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Windows-like middle-mouse button behaviour?
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this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2024
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OP, there are two parts to this.
One is handles by your Desktop Environment for desktop scrolling outside of apps. Others have mentioned this.
The other is handled directly by browsers.
To enable this for browsers:
Firefox: under
about:config, the keygeneral.autoScrollneeds to be set totrueChrome:
Chrome (and any electron based apps) needs to have the following additional flag added to launch with support for middle click scroll:
--enable-blink-features=MiddleClickAutoscrollI would also advise you to map 2 of your mouse buttons to scroll up and scroll down, that way you can just hold a key down to scroll instead of shaking your mouse around using the autoscroll arrows.
The Firefox one is enabled already. I don't do Chrome(ium) unless I absolutely have no choice.
.... But yeah I'd like to enable it for other applications. Dunno if it is possible though.