NOTE: Currently not fully compatible with Windows 10 Creators Update (April 2017). Scrolling works but middle clicks are delayed, see issue #14
Allow scrolling with a trackball without scroll wheel by using a low level mouse hook.
Changes the behaviour of both X-Buttons (typically buttons 3 and 4) to
- Scrolling, i.e. vertical/horizontal mouse wheel events, when an X-Button is pressed and the trackball is moved vertically/horizontally
- Middle button click, when an X-Button is pressed and released without trackball movement
- A trackball or mouse with X-Buttons
- A Microsoft Windows x64 operating system with .NET 4.5.2
This software has been tested with a Logitech Marble Trackball(tm) and Microsoft Windows 10.
https://github.com/Seelge/TrackballScroll/releases/latest
- Execute
TrackballScroll.exe
, no installation is necessary. A console window is displayed while the program is running, close it to disable the mouse hook. - When using this program with a driver software that allows customization of the button behavior, make sure to set the X-Buttons to default behavior. E.g. with a Logitech Trackman Marble, make sure to set the buttons 3 and 4 to
default
button behaviour and notback
/Universal Scroll
. - The lines scrolled per wheel event are determined by the Microsoft Windows mouse wheel settings.
- Clone the repository from the github page or download the latest source code archive
- Open the solution with Microsoft Visual Studio 2015.
- Change the build type to
Release
. The program works in both 64 and 32 bit programs. - Build the solution
- v2.1.1 fixes issues #8, #9, #10. Instead of calculating the scaled coordinates, both original and scaled coordinates are memorized.
- v2.1.0 fixes issue #5 with high dpi scaling. Note: The app must be restartet after changing the scaling factor in windows.
- v2.0.1 Added an application icon and moved all strings to a resource file.
- v2.0.0 The application is accessible through a systray-icon, the console window is gone. Converted from C++ to C#.
- v1.1.0 Add horizontal scroll
- v1.0.1 Add info to the console window