A scrollpad fix for FireFox

If you use the scroll-pad feature on your track pad, then you may have noticed that it causes a problem with the FireFox web browser. This article explains how to remedy the situation.
When you scroll horizontally, you move back or forward through your Web pages instead of actually scrolling across the page. “Pre-2005 iBooks and PowerBooks can download FreeFocused Scroll at http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/drivers/freefocusedscroll.html or SideTrack http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/”.

Luckily, there is a way to fix this bothersome feature so that you can enjoy all the benefits of the fancy FireFox browser. Just follow these instructions (found on http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139139&cid=11648479):

  • in firefox go to about:config (type it in address field)
  • change mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action to 0
  • change mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.numlines to 1

    • Then, the scroll function will work normally.

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    09.08.05 / 05:07
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