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    Anyway to emulate scroll wheel with touchpad?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Devedander, Aug 28, 2007.

  1. Devedander

    Devedander Notebook Evangelist

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    I was playing Test Drive Unlimited on my 1400 last night and realized I can't zoom the map in and out (big pain) since it's hard coded to scroll wheel... and I don't have a scroll wheel... the side scroll area doesn't do it... anyway around this?
     
    Devedander, Aug 28, 2007
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    Get a third party App to map a keyboard button to the scroll wheels? I don't know if any exists, but that's the only bet for you at this point... Or get a USB Mouse.
     
    Triple_Dude, Aug 28, 2007
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The game you're playing doesn't have an option to remap the function to something else?
     
    Commander Wolf, Aug 28, 2007
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    use the page up and page down buttons. its the same thing in company of heroes :)
     
    mordeth, Aug 28, 2007
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    I don't want to sound offensive, but:
    He explicitly stated that it's hard coded to the wheel, so I doubt Pg Up and Pg Down will help in this instance.

    That said, it's definitely worth a try if you've exhausted all your other options... (Then again, you could always get a 9.99 USB Mouse)
     
    Triple_Dude, Aug 28, 2007
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    On the touchpad if you graze up and down the very, very right edge that is the scroll wheel :)
     
    DoubleBlack, Aug 29, 2007
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    Yeah, this is true for ASUS/HP/Compaq notebooks as well (Or at least the ones I've tried/owned).

    Not sure about Dell's, but it's worth a try :)
     
    Triple_Dude, Aug 29, 2007
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  8. Devedander

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    I use the side touchpad thing to scroll in windows all the time but it didn't seem to have any effect in TDU... I didn't try pg up and down so I will give those a shot but I was unable to find anywhere to remap those particular functions in the game menus...

    Thanks for the input, I will report when I get a chance to try again...
     
    Devedander, Aug 29, 2007
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