Re: scrolling up makes page go back

On 2006.04.25 04:21, Logan Rathbone wrote:
> chris wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Using galeon  2.0.1-3 on Debian Sid.
>> When I scroll upwards with a bit more than a gentle motion, it makes the
>> page go back in history (if any).
>> 
>> Any one have an idea how to get rid of this?
>> I have "right-click: context menu" and "scroll by lines" in the
>> preferences. Changing these settings makes no difference.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
> Do you have middle-click-pastes-url enabled?  I find that sometimes when  
> I'm scrolling really quickly with the mouse wheel in any UNIX browser  
> that has this enabled, I often click the wheel without knowing it, which  
> takes me back to the URL copied in X's buffer, namely the one I just  
> hilighted in the location bar to get to the page I'm on now.

No, it really goes back.
But this is a Debian-xorg problem. Try another program (say Gimp), open a  
big picture with both scrollbars enabled and try scrolling *really*  
*really* fast. It should now scroll horizontal. I would say xorg changes  
the scroll diection when scrolling fast - avoid that and you'll get lucky  
;)

Sometimes it can be a bit handy - e.g. when you want to go forward in  
Galeon - just scroll down *hehe*

> --Logan

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