Is there a way to activate the page scroll that activates in Windows when you click the mouse wheel in a page?

[Nekrohol]

I have not found a way to activate this in a Mac so far. I grew up using Windows and ever since I've used a mouse with a rolling wheel, I have always known that if you click the wheel on the side of a page or document, a scroll function activates where you can go up or down a page just by moving the mouse and not the actual scroll wheel but I don't know what this function is called.

I've used the same mouse in a Windows and Mac computer and this activates fine in Windows but not in Mac, so I know it has nothing to do with the mouse.

I don't see anything in the mouse settings either.

Thanks.

 

[James_C]

Go to System Preferences, then General and set Show scroll bars to Always.

 

[Nekrohol]

Go to System Preferences, then General and set Show scroll bars to Always.

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That's not it.

What I mean is if you're using a mouse that has a scroll wheel, and you click the scroll wheel, something will activate with an up and down arrow and it will let you move the page up/down just by moving the mouse itself and not scrolling the wheel.

I will look up what this is called.
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Go to System Preferences, then General and set Show scroll bars to Always.

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Got it, the function is called auto-scroll, but I still haven't found how to activate it.

 

[James_C]

Sorry I misunderstood what you were asking. No Auto-scroll is built into MacOS. It's possible that the mouse that you are using has a Mac utility to replicate the function.

 

[Nekrohol]

Looks like you have to actually install an extension to enable it.

How dumb.

 

[James_C]

The page up and page down keys will page a web page if that helps.

 

[DeltaMac]

What do you do if your keyboard does not have page up/page down keys (such as the keyboard that I am using right now)?

Some apps support the autoscroll function.
Firefox, for example. Open Firefox, click your scroll wheel, and there's the "autoscroll" cursor.
And, you can turn Autoscrolling off in Firefox Preferences.
Not really a "page up/page down" function. You can do that now by clicking in the scroll bar when it is visible. Click above the page position indicator to "page" up, or click below that scroll indicator to "page" down.
The autoscroll is different, as you just move the mouse up and down, and the page will scroll. Not exactly a page up or page down, but is a fairly precise method to scroll.
I know Firefox can do it. There may be other apps that support autoscroll, as well, but it's app-dependent, not system-wide.

 

[chown33]

What do you do if your keyboard does not have page up/page down keys (such as the keyboard that I am using right now)?

I press the "Fn" modifier key, then use up/down arrow.

If your keyboard lacks "Fn", I don't know.

 

[Martyimac]

My Logitech mouse has this function without my having to add any extensions or drivers.