scroll mouse problem

benjie1 · #1 13th June 2007, 07:23 PM

I have a M$ scroll mouse which is working fine in FC7 except that I'm unable to find out where I can set the control for the number of lines it scroll with the wheel. Would like to set it to move one line at a time, not several. Where is that setting? It isn't under system/hardware/mouse in gnome panel Thanks. I'm still a newbie so please give simple instructions. LOL Thanks. Bob

GregLee · #2 13th June 2007, 08:13 PM

If you're using Firefox, go to "about:config" and look for "mousewheel.withnokey.numlines" to see what it is set to. Mine is at the default value of 1 line.

benjie1 · #3 13th June 2007, 09:00 PM

Strange. I have the same thing as you do. Default is set to one. Yet in scrolls a few lines at a time. Any other suggestions? Thanks

benjie1 · #4 13th June 2007, 09:59 PM

greg. Just found info under system/preferences/personal/file management/behavior in gnome panel. There was a button to check that said scroll one line at a time. Did taht and now I'll check it out. If it fails, I'll let you know. Bob

benjie1 · #5 14th June 2007, 06:18 PM

Gregg, guess i still have the problem. Checked mousewheel.withnokey.numlines and it is set to 1 as yours is. But it still scrols several lines at a time. In FC6, I think there was a place where you could set it to one line at a time I think. Is that function stll available in FC7? And where is it. My above system/preferences. etc .. didn't work as I had hoped. That was my mistake. Misread it. Sorry. Thanks for the help. Have checked system/preferences/hardware/mouse. The "mouse box' that appears has no way to fix the scrolling. Thanks again. Bob

benjie1 · #6 21st June 2007, 07:02 PM

Update with scrollmouse. If I hold down the Alt key and then scroll, it will go one line at a time as I wanted. but if I don't hold any key down at all, it scroll 3 or 4 lines at a time, even though it's set as above in about:config. The mousewheel.withnokey.numlines is set to 1. Any ideas how to get it to scroll 1 line at a time without holding any key? Thanks. I'm a newbie, so if I have to change anything in about:config, I'll need instructions on how to change it. Thanks again. benjie1

benjie1 · #7 5th July 2007, 05:54 PM

Still having trouble with the scroll wheel moving a few lines at a time. Can't find anywhere that lets me set it to one line at a time. Set about:config as above, but still no luck. Thanks again. benjie1