Mouse+Wheel+Features

Mouse Wheel Features

If your mouse has a scroll wheel you might be missing out on a useful extra feature.

Press down on the wheel and see if it clicks, if it does you have a little‐known feature called a wheel button and it can be made to do a number of interesting things.

To find out what they are and maybe try a few of them out

Go to:‐

Start > Control Panel

Double‐click the Mouse icon.

Select the Buttons tab and check out the Wheel Button drop‐down menu.

There are almost 30 options but perhaps the most useful one is Start (Custom), which can be configured to open a program or application..

Then again although you may have a wheel button your PC may not recognise the make of your mouse, and consequently not display the options.

This is what happened with one of mine

The only thing that happens with mine is when clicked it gives a double arrow which if moved up causes the screen to scroll down and visa versa.

However, alter it I cannot.