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I used to be able to scroll with the button on my laptop (between left and right-click buttons) and now I can't

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there's a square button on my laptop between the right and left-click buttons which is meant to use to scroll down pages with. it worked before I upgraded, and now id doesn't. how can I change that? my laptop is an Acer from e-machines

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there's a square button on my laptop between the right and left-click buttons which is meant to use to scroll down pages with. it worked before I upgraded, and now id doesn't. how can I change that? my laptop is an Acer from e-machines thanks!

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You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can press press F7 (on Mac: fn + F7) to toggle caret browsing on/off.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"
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You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can press press F7 (on Mac: fn + F7) to toggle caret browsing on/off.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"