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Use trackball to scroll, zoom, etc

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Mar 15, 20267408 views

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I've got a Logitech Marble Trackball (which is great, btw). By setting one of the extra buttons as a "middle" mouse button, when I click it, many apps (like browsers) will start "scrolling mode" so that moving the trackball will scroll up and down. Most of the time, this is sufficient, but I figure…

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After fiddling for quite a while, I came up with this script that works fairly well. Holding down CapsLock enters into "mouse wheel" mode. It's also possible to hold CapsLock+Ctrl to get alternate behavior (like zooming), depending on the app. The s…

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Use trackball to scroll, zoom, etc

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