Middle-Click Scroll

In many applications (such as Firefox), clicking the scroll wheel brings up a white circle with an up/down arrow icon. While this icon is up, you're able to scroll both vertically and horizontally by moving the mouse.
Is there a reason why Safari lacks this feature? Also, is there any easy way to enable this feature in Safari?
Thanks in advance.

Safari lacks that feature because if you were to use the mighty mouse(on the macs), it has a ball on top of it and you can press it fairly easily and it can annoy some people. There's no way you can enable that kind of feature in safari.(On the mouse that can be used for windows PCs when you press then it will need a bit more strength)
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Newest UltraNav driver brakes native windows middle-click scrolling

I just want to report that the newest touchpad driver brakes native windows middle-click scrolling.
What I'm talking is this:
1. Swich off all advanced features in the TouchPoint setting to get back a middle button. BTW, how on earth it is possible that the default setting "steals" the middle button. Going for the Nr. 1. PC maker and forgetting a stupid default settings in a Synaptics driver is a joke.
2. Now, try scrolling in any native windows application like Chrome, Firefox, etc.
The quick way of scrolling is to push the middle button while scrolling. It had always worked before.
Now this way is broken.
Now, the only way for scrolling is to the:
1. push middle button to enter scolling mode
2. move mouse
3. push again to exit scrolling mode
This scolling mode has never been a good way to scroll, but the quick way is broken with the latest driver.
I'm using a W520 with Windows 7, 64-bit. Broken driver: Version 16.2.5.0

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Personally, I never do the BIOS update with any other updates. I always do it by itself to avoid issues.
same for me.
in addition, i never do BIOS updates from within a running Windows session. i always use the bootable CD method, following the instructions explicitly, and i've never had a bricked machine.
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Updating from FF3.6 to FF6 made my middle click scroll focus silly

For example, on any web page, attempting to middle click inside a text field results in the text field itself being scrolled.
I used to be able to have the middle click be a dedicated "scroll the main content" option with the mouse wheel being for individual items on the page.
How do I get this behaviour back?
Action performed: Middle click on a page element followed by moving the mouse in any direction
Desired effect: The main page content scrolls in the direction of the mouse
Actual effect: The clicked element scrolls in the direction on the mouse

Meanwhile, I have found a workaround for this problem:
9. – When I have finished adding Comment Markers to a file, I export it's audio to a WAV from Prelude. This WAV-file will also contain the newly created markers. Then I send the WAV to my co-editor and he places the WAV under the original audio in his timeline. Now the extra .WAV-file will function as a 'guide track' which shows the markers. The audio channel can be muted.
It would make much more sense if Premiere always checks if a .XMP on the disk has been updated or added, when it is mounting the media upon opening the project file. Or even better: Premiere should update the Markers in the timeline in realtime, when the .XMP has changed.
Having said this, we found the following behavior of Premiere, when media and .XMP's on the disk are replaced:
– Sony F5 / Sony PMW-100 / Canon XF200 .MXF + .XMP, only .XMP with new metadata is replaced on co-editor disk: Comment markers are MIXED with markers that were already present in the clip. Some markers get lost, because of conflicting timecodes?
– Canon C300 .MXF + .XMP, only .XMP with new metadata is replaced on co-editor disk; Comment markers DO NOT show up in timeline. Re-import and re-placement of file in timeline is necessary (including syncing with external audio)
– .MOV Quicktime container (entire .MOV has to be replaced on co-editor disk, since metadata is saved in Quicktime container): Comment markers are MIXED with markers that were already present in the clip. Some markers get lost, because of conflicting timecodes?
– .WAV-files: Comment markers properly update on timeline.
I'm curious to see if the upcoming 2015 update contains improved functionality and bugfixes regarding .XMP metadata (e.g. Comment Markers) and sharing media. I'm especially curious about the new Adobe Anywhere functionality for small teams.

Troubleshooting middle click quirks

Hello All
New to the world of lenovo. I am trying to troubleshoot an issue where the middle mouse button randomly works and am trying to figure out if it is hardware or software related.
Some info
Hardware: Lenovo x230
OS: Ubuntu 12.04.2 (64bit)
Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic #35~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 25 17:13:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Desktop environment: Cinnamon 1.6.7 (also tested with Unity)
What happens:
In terminal if I middle click I would expect it to paste, some times it could take two or more clicks
In firefox if I middle click on a link I would expect it to open in a new tab, some times it can take two or more clicks to work, frequently it will stop working after the first successful middle click
scrolling in firefox/terminal/any window with middle click and the pointer works consistently. I also have a logitech m570 wireless mouse which behaves as expected.
Has anyone experienced similar and know how to resolve. While I have it in the back of my mind that it's a hardware issue it does not make sense as the pointer+click consistently works so I assume it's software

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Middle Click Freeze

Hi,
I was recently having issues with my middle click button on my T500 but I was able to get that working. However, now whenever I middle click (Scroll, open new tabs, etc.) I cannot use my touch pad for about a second. It freezes. Now I know this sounds like a ridiculous complaint but it is very annoying.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x201i-Annoying-trackpad-freeze-after-middle-cl...
This guy was having the same issue. Does anyone have any experience with this issue? Thanks in advance.
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Thanks for noting the memory drain quirk...I believe James has that one escalated to engineering, so hopefully we'll get a new driver in a couple weeks that will solve this.
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Firefox did an automatic update to 6.01, and now my middle mouse button is not working in the browser. It doesn't close tabs, it doesn't open new tabs by middle clicking a link, it doesn't allow me to middle click to scroll the page...

Firefox did an automatic update to 6.01, and now my middle mouse button is not working in the browser. It doesn't close tabs, it doesn't open new tabs by middle clicking a link, it doesn't allow me to middle click to scroll the page..

[BUG FIXED, see "EDIT 2" at the end of my post]
I'm on Firefox 3.6.21, and I got this problem today after a Greasemonkey update (To version 0.9.10, apparently).
Disabling Greasemonkey solved the problem, and re-enabling it reproduced the problem (middle-clicking links to open in new tab did not work, merely highlighted the link).
I should also note that while Greasemonkey was enabled and the bug was affecting me, Ctrl+Click to open links in new tabs was also broken.
I hope this helps!
EDIT: It appears this is a known incompatibility/conflict bug between current versions of Greasemonkey and Tab Mix Plus. Read more here:
https://github.com/greasemonkey/greasemonkey/issues/1406
EDIT 2: GREASEMONKEY HAS NOW BEEN UPDATED with a workaround to fix the problem. Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/versions/ to install the update manually. It hasn't been reviewed by Mozilla yet, so it won't be an automatic update for another day or two. All credit to "cannonfodder" below for noticing this; please mark his post as helpful!

How do I change Middle Click to normal Middle Click instead of the Scroll on the Helix

Hi,
I just bought the Lenovo Helix with Windows 8.1 and I've been trying to disable this auto-scroll or touch-scroll function that comes on by default on UltraNav.
On my old X220 with Windows 7, I can just go to Mouse-> UltraNav -> Settings -> Neither on Scroll / Magnify Features.
It seems like there's no way to turn it off for the Helix. From this discussion,
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Carbon-X1-Use-middle-scroll-button-as-middle-c...
It sounds this option isn't available yet on Windows 8.
I've tried older driver: No option to disable this feature.
I've tried Synaptic driver: I can use middle click but the touchpad is ultra sensitive and I can't adjust it.
Has anyone found a solution for this? I use the middle click a lot for openning new windows and pasting on linux screens. It makes the computer usable unless I have a mouse.

On Windows 8, using the UltraNav software/driver from Lenovo, middle click always means "Scroll". There is no way to change this. Maybe you can find some driver directly from Synaptics (and not from Lenovo) that lets you configure the middle mouse button as something other than "Scroll", but this definitely cannot be done with the Lenovo software. I'm sorry I can't help you further.

Twist How to enable Scrolling and Middle Click (open in new tab)

I'm trying to find out if there is a way I can enable the ability to both scroll and middle click on the Twist. On my T420 I have "scrolling smooth" enabled under trackpoint properties (this setting doesn't exist on the Twist). When this is enabled a quick click of the middle button will open a link in a new tab, but pressing the middle button and moving the trackpoint allows me to scroll as expected. On the Twist, pressing the middle button only seems to bring up the scrolling prompt, and there seems to be no way to click.
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I have the same question. I found a temporary work around by using the TPMiddle tool: http://users.v-lo.krakow.pl/~mwrobel/programs/tpmiddle.html I does work perfectly, but only until you restart the PC, so I had to manually add it to the startup. Hopefully there is an official way to do this

In firefox 3, when I middle clicked a link, it would open in a new tab for me to view later, but it wouldn't go directly to the tab; in firefox 4, it does. How do I get it to work like before?

E.g. if I was on google and middle clicked a search result, I would still be looking at google, but the page I opened would be loaded to the right side.

Google search and other websites have a user preference that can be set to open a search result in a new tab or a new window, for users who are logged in to their website.
Otherwise, when you don't have a 3-button mouse or a scroll pad with "middle-click" functionality, you can use '''{Ctrl + Click}''' to open a hyperlink in a new Tab.

Middle-clicking woes in X11 Apps using a mighty mouse

Hi,
This has been a frustrating issue ever since I got my new work computer (it's been over a year and a half) and I've just suffered through it. While middle-clicking a half dozen times today until it worked, I finally decided to ask to see if there's a solution other than scrapping the mighty mouse.
The problem is that when I use XEmacs (an X-windows app I use for coding), I like to use the middle click to paste, but I almost always manage to make the scroll-ball scroll inadvertently which causes the middle-click to not work and hence, nothing gets pasted. I know that there are other methods I could utilize, like setting up option-left-click or by command-c/command-v, or by using menus, but that's not what I want. I just want to highlight and middle-click. I want to have a middle-click that works with one try every time. I use all the clicking surfaces, so I don't want to map middle click to some other button. Is there a way I can tell X11 to ignore the scroll and middle-click anyway? Can someone give me a pointer on how to middle click better? This is crazy.
Thanks,
Rob

Have you tried an alternate Mouse driver?
USB Overdrive
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13443>
SteerMouse
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27620>
I think they have demo modes.
Personally, I use a Logitech mouse with about 9 buttons. My scroll wheel can be pushed left or right. Left is configured to Copy and Right is configured for Paste. Via USB Overdrive it does Command-C/Command-V for Mac applications, and the correct thing for X11 applications. That is to say, I can have the buttons do different things for different applications.

T431s Middle click not working (open new tabs in browser)

Hi, I have a brand new t431s here, and I can not get the track point working as expected (and as on all previouse thinkpads since the i-series):
expected behaviour:
middle-click on link -> new tab
middle click&hold and trackpoint-> scrolling
I am not able to find the setting which enable this behaviour.
Any help would be appreciated.
cheers
schmaud

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[xf86-input-evdev-trackpoint] Still no middle mouse scroll on T440p

Hi all,
This post is related to the launchpad bug "Middle button does not work for scrolling" and to the AUR package "xf86-input-evdev-trackpoint".
Abstract: The synaptics driver is currently not able to emulate scrollling using the middle mouse button on newer ThinkPads (**40 series). This AUR package aims at resolving this issue, but I'm having trouble to make it work.
So I installed the package and rebooted. The new file "90-evdev-trackpoint.conf" appeared in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d folder and the installation went fine. However:
My left and middle mouse buttons are not recognized afterwars, only my right mouse button works
I still have no middle mouse button scrolling feature
Maybe worth mentioning:
I do not use the testing repo
KDE desktop
System is up-to-date
The 90-.... Xorg conf file is the highest conf file number (so the settings should not be overridden)
Anyway, thanks for the effort to get that touchpad going, and thank you for your help!
Regards,
Laurent

Hi,
I played around with the config files, and have some results by now. Note that I use the touchpad too, which causes some more problems.
So the source of the problem was apparently my 50-synaptics.conf, in which the Touchpad sections used the "synaptics" driver. There were 2 occurrences, if I change both, it works!
However:
synaptics provides MUCH better usability than evdev, if you do not configure everything by now. Especially important was the hysteresis, which made normal touchpad clicks usable again.
tap-clicks are triggered too sensibly (with too little pressure on the touchpad). I think this is evdev related and only a setting, but I couln't fine one. Have you got an idea?
As I use the SoftButtonAreas and AreaTopEdge settings, the top border of my touchpad should emulate the three "classic" ThinkPad buttons, and the mouse pointer should not move. This worked fine with synaptic. Now that the driver is evdev, only the middle and right area react to those classic clicks, but the left mouse button area is dead. I have absolutely no idea how to get it back without having mouse pointer movements in those areas. Any suggestions?
Middle click events are not always delivered reliably
Btw: tap-to-click and normal click generally work fine in the areas below AreaTopEdge.
So, have you got an idea how to get the "dead" area working again?
And, why did you use evdev, and not synaptics? I assume you have to make evdev work before synaptics can work, no?
Furthermore: why did you disable your touchpad?
At last, my config files:
50-synaptics.conf
# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
# Option "OptionName" "value"
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "evdev"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "3"
Option "TapButton3" "2"
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchOS "Linux"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection
# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on
# non-synaptics clickpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
MatchDriver "evdev"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "60% 0 0 2600 40% 60% 0 2600"
Option "AreaTopEdge" "2600"
Option "PalmDetect" "1"
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1"
Option "HorizHysteresis" "30"
Option "VertHysteresis" "30"
Option "FingerPress" "100"
# Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
# To disable the bottom edge area so the buttons only work as buttons,
# not for movement, set the AreaBottomEdge
# Option "AreaBottomEdge" "82%"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "trackpoint catchall"
MatchIsPointer "true"
MatchProduct "TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "EmulateWheel" "1"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeout" "200"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
# This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
90-evdev-trackpoint.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "TrackPoint"
MatchProduct "TrackPoint"
MatchDriver "evdev"
Option "EmulateWheel" "1"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection
Thanks for your time, and keep up the great work!
Regards,
Laurent
Last edited by LimaSierra (2013-12-12 15:53:07)

Synaptics unreliable trackpoint middle click bug

I found a software bug for synaptics driver. I am using the latest: 18.0.7.40, 5/26/2014, windows 8.1.
The bug is related to unreliable middle clicking (not to be confused with TpScroll ), when the user middle clicks on the trackpoint, the OS doesn't register it. It is possible this is a settings issue, maybe it's a "feature". If so, can someone provide instructions on how to change it.
It seems the synaptics firmware will only pass a middle click to OS if the pointer moves at the same time. I have not tried this on Linux.
To reproduce errant behavior I (this will NOT register a middle click)
1. make sure middle clicks are enabled in the mouse properties and TpScroll is off
2. make sure you have an application that works with middle click or displays L/M/R click state received by the OS (I am using X-Mouse button control)
3. with finger clear of trackpoint, middle click with thumb
4. OS will NOT register a middle click.
correct behavior should be register a middle click
To reproduce errant behavior II (this will register a middle click)
1. make sure middle clicks are enabled in the mouse properties and TpScroll is off
2. make sure you have an application that works with middle click or displays L/M/R click state received by the OS
3. with index finger on trackpoint, move trackpoint so pointer moves slowly (speed not important), and the middle click with thumb
4. OS WILL register middle click.
correct behavior should be register a middle click
To reproduce errant behavior III (this will cause a continuous middle click, until cursor is moved again)
1. make sure middle clicks are enabled in the mouse properties and TpScroll is off
2. make sure you have an application that works with middle click or displays L/M/R click state received by the OS
3. with index finger on trackpoint, move trackpoint so pointer moves slowly (speed not important), and the middle click with thumb and hold down, lift index finger off trackpoint to stop moving cursor, and let go of button. (Pressing and releasing the middle button has no further effect.)
4. OS WILL register a continuous middle click, never receiving that middle click input changes.
correct behavior should be middle click is released as soon as the physical button has been let go.
Also mouse chords (for example left click and right click at the same time) do not work.

Hello,
I just fixed a similar problem. Like you, I found that my middle button no longer functioned like I was used to when I updated my system.
If you go into the synaptics settings, under UltraNav>Track Point, make sure you select "Neither" in the box labeled "Choose Scrolling or Magnifying Glass Function."
I hope that works for you.

Reinstalled OS, now middle click won't open dashboard

that's about it. yesterday, i installed the new patch for microsoft office 2008, then had to restart the computer. upon restart, it asked for my password, which i entered. it came up as unrecognized. after several hours of troubleshooting, i saw it necessary to archive and install Leopard, thus starting over. so far, things have been fine for the most part, but the middle click (on the scroll wheel) doesn't open the dashboard, like it should. i can't find a setting anywhere to remedy the problem. Can anybody shed some light?
PS - i can still use the scroll wheel to scroll up and down, and in safari, clicking a link with the scroll wheel opens it in a new tab. Thanks

middle click doesn't open dashboard bu default. you have to set it to do so in system preferences->exposé&spaces->exposé.

Magic mouse - Windows middle click?

Yet another topic on so called magic mouse, which seems not so magic now. Though I'd still love to buy it!
Anyway, I've been looking into it for days, and once MagicPrefs became available middle click issue for OS X was solved. However, both my work and studies require frequent use of Windows CAD applications (hope remains it will feature Mac versions one day), where navigating with middle button is essential.
I've tried to look through discussion boards, but didn't find anything similar to this. Thanks in advance!

<rant> This is a big deal, but not really being taken seriously. Apple hasn't even bothered to work it out in their own OS yet. Thanks @vladalexa [MagicPrefs], a developer from Romania, for the final decision on the 70$ purchase )@steve(. Otherwise, the native software cannibalizes too much of the hardware's built-in functionality to justify the investment. Virtual machines would solve this issue, but I just don't have the free hardware resources to accommodate the kind of software I run. </rant>
i don't care how )magicprefs for windows / other manufacturer's driver / whatever works!(, there needs to be support for middle click in windows )native, not virtual(. it's like have a scroll wheel that doesn't work on a 70$ mouse...
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