Re: [Thinkpad] T23:Trackpoint scrolling never works w/Java-based application

From: Ken <kenzolist_at_counterfolk.com>
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 22:03:33 EST

At 09:40 PM 3/1/2004 -0500, Ken wrote:
>On my T23 (W2K) the scrolling third mouse button never functions with applications that have Java-based GUI's (for example, Mozilla Firebird, Opera 7). The scrolling software clearly doesn't recognize the scroll bars that Java generates for its windows.

Answer found, in the archives of this very list:

In http://zurich.csail.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2003-03/0401.html
Anthony R. Gold (lists_at_ahjg.co.uk) wrote:
The same question posted to the Opera newsgroup brought me the right
answer of: <URL:http://elektrans.opera.com/faq/opera-users.html#thinkpad>
and I repeat it here as a resource for users of opera and, by analogy, for
any other application in which the Trackpoint does not emulate scroll.

and it said:

How to get Scrolling working with IBM Thinkpads

In the "Pass 0 rules" section of (either) %SYSTEM_ROOT%\System32\tp4table.dat or %SYSTEM_ROOT%\System32\tp4scrol.dat, add:

*,*,opera.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

then reboot.

And it worked!

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