Looking for help with #firefox
Starting several months ago, on some web pages (but not others), if I click and hold near the top of the page and then move the mouse the tiniest amount, it starts scrolling like crazy. It's not what I want, and I want to turn it off.
The problem is that I don't know what it's called. I'm comfortable in "about:config", but I don't know what I'm looking for. Does anyone know the keyword I need?
@mytwobits01 Hello. I would recommend avoiding going into about:config, should not really be needed.
Do you have an example of a website where this is happening?
Do you have any add-ons installed in Firefox?
But sometimes it's the only way :D
May be a long shot, @mytwobits01 - but maybe try setting this to false:
apz.gtk.kinetic_scroll.enabled
... per:
@plwt
Here's a page that shows the behavior I'm describing:
https://www.polygon.com/neon-odyssey-dnd-sci-fi-kickstarter-launch/
If I scroll to a point where there's text at the top of the page, click-and-hold in that text, then barely move the mouse cursor, the page rapidly scrolls upward. It doesn't happen at the bottom of the page.
I assume it's a "feature" of HTML/CSS/etc, like the many other unnecessary bells and whistles some web designers like to add.
If you're clicking in the text block, perhaps it's related to text selection?
@gnate
Hmm, I've got autoscrolling turned off; tried one or two of these anyway, and it didn't change things.
Worth looking at, though -- thanks for the tip!
mytwobits01
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