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TFunkadelic
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Sep 12, 2005, 04:58 PM
 
So when I'm scrolling up and down on my 15 inch powerbook in firefox, it often goes backwards or forwards (as in forward pages or backwards). Wtf is with tthat and how do I fix it?
     
stephanielamb
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Sep 12, 2005, 05:59 PM
 
That annoyed me too. If you go into the System Preferences Keyboard & Mouse Window, and choose trackpad, just "disable horizontal scrolling" and it'll all be good.
     
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Sep 12, 2005, 06:21 PM
 
Originally Posted by stephanielamb
That annoyed me too. If you go into the System Preferences Keyboard & Mouse Window, and choose trackpad, just "disable horizontal scrolling" and it'll all be good.
That will work, but there is a better way:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...40617000005758

This is a fix that is specific to Firefox, and you can still scroll horizontally in the OS. Works like a charm!
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Sep 12, 2005, 06:29 PM
 
Originally Posted by stephanielamb
That annoyed me too. If you go into the System Preferences Keyboard & Mouse Window, and choose trackpad, just "disable horizontal scrolling" and it'll all be good.
That will work, but there is a better way:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...40617000005758

This is a fix that is specific to Firefox, and you can still scroll horizontally in the OS. Works like a charm!

EDIT: Sorry for the double post - the forum seemed to lock up on me...and I don't know how to delete a post.
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