disable horizontal scroll of mouse on Lion?

SilvioTO · SilvioTO #1 (**permalink**)

08-03-2011, 04:52 AM

My friend, that unfortunately have a physical disability, is in trouble with the new feature of Lion: the horizontal scroll of web pages in Safari. Using magic mouse, now moving the finger left and right the page "scroll" horizontally, and this cause usability problems to my friend.
I don't be able to find the option to disable this feature.

Can you help me, please? Thanks.

bobtomay · bobtomay #2 (**permalink**)

08-03-2011, 07:16 AM

I will "assume" you are talking about the action that moves forward and backward between pages in Safari - the same as using the arrow keys on the menu?

It only does that when using two fingers. If your friend is unable to keep from placing 2 fingers on the trackpad you can disable the function in:

System Preferences - Trackpad - More Gestures

uncheck 'Swipe between pages'.

You might also want to have a look at each one of the gestures on all of those tabs - there is a video showing how each one is used.

SilvioTO · SilvioTO #3 (**permalink**)

08-03-2011, 07:55 AM

Ok, I'll try, thanks for your help.

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SilvioTO #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 03, 2011 Posts: 2	08-03-2011, 04:52 AM My friend, that unfortunately have a physical disability, is in trouble with the new feature of Lion: the horizontal scroll of web pages in Safari. Using magic mouse, now moving the finger left and right the page "scroll" horizontally, and this cause usability problems to my friend. I don't be able to find the option to disable this feature. Can you help me, please? Thanks.
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