How to Change Mouse Horizontal Scrolling Setting

This post will show you how to Change Mouse Horizontal Scrolling Setting. It will also help if your mouse in Windows 11/10 and mac scrolls horizontally instead of vertically. Even the most basic mice that come with new computers now have a scroll wheel. This is a great way to move through web pages, papers, images, and other things without having to click and drag the scrollbars.

By default, Macs set the way of scrolling for the mouse and trackpads to “natural.” Natural Scrolling also works the same way as the tablet. If you move your finger up on the mouse or keyboard, the page will move up (scroll down), and vice versa. Because of this, it will be hard for you to use a mouse or keyboard on a Mac if you are used to Windows.

How to Change Mouse Horizontal Scrolling Setting on Windows

Change scroll wheel behavior

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Bluetooth & devices.
3. Click the Mouse page on the right side.
4. Under the “Scrolling” section, use the “Roll the mouse wheel to scroll” setting and select one of the options.
   • Multiple lines at a time.
   • One screen at a time.’
5. Use the slider to select the number of lines to scroll at a time.

Configure inactive windows scrolling

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Bluetooth & devices.
3. Click the Mouse page on the right side.
4. Under the “Scrolling” section, turn on the Scroll inactive windows when hovering over them toggle switch.

How to Change Mouse Horizontal Scrolling Setting on Mac

With just a few simple steps, you can change how your mouse works in its most basic ways with the Mac operating system.

1. Click the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your screen.
2. Select System Preferences… from the dropdown menu.
3. Click on Mouse in the System Preferences window.
4. Select Point & Click.
5. Tick the box for Scrolling direction: natural to make the mouse scroll in the same direction that your finger moves.
6. Tick the box for Secondary click to enable right-clicking.
7. Click the arrow below Secondary Click to choose whether you use the mouse’s right or left side to trigger secondary clicking. Note: you cannot change the secondary clicking side on a non-Apple mouse.
8. Drag the Tracking Speed slider left or right to increase or decrease the speed at which your mouse pointer moves across the screen.

If you move quickly, you might sometimes double-click by mistake when you didn’t mean to. On a Mac, you can change how quickly or slowly you have to click a second time for double-clicking to happen.

1. Click the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your screen.
2. Select System Preferences… from the dropdown menu.
3. Click on Accessibility in the System Preferences window.
4. Scroll down and select Pointer Control from the menu on the left side of the Accessibility window.
5. Choose Mouse & Trackpad at the top of your screen. 
6. Drag the Double-click speed slider to the right or left to increase or decrease how fast you must click the mouse to trigger the double-click feature. Note: At its slowest, you can wait as long as four seconds between clicks to trigger double-clicking.
7. Tick the box for Spring-loading delay to enable the feature that opens a folder when you hover over it with a file. Note: This feature is usually enabled by default.
8. Drag the Spring-loading delay slider right or left to increase or decrease how long you have to hover over a folder with a file before it opens.

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