Currently, mouse wheel scrolls the control that has keyboard focus. That's not good when window has several scrollable controls, because I have to click control first and then scroll. And the same again when trying to scoll another control. Especially bad, when that control has some action associated with click (like MSDN's article list – it opens new article on click).
So, is there any tool to fix mouse scroll behavior?
Windows – How to Make Mouse Wheel Scroll Under Cursor
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My thoughts are that it is either the driver, or the mouse itself, although there are a couple more things you can also try. I hate to say it though, my best guess is on the mouse, and replacing it will probably be the solution.
You should see if you can try another mouse and/or check your driver in the Device Manager to make sure that it is using Microsoft driver version 6.1.7600.16385 (I am using Windows 7 SP1).
Also in your mouse Control Panel properties, make sure the wheel setting for "The following number lines at a time" is set to one (although you can test other settings as you may find one you like better).
Lastly, check your Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>System>Advanced system settings>Advanced>Performance settings and test with "Smooth-scroll list boxes" checked and unchecked.
X-Button Mouse Control!
This thing rocks... it is very intuitive to tech-people, don't know about to a normal person ) but if you figure it out, it is really powerful.
http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm
and yes it solves this scroll/hover problem too:
- In the 'Default' profile change 'Wheel Up' to 'Scroll Window Up' and 'Wheel Down' to 'Scroll Window Down'.
but it is so much more
For instance some of the things I use it for:
I have a Logitech Marathon mouse which is great because it has hyperscrolling and the batteries last 2 years but in Chrome for some reason when the hyper wheel is spinning, sometimes it can zoom your pages when you press CTRL. This happens a lot. So with this app I disable ctrl-mouse wheel when chrome is being used. Something that cannot be done by chrome itself
I set it up to alt-wheel up/down control the system volume. Quite useful
I configured alt-left click to take a screen shot of the active window, alt-right click for a full screenshot
I set 'Alt' key to activate 'Layer 2' (Settings > Modifier Keys), then on 'Default' profile in the Layer 2 I set Wheel Up/Down to scroll Window Left/Right respectively.
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Try WizMouse. Just some software I came across. Haven't tried it though but the comments on it seem good.