Colin NapierDec 11
Jeff Geerling
TIL (after being forced to use a mouse for a bit) you can hold Shift to scroll horizontally with a mouse scroll wheel in any application on macOS. Who knew?!
Dec 11 at 4:35amWeb
Show threadTomSeppertDec 11

@geerlingguy

Testing... Testing...

TIL: You can hold Shift to scroll horizontally with a mouse scroll wheel in Linux!

Thx!

Show threadD:\side\>Dec 11
@geerlingguy yep. On WIndows too!
Show thread四Dec 11

@geerlingguy Classic MacOS (pun intended). Lots of cool features you have to kinda “find”.

The option key and menus for issuance. Bet many don’t know about that.

Show threadJeff GeerlingDec 11
@yon I remember one of the first modifiers that I thought was some deep secret was holding down like Shift + Option (?) while docking a window, and it would slowly suck itself down into the dock, squeezing itself in between other icons.
Show thread四Dec 11
@geerlingguy I bet some engineer snuck that in for a demo and they kept it :)
Show thread36 Pickled Eggs Dec 11
@geerlingguy I really want to be able to do this on KDE, especially when I use a trackball. 🤔 I know it has the "Hold down middle button and move mouse to scroll" option, but that conflicts with apps too much.
Show threadPawan DubeyDec 11
@36pickledeggs @geerlingguy I'm afk but pretty sure it works in kde as well.
Show threadkartoffelsaftDec 11
@geerlingguy
One of those things I do every day so I think it's common knowledge lol. Makes me wonder if there's anything I'd also do a lot if only it were written somewhere.
Show threadShaun McDonaldDec 11
@kartoffelsaft @geerlingguy it's a feature I use frequently too. There's a lot of things that we do and think is normal, and others aren't aware of.
Show threadmrx65535Dec 11
@geerlingguy Is Ctrl + Wheel (Linux/Win) for zooming common knowledge? Just Kicad switches it around.
Show threadJocelynephiliac Dec 11
@geerlingguy @olivia also works in iOS if you connect a mouse to an iPad. Many windows apps support it as well.
Show threadGötz HoffartDec 11
@geerlingguy My favourite hidden eternity feature: try pressing the ⌘ key and click+drag a window that’s in the background …
Show threadLinh PhamDec 11

@geerlingguy One keyboard + mouse combo that was a "life/changer" for me was that I can move windows by pressing the Super key and click+drag anywhere on the window. Haven't tried with other desktop environments, but works on KDE and GNOME.

I no longer need to find a perfectly free spot at the top of the window just to move it.

Show threadAhoDec 11
@geerlingguy at least QT based applications in Linux seems to support this too
Show threadMarcin Juszkiewicz 🙃Dec 11
@geerlingguy that's one of reasons why my mouse has Shift and Ctrl keys under my thumb ;D
Show threadLeminskiDec 11
@geerlingguy is this not general knowledge?
Show threadJoseph Leedy Dec 11
@geerlingguy I learned this recently in Linux after an update to PhpStorm broke horizontal scrolling. Thankfully, it was fixed in the latest version.