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    Thinkpad scroll button doesn't work in Firefox

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sp00n, Nov 2, 2006.

  1. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    Does anyone else have this problem? How do you fix it?
     
    sp00n, Nov 2, 2006
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    do you have the newest version? mine didn't work with an old version, but it was fixed when i upgraded.
     
    Jmmmmm, Nov 2, 2006
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  3. Matt

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    The new version of what? Firefox?


    Matt
     
    Matt, Nov 2, 2006
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    Teranfirbt Notebook Consultant

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    Mine didn't work on my X21 with Firefox 1.5.*, but it worked great with Firefox 2 on both the X and my T60...
     
    Teranfirbt, Nov 2, 2006
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  5. Matt

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    Ok, thank you.


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    Matt, Nov 2, 2006
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  6. sp00n

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    Yeah, I have Firefox 2.0 installed.
     
    sp00n, Nov 2, 2006
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  7. bestisfree

    bestisfree Notebook Guru

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    I have a problem using the middle button to do HORIZONTAL scroll with trackpoing in Firefox 2. Do others have the same problem or know a fix?




    question: for those of you who claim that the middle button for scrolling worked, do you mean

    with "standard scrolling" (under UltraNav Wizard)
    1. vertical scrolling (this I can confirm myself)
    2. horizontal scrolling (this does not work for me)

    with "smooth scrolling"
    1. both vertical and horizontal 2D scrolling (I can confirm this)
     
    bestisfree, Jan 24, 2007
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  8. iatacs19

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    My horizontal scroll does not work with firefox 2.0 :(
     
    iatacs19, Jan 25, 2007
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  9. -Zeus-

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    my standard vertical works with firefox 2.*. can someone direct me to a site with horizontal scrolling and i'll check that.
     
    -Zeus-, Jan 25, 2007
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  10. bestisfree

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    just shrink your current firefox 2 window...
     
    bestisfree, Jan 25, 2007
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  11. -Zeus-

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    d'oh! :eek: no, sideways doesn't work (standard mode). :mad:
     
    -Zeus-, Jan 25, 2007
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  12. JabbaJabba

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    Has anyone found a solution to the horizontal scrolling in Firefox? I have the latest TrackPoint driver and the latest version of Firefox (2.0.0.6).
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 13, 2007
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  13. panteedropper

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    do you all have the latest trackpoint driver?
     
    panteedropper, Aug 13, 2007
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  14. hypertrophy

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    Horizontal scrolling doesnt work for me too. I have the latest UltraNav driver installed along with the latest version of firefox.
     
    hypertrophy, Aug 14, 2007
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  15. JabbaJabba

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    It is quite annoying. I would rather not have to go back to using Internet Explorer because of this. I even tried editing the Firefox config file, using a guide from a Linux forum, to no avail.

    Where are all you ThinkPad gurus when needed? :rolleyes: :)
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 14, 2007
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  16. JabbaJabba

    JabbaJabba ThinkPad Facilitator

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    There must be someone who can enlighten the rest of us. I know it would be much appreciated.
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 15, 2007
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  17. JabbaJabba

    JabbaJabba ThinkPad Facilitator

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    Hate to be annoying, but I would love if someone could solve this issue. Last and final attempt to get the attention of the TrackPoint guru.
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 18, 2007
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  18. pinserz

    pinserz Notebook Enthusiast

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    you could try to modify the TP4Table.dat and TP4scrol.dat in C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP with the following lines to make the Touchpad compatible with Firefox 2.


    *,*,firefox.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

    I found this on another forum. It was supposed to be used to allow scrolling in Office 2007 before the new update.

    The new UltraNav update is here by the way.
     
    pinserz, Aug 19, 2007
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