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Bug 8303

Summary:	middle mousewheel does nothing. why why why?
Product:	platform	Reporter:	George D Girton <ggirton>
Component:	Window System	Assignee:	issues@platform <issues>
Status:	CLOSED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P4
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 3.1/NT
URL:	none
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description George D Girton 2000-11-09 01:16:59 UTC

I have become accustomed to the middle mousebutton thumbwheel. It's very
convenient to scroll through a help file or file that I'm editing. When I first
installed this mouse at the end of 1999 I didn't expect it to be anything more
than just a doodad. But in fact, all applications support it, it is incredibly
convenient and has reduced my repetitive strain problems quite a bit.

The help and the editor in the Forte CE 1.0 don't support the middle wheel, in
fact I haven't yet run into any Java application that does. This is just about
the first NetBeans bug I've posted and I don't even know if I'm getting the
right module to report it for.  Whether it's a bug or a feature there's NO WAY
I could fix it at the moment; I'm a complete neophyte. But it would be good if
Java could support the standard middle mousewheel, it's a gift.

Comment 1 Jesse Glick 2000-11-09 10:50:59 UTC

Java, not Forte, bug. Marked on JDC as "will be fixed in a future release". In
the meantime there are various experimental patches and hacks to get it to work,
see nbusers@netbeans.org or eap-interest@developer.netbeans.com mailing lists,
for example.

Comment 2 Colin Wilson-Salt 2001-04-30 16:19:48 UTC

nEdit (www.nedit.org) should be used as an example of how the (unix) middle
mouse button should work within an editor. This editor rocks.

Comment 3 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 15:58:04 UTC

Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verified.

Comment 4 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 16:21:35 UTC

Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.