214640 - Thinkpad trackpoint cannot scroll windows, no problems in earlier Mozillas

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 20618

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Orest Skrypuch]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

This occurs in the browser, the mail/news app, as well as composer. It occurs in
every Mozilla window -- but no other windows of any other apps that I have, nor
any folders or system dialogues.

The use of the Trackpoint (IBM Thinkpad keyboard embedded "mouse") scroll
feature (push and hold the extra "scroll" button and push the trackpoint up or
down) fails. Only a beep occurs when you try to scroll the scrollable window.

This was broken in 1.3, but I thought it might be fixed in 1.4 - it hasn't been.

Similar to 182345, but not the same. Perhaps this feature was deliberately
turned off to prevent the problems under 182345?

This is a major user interface problem. Obviously there is a constant need for
window scrolling when using Mozilla.

I have tried changing the "mousewheel" settings in the Pref page, no joy. I am
running the standard IBM Single Mouse driver with eComStation 1.1.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Mozilla
2. Move to a scrollable window
3. Try to scroll with the Trackpoint



Actual Results:  
A "beep" occurs, there is no scrolling

Expected Results:  
The window scrolls.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 20618 ***