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Why can't I use virtual scrolling on the touchpad on my laptop with the new version 5 of Firefox?

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  • Last reply by jkmiyashiro

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Virtual scrolling: being able to drag my finger along the right border of the touchpad to scroll up/down pages.

Virtual scrolling: being able to drag my finger along the right border of the touchpad to scroll up/down pages.

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-> Tap ALT key or press F10 to show the Menu Bar

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Advanced -> General section -> Remove Checkmarks from :

1) Always use cursor keys to navigate within pages

2) Use autoscrolling

place Checkmark on Use Smooth Scrolling

-> click OK

Check and tell if its working.

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Thanks for your suggestion mha007, but it did not work. I am still able to virtual scroll on pdf files that are opened in Firefox or if use another browser like Internet Explorer.

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try this:

-> Tap ALT key or press F10 to show the Menu Bar

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Advanced -> General section -> place Checkmarks on:

1) Always use cursor keys to navigate within pages

2) Use Autoscrolling

3) Use Smooth Scrolling

-> click OK

Check and tell if its working.

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You can try to set the pref ui.trackpoint_hack.enabled to 0 or 1 on the about:config page to see if that makes it work.

To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

  • Use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a preference more easily.
  • Preferences that have been modified show as bold(user set).
  • Preferences can be reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.
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It did not work.

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-> Tap ALT key or press F10 to show the Menu Bar

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Advanced -> General section -> Remove Checkmark from Use Hardware Acceleration when available -> click OK

Check and tell if its working.

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It does not work.