I've recently moved into an office that has standardized on Apple computers and have run into something that I have used with Linux that I know is going to drive me nuts on the Mac. I use a Logitech MarbleMouse, a trackball that does not have a mouse wheel. On Linux, there is a configuration option (EmulateWheel and EmulateWheelButton in evdev) that let's you press a button and have mouse/trackball motion act like a scroll wheel. Is there anything equivalent on Mac?
Mouse Wheel Emulation on Mac – How to Set Up
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This is not a feature provided by OSX.
- If you want to open a link in a new tab you ⌘+click the link.
- This also works with the URL-bar and search box using ⌘+↩.
Knowing this, you can assign the ⌘+click action to the scrolling wheel click using the free software BetterTouchTool.
I've successfully done this:
USB Overdrive can do that but it's not free.
You could also add a rule like this to KeyRemap4MacBook's private.xml. The behavior when scrolling multiple ticks was a bit weird on the mouse I tested with; it only scrolled a full page about once every 0.5 seconds.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>Test</name>
<appendix/>
<identifier>94D0530F-70BA-4DA9-BD45-C223A689A807</identifier>
<autogen>--ScrollWheelToKey-- ScrollWheel::UP, KeyCode::PAGEUP</autogen>
<autogen>--ScrollWheelToKey-- ScrollWheel::DOWN, KeyCode::PAGEDOWN</autogen>
</item>
</root>
You can also increase the scrolling speed with defaults write -g NSScrollWheelMultiplier -float 200.
Best Answer
You can use KeyRemap4MacBook.
Scroll by moving the pointer while holding the secondary button:
Scroll by moving the the pointer while holding F1:
Scroll with F1 and F2:
Scroll by moving the pointer while holding the primary and secondary buttons:
See the source for the key code values and predefined settings.