306863 - cannot scroll web pages using computers' built-in touchpad scroll area in Firefox only

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 20618

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Cort]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6 (ax)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6 (ax)

Computer used: Compaq Presario X1010US with scroll feature on touchpad. The
scroll feature works in all applications except Firefox. It is a Synaptics PS/2
port touchpad device. When trying to scroll in Firefox, pointer goes from arrow
to arrow with scroll bar icon, but nothing else happens. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open a webpage in Firefox
2.Try to scroll down the page using scroll area of touchpad
3.

Actual Results:  
Pointer changes from arrow to arrow with scroll bar icon, but page does not scroll

Expected Results:  
Page should scroll like it does in IE and every other application

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

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