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    Firefox Arrow Key Scrolling

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Shirahyuki, Jan 11, 2008.

  1. Shirahyuki

    Shirahyuki Newbie

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    I've noticed that when pressing the up/down arrow keys, Firefox only scrolls one line, which is way too slow for me. x.x; Is there any way to change the number of lines Firefox scrolls?
     
    Shirahyuki, Jan 11, 2008
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    this up/down key behaviour is present in ALL browsers. Got nothing to do with FF. U might want to look for some windows tweaks

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jan 11, 2008
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  3. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    @OP: You should be able to change this at the Control Panel > Keyboard section.

    Or just use Page Up/Page Down :p.
     
    Amol, Jan 11, 2008
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  4. Shirahyuki

    Shirahyuki Newbie

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    @qhn: The behavior is definitely NOT present in all browsers. When comparing FF and IE, using the down arrow in FF only scrolls down 1 line, while in IE, it scrolls at least 3 lines.

    @Amol: Thanks for the suggestion, but I couldn't find the place to change it in the Keyboard section?
     
    Shirahyuki, Jan 11, 2008
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  5. orev

    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thar's not going to be in the keyboard settings. You might be able to change this with the "keyconfig" extension, but otherwise it's probably not configurable. You can use page up/down, or spacebar to page down. That's about it.
     
    orev, Jan 11, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Also might want to get used to page up/down and/or a scrolling mouse.
     
    pixelot, Jan 11, 2008
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    diyism Newbie

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    Right, i've gotten three-line scrolling function by installing keyconfig and modifying the prefs.js in firefox 3.0.3:

    1. install keyconfig.xpi from http://mozilla.dorando.at/

    2.add these two lines to C:\Documents and Settings\{your windows username}\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\...\prefs.js:

    user_pref("keyconfig.main.mykey_ScrollLineUp", "][][VK_UP][goDoCommand('cmd_scrollLineUp');goDoCommand('cmd_scrollLineUp');goDoCommand('cmd_scrollLineUp');");
    user_pref("keyconfig.main.mykey_ScrollLineDown", "][][VK_DOWN][goDoCommand('cmd_scrollLineDown');goDoCommand('cmd_scrollLineDown');goDoCommand('cmd_scrollLineDown');");


    3.restart firefox and enjoy it.
     
    diyism, Oct 10, 2008
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  8. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Download the Firefox plugin, "Yet Another Smooth Scrolling"
    It's basically like Opera smooth scrolling.
     
    McGrady, Oct 10, 2008
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