Mighty Mouse Special Report: Firefox scroll button conflict -- solution

When using the Mighty Mouse's scroll ball in the Web browser Firefox, horizontal movement (of the scroll wheel) moves the user back and forth through recently visited pages by default. However, a number of users report that when attempting to scroll vertically, the horizontal (page switching) function is inadvertently invoked.

MacFixIt reader Mike Evangelist notes a simple solution that involves changing a Firefox setting via the following steps:

1. Go to about:config (i.e. type it in FireFox' address field)
2. set mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action to 0

Index:

• Release Notes
• Buttons cannot be clicked while another is held
• Firefox scroll button conflict -- solution
• Jumping/erratic cursor movement (not caused by surface)
• Problems tracking on some surfaces
• Problems with horizontal/diagonal scrolling
• Right button sometimes does not respond to clicks
• System freezes when holding side buttons
• Undocumented QuickTime functionality

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