Windows – Enable click-and-drag scrolling in Windows 8 / Metro

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In Windows 8 (Metro interface) I find myself trying to click and drag the background to scroll again and again, which does not work (I'm using a mouse, not touch). Also, scrolling with the scroll wheel, the bottom scrollbar, or the cursor keys is not nearly as smooth as I've seen in videos, or on tablets.

Is there any way to enable smooth kinetic scrolling with the mouse? So that I can click and drag lists or multi-screen displays around?

I remember seeing this in a video. I'm not sure if there was some third-party tool involved or not.

Best Answer

I'm not sure if I'm understanding the question, but for me the scroll wheel scrolls left to right very smoothly. I assumed you are wanting this to work on the start screen. Is it possible your scroll wheel settings are at issue? I will say when I first started using Win8, I found myself trying to click and drag quite often...