Some user interfaces, such as Cinnamon (desktop environment), allow you to adjust brightness and volume by pointing to the taskbar icon as you scroll. After the success of the Intellimouse, almost all computer mouse manufacturers began to include a scroll wheel — or a similar function that served the same purpose — in their devices. Some companies have introduced innovations for scroll wheel hardware, but the majority of computer mice on the market today include some form of scroll wheel. The location of the scroll wheel has also changed over time to create more ergonomic devices, but placement between mouse buttons is the most accessible option for both right-handed and left-handed users. For mice, alternatives include scroll balls (similar to trackballs, such as Apple`s Mighty Mouse and some serial or PS/2 mice that combine horizontal and vertical scrolling), pointing sticks[10], built-in touchpads (such as Apple`s Magic Mouse), or optical sensors. [11] Unusual examples include a joystick-style hat switch present on an early Saitek mouse,[12] and a 4-way center switch on the Cherry Power Pad M-1000. Genius also offered the simpler NetMouse in the late 1990s, which had a two-way toggle switch instead of a wheel, which was marketed as the Magic Scroll Button. 2. In a computer game, a roll describes a roll of paper with text containing information about the game or story. In some games, a scroll can give the character permanent or temporary abilities. Computer windows are often not large enough to display all the contents of the window at once.
Therefore, you may need to scroll down to view all the content. Traditionally, this was achieved by clicking and dragging the cursor in the scroll bar. However, many mice are now equipped with scroll wheels that make the scrolling process even easier. Some people may also refer to the Page Up and Page Down keys as scroll keys, not to be confused with the scroll key. The scroll wheel can also be used as the third mouse button. For example, instead of pressing the left button to click a link in a web page, you can only press the scroll wheel once and the link will appear in a new tab of the web browser. You can also close a tab by clicking on it with the scroll wheel. A scroll wheel is a computer mouse feature that allows users to quickly move a computer window up or down. Most often, it consists of a rubberized plastic disc placed between the left and right mouse buttons, so it can be easily reached with the user`s index finger. Sometimes the scroll wheel is a metal component with magnetic click functions that enhance the user experience. In 1995, Taiwanese company KYE Systems launched the first commercial mouse with scroll wheel. It was called Genius EasyScroll and was also available as Mouse Systems ProAgio.
[5] [6] [7] [8] Many applications offer scrolling capabilities tailored to the user`s browsing needs or behavior. Scrolling can be animated or not. In the case of video games, tile-based scrolling is widely used. Scrolling is usually done using scroll bars located on the sides of an application window. It allows users to scroll through long documents or web pages. On a mouse, the scroll wheel can often also be used as a third mouse button by pressing it – a scroll button. The basic function of a scroll wheel is to navigate vertically through a document, web page, or application in both directions by rotating the scroll wheel with your finger. Pressing the top of a scroll wheel usually activates a third mouse button that can be adjusted to execute a specific command, such as opening a link in a new window. When you use a mouse wheel with a scroll wheel, it can scroll up and down a page. Some wheels can even be pushed left or right to scroll horizontally.
The scroll wheel was popularized in 1996 by Microsoft IntelliMouse with mouse wheel support in Microsoft Office 97. It was based on ideas developed by Eric Michelman since 1993 with the contribution of Chris Graham. [5] [9] Other mouse scrolling commands and scrolling wheel precede the combination of the wheel and mouse. The first known example of the first is the Mighty Mouse prototype, jointly developed in 1985 by NTT, Japan and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Kunio Ōno, Ken`ichi Fukaya and Jürg Nievergelt). It had a combined analog button/toggle switch button on the side for smooth scrolling. [1] Some touchpads, especially anterior touchpads without multi-finger support, scroll along the edge of the touchpad. For example, by sliding a finger up or down to the far right of the touchpad, the page scrolls from top to bottom. Touchpads that support this type of scrolling can also scroll horizontally when a finger is slid left or right at the bottom of the touchpad. To open a file or program, hover over the file or program you want to start, and then quickly double-click the left mouse button. Note: If you click slowly, do NOT launch the file or program you want to use.
The scroll wheel of a mouse was invented several times by different people who were not aware of each other`s work. To copy and paste To copy and paste with the right mouse button, you must first select the word or item by highlighting it, then right-click, and the options should appear. The Page Up and Page Down buttons are the most common way to scroll one page at a time on the screen. When you tap the page up, a page scrolls up or takes you to the top of the page. Tapping on the next page scrolls down one page or takes you to the bottom of the page. Advances in input device technology have given way to many scroll wheel alternatives. These include: For example, you can now press the spacebar to scroll a page, and then press Shift and spacebar to scroll up. Then move the mouse to the area where you want the object to be while holding down the left mouse button and release the left mouse button. The object is now placed in the new area. The left mouse button is the standard button used to click, select, drag to highlight a word and/or object, and is used as a pointer.
1. Scrolling or scrolling moves the visual parts of a window up, down, left, or right to display additional information about the window. Scrolling can be done line by line or page, depending on your settings and how you scroll. The up and down arrow keys scroll line by line. If the page displayed can scroll horizontally, press the left or right arrow keys to scroll the page in the downward direction. However, if you want to select multiple files or text, press the left mouse button and drag the mouse pointer over the files or text you want to select. This highlights multiple files or texts. On a touchscreen device, swipe up or down to scroll up or down. Swipe up scrolls down scrolls up. If the screen has a horizontal scroll bar, swipe from left to right and swipe from right to left. Few mobile phones have physical scroll wheels, like the Nokia 7110.
The 360° scroll ball allows you to move up and down not only on a page, but also from side to side and diagonally to display the entire document or web page if not all fit on the specified area. The spacebar can also be used to scroll down a page while reading a web page. If you hold down the Shift key and press the spacebar at the same time, scroll up a page. Scrolling up and down depends on what you see on the screen. Below is a list of methods you can use to scroll with a keyboard. To drag and drop an object to drag and place it elsewhere, select the item you want to move to another area by pressing the left mouse button once. This highlights the object. The scroll wheel is placed horizontally between the mouse buttons and typically uses vertical scrolling, with the scroll wheel from bottom to top being called scrolling “up” or “forward”, while rolling backwards, i.e. rolling the wheel up and down, is called scrolling “down” or “backwards”. In a graphical user interface, “Up Motion” moves the contents of the window down (and the thumb of the scroll bar, if any, upwards) and vice versa. In other configurations (sometimes called “natural scrolling”), the effect is reversed. Game conditions, Horizontal scrolling, Operating system conditions, pagination, scrolling, scrolling The right-click button is typically used to provide additional information and/or properties of a selected item.
You can also push the scroll wheel down to scroll a document and page up and down faster than pressing the scroll wheel with your finger. Engineers, architects, and designers also use a scroll wheel to navigate their workspace in computer-aided design (CAD) applications. In addition to scrolling up and down, as well as zooming in and out, the scroll wheel can allow the user`s viewing angle to circle the object on the screen or change the active tool.