is there a tool that enables you to scroll by dragging the mouse with the right button pressed. I was using an app called "MouseImp" on Windows many years ago. The tool was quite handy, since you were able to scroll much faster than with the mouse-wheel e.g. on large pages. Moreover you were able to scroll horizontally as well.
This all was possible by just keeping the right mouse-button pressed anywhere on a window and dragging the pointer up, down etc.
The software became open-source a few years ago but AFAIK there has not been a linux port.
Best,
YSN
Best Answer
I have just found the tool that pefectly works! It is even better than MoueImp on Windows has been, and works globally, anywhere you have a scrollbar.
It is called Gpointing and can be installed from the Ubuntu Software-Center or by typing
in a terminal.
You need to start the tool, activate mouse-wheel-emulation and choose your desired mouse button (right button is number 3 in my case).
The tool seems to be great for touchpad-users as well, since it allows you to customize so many things, like scrolling with circular movement on the touchpad (very handy on large pages).