Is there a name for scrolling by clicking the middle mouse button instead of spinning the wheel?


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I recently found myself having to describe a problem that happens when you middle-click and drag the mouse up/down/left/right to scroll, instead of actually spinning the mouse wheel.

Is there a common one or two word phrase that can tell the two apart without being explicit? Like "click to scroll" or "spin to scroll"?

Sirex

"Autoscroll",

"The autoscroll feature can be found in most mainstream modern applications. Pressing the middle mouse button will switch the application to autoscroll mode. In this mode, moving the mouse down even if you move the mouse to a second window You can also start scrolling the content down. No more movement. The scroll speed depends on the distance between the current mouse position and the mouse down position. This works in all four directions (up, down, left, right).

From http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_autoscroll

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