Middle Mouse button to open a link in a new tab
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Middle Mouse button to open a link in a new tab
Is there a way to disable this? It intereferes with autoscroll, badly.
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So, it sounds like autoscroll is never going to work the way it <i>should</i>.
I wish it were that simple. On web pages that are especially heavy with text-links or even light with large picture-links, autoscrolling is no longer a viable option for a person (me) who used to use autoscrolling almost excluslively as his method of scrolling down.
With a properly functioning autoscroll, scrolling becomes virtually effortless:
1) hold middle-button down while cursor is <b>anywhere</b> on the page
2) move cursor down...practically without thinking
3) let go of middle-button to stop
Now, the amount of effort required to use autoscroll is exponentially increased by an unfortunate need to pay attention to where the cursor is. If I'm paying attention to where my cursor is then guess what... I'm not reading the article that I wish I could be autoscrolling through. The next easiest method of scrolling is definitely to use the wheel to scroll down, but smooth scrolling still isn't smooth enough with the crappy 2d video on my GeForce2MX. Normal 3 line non-smooth scrolling ....sucks.
Do you have a scrolling solution for me that maintains the minimal amount of effort I had achieved with traditional autoscroll?
It's simple don't press on a link.
I wish it were that simple. On web pages that are especially heavy with text-links or even light with large picture-links, autoscrolling is no longer a viable option for a person (me) who used to use autoscrolling almost excluslively as his method of scrolling down.
With a properly functioning autoscroll, scrolling becomes virtually effortless:
1) hold middle-button down while cursor is <b>anywhere</b> on the page
2) move cursor down...practically without thinking
3) let go of middle-button to stop
Now, the amount of effort required to use autoscroll is exponentially increased by an unfortunate need to pay attention to where the cursor is. If I'm paying attention to where my cursor is then guess what... I'm not reading the article that I wish I could be autoscrolling through. The next easiest method of scrolling is definitely to use the wheel to scroll down, but smooth scrolling still isn't smooth enough with the crappy 2d video on my GeForce2MX. Normal 3 line non-smooth scrolling ....sucks.
Do you have a scrolling solution for me that maintains the minimal amount of effort I had achieved with traditional autoscroll?
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I don't really know if these suggestions willl help, but both autoscroll and All-in-one are extensions that enhance the scrolling/mouse capabilities. I don't know if one of them perhaps has a better sollution for scrolling and middle-clicking.
My guess would be All-in-one.
My guess would be All-in-one.
Last edited by dacovale on December 19th, 2003, 3:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Middle Mouse button to open a link in a new tab
oneiron wrote:Is there a way to disable this? It intereferes with autoscroll, badly.
type about:config in the url bar
search for this string: browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick
You can´t use find to search for this string
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6
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1. Open toolkit.jar/content/global/bindings/browser.xml
2. search for "if (!this.autoscrollEnabled || this.isLink(event.originalTarget))"
3. replace this with "if (!this.autoscrollEnabled)"
4. Open browser.jar/content/browser/browser.js
5. search for "function contentAreaClick(event, fieldNormalClicks)"
6. add "if(event.button==1)return;" below the "{"
2. search for "if (!this.autoscrollEnabled || this.isLink(event.originalTarget))"
3. replace this with "if (!this.autoscrollEnabled)"
4. Open browser.jar/content/browser/browser.js
5. search for "function contentAreaClick(event, fieldNormalClicks)"
6. add "if(event.button==1)return;" below the "{"
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