Up and Page Down keys scroll a full screenful in browsers?
For as long as I can remember I have been frustrated by the browser behavior whereby using the Page Up and Page Down keys on the keyboard doesn't scroll the web page by a full screenful. Whenever I am ...
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Missed scrolls in Gedit and nautilus
After I type anything in GEdit, it ignores the next 6 ticks of my scrollwheel in a direction. If I scroll 6 times up, it will then let me scroll up, but not down. To scroll down I will have to scroll ...
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How do I scroll multiple lines (thus faster) in Adobe Acrobat Reader?
When I scroll a PDF with the mouse (two-finger gesture on a laptop to be more precise) the scrolling is way too slow. I am not referring to rendering issues nor some kind of lag. Simply put, the ...
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Smooth scrolling on everything scrollable in windows 7
Is it possible to have every thing that can be scrolled (Office, Windows Explorer etc..) to be smooth scrolled such as in Firefox or in Chrome (when enabled)? Would this be through a mouse driver or ...
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Touchpad scrolling is disabled on Gateway laptop with Windows 8
Somehow my touchpad scrolling got turned off and I can't figure out how to turn it back on.
I tried the instructions for Windows 7, but the options are different in Windows 8.
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How to configure arrow key scroll step in Firefox
I upgraded from Firefox 3.6 to Firefox 19 (!!! how do they manage to release sixteen major versions in just three years?), and now find that the arrow keys scroll the page by much more than they used ...
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Can't move up or down with the mouse wheel toward the left of the screen
My mouse wheel doesn't work on the left of my computer screen: I can't go up nor down using my mouse wheel when my cursor is hovering a strip which width is about from 5% to 30% from the left of my ...
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Excel 2010 - Freeze column to both horizontal and vertical scroll
I'm familiar with basic freeze pane functionality. If I freeze the first column by Freeze Pane > Freeze First Column, it works against a horizontal scroll, but not a vertical scroll.
I'd like for ...
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Most pager utility in Tail mode does not always tail from end of file
I use many most sessions in tmux sessions on a daily basis, and in general I love it. However I've noticed some files never seem to want to tail properly (using F once loaded in most); I can skip to ...
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Windows scroll without focus
So I have a windows 8 laptop at home, and a windows 7 laptop at work. Both have synaptics touchpads. The problem is that on the work laptop, I can scroll any window regardless of which one is ...
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Horizontal scrolling not working in Chrome with Sharkoon Draconia mouse
I have recently upgraded to a Sharkoon Draconia gaming mouse from a standard Logitech mouse. Previously by tilting the scroll wheel left or right I was able to scroll horizontally in Chrome with my ...
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Windows 8 tile scroll counter-intuitive
I can do a 2-finger swipe on my trackpad to scroll the tiles left and right in Windows 8 Modern UI, but every time I do it, it scrolls in the opposite direction I'd expect. Is there a way to reverse ...
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Horizontal scroll controls volume?
Does someone know how I can use autohotkey to replace the horizontal screen function of my gaming mouse with a volume up and down feature? Most people in these forums are trying to enable horizontal ...
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PDF scrolling on Windows 7
Sometimes, when I scroll a document (most often a PDF) using the two-finger method on my laptop's trackpad, after a while, the scroller starts jittering and jumping pages. At this point, the pinch ...
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Scroll wheel rubber strip detachment
The rubber friction strip on the scroll wheel of my Microsoft 4000 wireless mouse has broken free from the inner hard plastic hub. It has stretched to the point that I do not believe it could be ...
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Removing “snap to column” in Excel 2007
I have a column in Excel 2007 whose width is set to 200. This means that it is longer than the width of my screen. If I scroll the worksheet from left to right, it will move column by column, which ...
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How To Solve Intermittent Scrolling Caused By Keyboard That Can Be Stopped Only For A Short Time?
Been using rarely my Lenovo G560 laptop and after long time of not using it I have noticed that touchpad stops responding after short while. Incidentally while trying to find the cause, after pointing ...
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How to get back two finger scrolling on HP notebook?
I am using the HP Pavilion 14-B030TU Notebook with Windows 8. I have had it for 5 days now and the two finger scrolling has been working for the first 4 days. Recently, I had to do a Windows Update as ...
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I want to be able to scroll up/down within a page using the touchpad
I use to have my touchpad scroll up/down and even left/right. I had to reinstall Windows Vista, update all windows updates and cannot figure out how to add scrolling options or download another ...
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Making horizontal touchpad scrolling less “aggressive”
When I want to scroll up or down in a document on my Mac using the touchpad, and the document in question is not only taller than the viewport, but also wider, I constantly find myself having ...
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Is it possible to search tmux scrollback history?
I'm starting to use tmux, and I already love it. But if I could search through scrollback history it would be even better (e.g. like in iTerm2). Is there a way to do it as of now?
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Don't change the cursor position when scrolling in Emacs
Is there a way to stop Emacs from automatically moving my text-cursor position (aka, point) while I'm scrolling? I keep losing my location and marks with this annoying behavior.
I tested the ...
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Screen gets distorted when scrolling in Windows 7
My screen becomes like this when I scroll with my mouse in Windows 7,
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Cat file to terminal at particular speed of lines per second
I'm lazy and I could write a script to do this, but I'm even too lazy to think of how to do it.
I often do things like :
cris$ python runexperiment.py > output.txt
cris$ cat output.txt
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On Windows 8 how an I adjust the touchscreen scrolling momentum
I have two Windows 8 devices -- A Surface RT and a Toshiba all-in-one. On the Surface if I do a fast swipe from right-to-left the screen scrolls quickly and continues to scroll after I've lifted my ...
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My Up/Down Arrow keys are not scrolling pages all the way way up or down
My arrow that moves page up and down will not let me do that, it only moves page part way and then starts to jump. It will not take page to the top or bottom. If I open a topic on the page and wish to ...
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Scroll “less” output using scroll wheel on Mac OS X
How can I enable the scrolling of "less" output (rather than the terminal window itself) using the scroll wheel on OSX?
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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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Why does my scrolling stop working on the left side of the screen?
No matter what application, as long as my cursor is at position x:218 px or lower (further left) on the screen, scrolling doesn't work. This applies to both mouse and trackpad.
I thought Autohotkey ...
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How can I regain control over a “stuck” scroll bar?
I normally have a lot of tabs open in the browser at one time, which normally doesn't cause any problems.
Occasionally, though, the page will have fully rendered, the scroll bar is at the top of ...
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Synaptics touchpad stops working randomly
I have two laptops. One dell Vostro and other Vaio Z. Both have Synaptics (Yes, I have checked, and the original drivers were from Synaptics as well). On both laptops, the touchpad scrolling stops ...
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When editing a presentation in powerpoint, is there any way to scroll continuously between the slides?
Pretty much the title. I don't like the way that a single scroll wheel 'notch' moves an entire slide. I would rather scroll continuously between slides if possible.
Maybe I'm wrong and it would be ...
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Mouse scrolling lags in Windows 8 apps
I'm running Windows 8 Pro on my desktop, and something's been bugging me for a while now.
On regular programs, the ones which run "inside the desktop app", scrolling with a scroll wheel is as smooth ...
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Scroll modifier for mouse/trackball in windows
I have a trackball (Logitech Trackman Marble in this case, though this could apply to any mouse or pointing device) where I would like to use one of the buttons as a middle-click when I click it, but ...
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Natural Scrolling on Trackpad and Reversed Scrolling on Mouse
I'm using a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5. I recently got a wireless mouse to use for photoshop, gaming, etc.
I like my trackpad set to natural scrolling but I'm used to the scroll wheel on a ...
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Windows 8: Enable smooth scrolling
Does Windows 8 have a smooth scrolling feature?
I have a Chrome extension that works for the browser but was hoping to implement it everywhere.
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autohotkey scroll feature
I recently got a trackball that does not have a scroll option. I don't know if this is possible but is there a way to detect if the trackball is being moved while a key is being pressed (lets say the ...
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Mac OSX: Scroll half a page
I am no longer using the trackpad on my macbook and using a separate wired apple keyboard instead. I miss the scrolling functionality on my trackpad, I'm having to make do with the keyboard (the mouse ...
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Mouse wheel works bad in some programs?
I have Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000 connected to USB dongle by radio, along with Microsoft's keyboard, and USB dongle is connected to KVM into "keyboard" socket.
I have mouse wheel working badly in ...
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How to make Chrome remember webpage position after going back? [closed]
In IE, when I scroll down a webpage, click on an article to read it and then hit Backspace to go back - IE always remembers how far down on the page I was so I never have to re-scroll down every ...
