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    Annoying little flaw with touchpad and external mouse

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by alect, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. alect

    alect Notebook Consultant

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    So when using the touchpad a useful feature I find is the upward or downward swipe on the scroll bar takes you to the top/bottom of the document by continuously scrolling (sort of Ctrl-Home). I use it all the time when no external mouse is connected.

    But when I also have an external mouse connected and use this feature, the scroll on the mouse does not work (keeps reverting back to the top/bottom) until you have touched somewhere on the scroll bar (which seems to reset it).

    Anyone else come across this? Any way to re-configure it?
     
    alect, Nov 21, 2007
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    yes, its normal, all laptops do it.
     
    nizzy1115, Nov 21, 2007
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