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    TrackPoint scrolling - Standard vs. Smooth

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by flynn337, Dec 16, 2009.

  1. flynn337

    flynn337 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm trying out the trackpoint on my new X200s - I love it. I'm used to the little nub from my old Toshibas (which had both a nub and a trackpad), and I'm happy with having just the nub. Lenovos is more refined than the old Toshiba one.

    I installed the TrackPoint software on windows 7 using Windows Update (the TrackPoint tab showed up in the OS Mouse properties).

    Anyways, I'm trying to find a scrolling method (only interested in vertical, like a scroll wheel on a mouse). My options seem to be:


    1) Turn off the TrackPoint "hold down the middle button" feature altogether ("Neither" in the TrackPoint UI). The mouse cursor changes when I click the center button, or hold it down, in certain apps, like web browsers

    2) Turn on scrolling in the TrackPoint UI, set it to "Standard". The mouse cursor changes while I hold down the center button in all apps. Scrolling is jerky - it jumps several lines at a time.

    3) Turn on scrolling in the TrackPoint UI, set it to "Smooth". I get exactly the same behavior as 1) above, which is strange...


    I want the scrolling smoothness of 1).
    I want the middle button functionality of 1) (so I can middle-click on browser tabs etc.)
    I want the "only horizontal scroll" control of 2)
    I want the "only hold, don't click" the middle button control of 2)

    Is there any way to achieve what I want?
     
    flynn337, Dec 16, 2009
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  2. Lostinlaptopland

    Lostinlaptopland Notebook Consultant

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    I know what you mean. However in a web browser selecting smooth allows for very smooth scrolling whereas auto select or standard result in more jerky scrolling but I lost side scrolling.

    It also stops working in normals windows. I do not think there is a best of both worlds
     
    Lostinlaptopland, Dec 16, 2009
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  3. valbaca

    valbaca Notebook Guru

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    From my experience, "Smooth" allows the middle button to act just like clicking the the scroll wheel of a mouse. It works in web browsers (to open link in a new tab) and Windows 7 (middle-click on a program in the taskbar opens a new instance or closes the window with Aero Peek).
     
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  4. flynn337

    flynn337 Notebook Consultant

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    Right... "Smooth" is just like "Neither" or like not installing TrackPoint software at all and leaving the OS to manage the middle button!


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    flynn337, Dec 17, 2009
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