Two of those allowed me to do horizontal scrolling. I used to have a Microsoft mouse (hated their OS, but loved that mouse, lol) that had seven (IIRC - the usual left, right, click-on-the-wheel plus one on each side and tilt the wheel right and left for two more) buttons. Which is a shame for me, because my mouse pad's horizontal scrolling area is not all the way on the bottom for some reason, so it is annoying and somewhat tricky to use. Unfortunately - I just checked - this trick does not work in Gedit, so it is probably limited to web browsers. I did learn recently that it's simple to scroll horizontally in a web browser - just hold down the Shift key and perform the standard vertical scrolling action (with a mouse, roll the wheel). I was under the impression that a mousepad merely emulates a mouse and that, therefore, it would be emulating what you're trying to accomplish with an actual mouse.
I assumed (silly MDM) that it would be the same mechanism. Except I was asking about a mouse not a touchpadĪpologies.
