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Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:28 pm**

Hi,

I have just made a script for scrolling without loosing the middle button clickability. I did it using AutoHotKey. If you want to try it set the middle button from scrolling to "Neither" in the control panel->Mouse->UltraNav->TrackPoint Setting, and just download AutoHotKey, and put this (embarrassing code

) into the AutoHotKey.ini file:

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~MButton::
XSum:=0
YSum:=0
XThreshOld:=1
YThreshOld:=1
MouseGetPos, OldX, OldY, WinID
MouseGetPos, X, Y, WinID
MButtonState= D
Loop
{
	
	;MsgBox, Move the mouse.
	MouseGetPos, X, Y, WinID
	XSum:= XSum + X - OldX
	YSum:= YSum + Y - OldY
	
	;MsgBox, Iteration number is %A_Index% and MButton state is %MButtonState%. XSum= %XSum% YSum= %

YSum%  X= %X% Y=%Y% OldX=%OldX% OldY=%OldY%

	if (XSum > XThreshOld)
	{
		Send, {Right}
		XSum:= 0
	}
	else if (XSum < -XThreshOld)
	{
		Send, {Left}
		XSum:= 0
	}	
	if ( -YSum > YThreshOld )
	{
		NTimes:=1
		if (-YSum > 5)   
		NTimes := (-YSum - 5)/2 
		Loop, %NTimes%
			Send, {WheelUp}
		
		YSum:= 0
	}
	else if ( -YSum < -YThreshOld )
	{
		NTimes:=1
		if (YSum > 5)   
			NTimes := (YSum -5)/2
		Loop, %NTimes%
			Send, {WheelDown}
		YSum:= 0
	}
	MouseMove, %OldX%, %OldY%
	GetKeyState, MButtonState, MButton, P
	if (MButtonState = "U")
	 	break
	
	;sleep, 10
}
return

Edit:
Maybe the following two lines are important, I have them at the top of the file.

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#InstallKeybdHook
#InstallMouseHook

Some programs like Mozilla are scrolled good with it. Others like Acrobat don't. It seems that some programs need different scroll command posted at them like shown in this thread http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5903 .I will modify the script accordingly.

Posted: **Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:18 am**

This is exactly what I came here for, thank you so much!

Posted: **Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:05 am**

Would this work for the OpenOffice family of programs? I kind of enjoy the OOo stuff, but it bugs me that I can't use 'middle button scrolling' in them . . .

Posted: **Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:01 pm**

sub_ubi wrote:This is exactly what I came here for, thank you so much!

I am glad you liked it. Here is a little update: On Microsoft programs, for some odd reason, pressing the middle button opens an application that scroll by draging the mouse. This interfere a little with that script. I looked how to disable that program, but I didn't find yet how to disable it. But I did find a modification to that script that helps a bit in that case.

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;Add a $ to MButton:: on the top:

$MButton::

;Right after this line, I have added the following line
CoordMode, Mouse , Screen
;Though this is optional, since it is not related to this problem.


;and add these lines before the return at the end:

MouseClick, Middle      , %OldX%, %OldY%,  1, 0, D, 
MouseClick, Middle      , %OldX%, %OldY%,  1, 0, U, 
MouseClick, Left      , %OldX%, %OldY%,  1, 0, U, 
return

Paul - I don't have OpenOffice installed yet, so I can't tell if this exact script would work, but - If keys on the keyboard, like for example left, right, up and down, or some other keys combinations are able to scroll in OpenOffice, then it is possible to send via similar script the same keys, and to scroll. It is also possible if OpenOffice behaves in a different way then other apps, to take one action if the current application is OpenOffice, and an other if it is an other app.

PS

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Script for scrolling without loosing the middle button click

Script for scrolling without loosing the middle button click