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Making a mouse scroll work in non-active windows?

Making a mouse scroll work in non-active windows?

One awesome feature I like about Ubuntu is the ability to roll your mouse and move up/down the page in a window that is not active. For instance, if I have two monitors and on one I'm reading a document and the other I'm taking down notes, I can scroll through the document without having to click on that window to make it active.

Asked by: Guest | Views: 237
Total answers/comments: 4
Guest [Entry]

"WizMouse will do the trick, and for free.

WizMouse is a mouse enhancement
utility that makes your mouse wheel
work on the window currently under the
mouse pointer, instead of the
currently focused window. This means
you no longer have to click on a
window before being able to scroll it
with the mouse wheel. This is a far
more comfortable and practical way to
make use of the mouse wheel."
Guest [Entry]

"For anyone looking for a free alternative to the ones already mentioned, Taekwindow is worth checking out.
Besides the brilliant name, it offers some extra functionality that you might deem important:


move a window by grabbing it anywhere (not just the title bar) while
holding the Alt key, and then dragging with the left mouse button;
resize a window by grabbing it anywhere (not just the tiny little
border) while holding the Alt key, and then dragging with the right
mouse button;
move a maximized window between monitors by
Alt-dragging;
use the scroll wheel on the window under the cursor,
instead of the currently focused window;
push a window to the
background by middle-clicking on its title bar.


You can quickly enable/disable the program by left-clicking on its icon in the systray. Personally, I found it one of the most lightweight apps that offers the requested scroll-under-mousepointer functionality, as well as one of the most stable. It's a minuscule download (28K) and doesn't require installation.

I'm not affiliated."
Guest [Entry]

I already had X-Mouse Button Control installed, so I just had to click Settings then Make scroll wheel scroll window under cursor (the hard part was knowing the option was there; so now you know).
Guest [Entry]

"In Windows 10 there is a feature that is built into the system that allows for scrolling a page of a window underneath the mouse, regardless if it is focused or not.

Go to your Windows 10 Settings.
Go to the Devices section.
In the left-hand menu, click Mouse (or on some it's Mouse & Touchpad)
Activate the bottom-most setting ""Scroll inactive windows when I
hover over them"".

Voila!"