Here's something cool that I just discovered (on IE7, I wonder about the others):
I was viewing a long code block with some really long lines in it. Since the horizontal scroll bar was WAY of my screen while viewing the line in question, I started fiddling with my mouse buttons (if you don't have a scroll wheel yet, you are missing out, but center button may work). I clicked the scroll wheel and got a <-> looking gizmo on the screen. Moving the mouse horizontally scrolled the code block (not the whole window)! Try it here: -
Viewing CODE blocks with really long lines Viewing CODE blocks with really long lines Viewing CODE blocks with really long lines
It even accelerated as I got futher from the starting point!
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This method also works with web pages - basically, wherever you click your mouse wheel, this arrow appears and is able to detect which ways you can scroll. For instance, in your code block the arrows went left and right, but I clicked outside of the code box and the arrows let me go up and down. This can be helpful if you're reading a long article on a page and don't want to constantly scroll down via keyboard, mouse wheel, or scroll bar - just use this arrow and set it a bit below the arrows to scroll down slowly, yet constantly.
Just learned something new, thank you!
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Here's something cool that I just discovered (on IE7, I wonder about the others):
It works on my version 6 - cheers.
Oh rats! I hate to admit it, but I think you've found something IE does that Firefox can't.
Someone please tell me I'm wrong.
This method also works with web pages - basically, wherever you click your mouse wheel, this arrow appears and is able to detect which ways you can scroll. For instance, in your code block the arrows went left and right, but I clicked outside of the code box and the arrows let me go up and down. This can be helpful if you're reading a long article on a page and don't want to constantly scroll down via keyboard, mouse wheel, or scroll bar - just use this arrow and set it a bit below the arrows to scroll down slowly, yet constantly.
Yeah, That's a cool trick that I hadn't thought of. Thanks for the input,
Barton
Oh rats! I hate to admit it, but I think you've found something IE does that Firefox can't.
Someone please tell me I'm wrong.
You're wrong. I'm doing it in Firefox2.
I suppose it has its merits.
I don't see myself using it for analysing posted code though.
You're wrong. I'm doing it in Firefox2.
Don't know what version I'm using (at home - I'm at work now) but it just appies it to the page as a whole. I'm on IE now, and it works. So it's not me doing the wrong thing, at least.
I suppose it has its merits.
I don't see myself using it for analysing posted code though.
Good for a quick look, though, right?
Don't know what version I'm using (at home - I'm at work now) but it just appies it to the page as a whole. I'm on IE now, and it works. So it's not me doing the wrong thing, at least.
I'm having the same problem Killer. Can do the page but not the code blocks.
Mary
I'm having the same problem Killer. Can do the page but not the code blocks.
Mary
Darn it... and those guys just talked you into switching...
Darn it... and those guys just talked you into switching...
Well, there are lots of reasons to switch to a decent browser - this just isn't one of them.
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