{"id":487,"date":"2009-08-01T01:35:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T08:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=487"},"modified":"2009-07-20T09:12:58","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T16:12:58","slug":"how-to-use-the-third-button-on-the-mouse-the-scroll-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/how-to-use-the-third-button-on-the-mouse-the-scroll-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the third button on the mouse &#8211; the scroll wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/mouse-scroll-wheel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-588\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Mouse Scroll Wheel\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/mouse-scroll-wheel.jpg\" alt=\"Mouse Scroll Wheel\" width=\"344\" height=\"271\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/mouse-scroll-wheel.jpg 344w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/mouse-scroll-wheel-150x118.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a>Most modern-day mice have a scroll wheel which is a third button that is located between the left and right click buttons. Below are a few things to try with your scroll wheel:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 While on a web page or while viewing a long document, use your middle finger to roll the scroll wheel to simplify scrolling up and down the page or document.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 While on a web page, hold down the &#8220;Ctrl&#8221; key on the keyboard and roll the scroll wheel to zoom in and out a web page.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 While on a web page, hold down the &#8220;Shift&#8221; key on the keyboard and slowly roll the scroll wheel to go back and forward to pages that you&#8217;ve visited. This offers an alternative to using the Back\/Forward buttons on the toolbar.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 While on a web page, point your cursor on a link then press on the scroll wheel until it clicks. The link will open in a new browser tab.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/how-to-use-the-third-button-on-the-mouse-the-scroll-wheel\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/how-to-use-the-third-button-on-the-mouse-the-scroll-wheel\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most modern-day mice have a scroll wheel which is a third button that is located between the left and right click buttons. Below are a few things to try with your scroll wheel: \u2022 While on a web page or while viewing a long document, use your middle finger to roll the scroll wheel to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}