Closed Bug 401038 Opened 18 years ago Closed 18 years ago

Please add a preference for turning off autoscroll

Categories

(Firefox :: Settings UI, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Settings UI
Platform:
PowerPC
macOS
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: john, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8 On OS X, with the mighty mouse, I can click on the "middle button" on a link in most browsers, and it will open that link in a new tab. In fact, I can do that in firefox, EXCEPT if my finger slips, and I miss the link, then this virtual scrolling thing comes up, and acts like a 2d scroll wheel. This is quite annoying. I don't want that virtual scroll wheel. For one, my mighty mouse has an actual 2d scroll device on it (the middle button is actually a tiny trackball). For two, this function makes small mistakes into bigger frustrations (finger slips, miss the link, and now moving my mouse makes my browser scroll all over the page). I understand that for some people this is a GREAT feature. I don't want it removed entirely. I just want it to easily optional. And, if there's an advanced preference for it, please let me know what it is and how to disable it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go to a link 2. Click on the middle button, and slightly slip so that the middle button misses the link 3. Watch your browser window fly around because the virtual 2d scroll wheel is in effect. Actual Results: Annoying virtual 2d scroll wheel causes frustration. Expected Results: No 2d virtual scroll wheel should activate, because I don't need that feature.
Does setting general.autoScroll to false in about:config do the right thing for you?
Summary: Please add a preference for turning off the scroll cursor → Please add a preference for turning off autoscroll
It does indeed to exactly what I wanted, thank you!
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Resolution: FIXED → WORKSFORME
Verified WFM.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
I know this was filed for Firefox (and the fix works for firefox), but I don't see the same option in the Thunderbird "Advanced Configuration" preferences. Is this option not available in TB? (TB version: version 2.0.0.6 (20070728) )
Try adding it (right-click in about:config and select something like "add boolean preference").
Learned two new things in one evening. Thanks much!
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