If your mouse works with another computer, it can be the connection issue of your computer and your mouse, or the software issue that cause the mouse stops working. Check the following solutions to fix it.
Mouse Middle Click Not Working
The built-in Hardware and Device Troubleshooter can help troubleshoot the device hardware issue and fix it, so you can run the Troubleshooter to fix the mouse scroll not working issue.
4) Use your mouse to click any area in the right pane, and press the Arrow Up and Arrow Down key on your keyboard to highlight WheelScrollLines.
Your middle mouse button has a variety of different uses. Scrolling is the primary purpose of the middle mouse button, but it can also act as a shortcut to open a new window and do quite a few other things as well. When your middle mouse button stops working, it can be a frustrating problem.
There are a few things that can cause issues for your middle mouse button. Things like hardware malfunctions, incorrect device settings, uninstalled drivers, and incorrect Windows configuration can all cause your middle mouse button to malfunction.
If your mouse is still malfunctioning, we recommend updating your mouse driver. This fix is a little more involved than the others, but it is the logical next step to getting your mouse working correctly.
If you are looking for some methods to deal with the middle mouse button not working error, then this post from MiniTool is what you need. You can try to check your hardware, run the Hardware Troubleshooter, update the mouse driver and change the Registry settings to fix the error.
Why are your middle mouse button not working? There are multiple different causes for the error, namely: the hardware problem, the driver issue, and the connection issue. But how to fix the error? Keep reading, then you can find four useful methods.
And if you still cannot use the middle mouse button, then there may be a hardware problem with your mouse itself. Thus, maybe you should consider checking the components of the mouse (not recommended) or replacing it.
This is interesting and might be useful in some cases, because mouseup is almost click. But mouseup isn't click, and I'm after the behavior of click. I do not want to create a hacky mousedown; setTimeout; mouseup simulation of click.
I am experiencing a weird phenomenon recently. Usually, when we select any text anywhere (browser, files, terminal) it gets copied to the clipboard and can be pasted upon clicking the middle button (wheel in my case). This used to work for me earlier, but recently, this feature has stopped working for the terminal.
For instance, when I select any text in the terminal and then middle click the mouse, what gets pasted is the last selection that was done in the browser (firefox) but not the recent/expected terminal selection. The feature works as expected for browser-only copy pastes, i.e., if I select any text from browser and middle click in the browser itself it pastes the correct selection.
After I upgraded to 12.04 LTS my middle mouse button stopped working... it worked fine before the upgrade. I can scroll with the wheel but when i push it down it refuses to work. Can someone tell me how to make my mouse work again?
The middle mouse button works for other functions; and, middle-clicking on bookmarks in my bookmark bar does launch a new window with that bookmark as expected. However, middleclicking a hyperlink does nothing.
I have browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick = false and in the options menu, "open links in tabs instead of new windows" is unchecked. Additionally I have set browser.link.open_newwindow = 2.
Here's the workaround. Sorry we didn't discover it last month. There was so little chatter about this change that it required some lengthy research to uncover the solution. (The change was made because some people needed a way to prevent anything from happening when middle-clicking a link.)
You can create a new preference to tell Firefox what to do if browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick is false, i.e., new window or nothing. On Linux and Android, it is pre-set to open in a new window, but on Windows and Mac, it defaults to doing nothing. Here's how you change that:
By default, Firefox diverts links that websites targeted to open in a new window to a new tab instead. (There are some exceptions where new windows are allowed.) Is that still working for you? You sometimes might need to click this checkbox to clear it and check it again on the Options page:
Ctrl+click the linkmiddle-click the link with the mouse scroll wheelright-click > Open Link in New TabIf you were used to ALL links opening in a new tab automatically, or all links on particular sites such as your search results, a setting or add-on might have gotten lost.
I'm still having trouble, though; middle-click for continuous scroll works, it works fine in other programs. But even with the DEFAULT theme active and safe mode active, middle-clicking a hyperlink does nothing, and middleclicking a bookmar button navigates the current window to that URL.
Discovery: If I set browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick = true then middleclicks correctly launch in a new tab. But if I set it back to false then they do nothing.
Rightclicking and clicking 'open in new window' works properly. Could something be erroneously intercepting middleclick-launched windows as unwanted pop-ups? Though, that doesn't explain why bookmarks would launch in the same window either way...
this is not a problem of your personal config. I am experiencing exactly the same issue on all of my computers. Did the middle mouse config as well. So, they seem to have changed the code if you ask me.I am dying to get a solution for this pita.Anyone??
I have exactly the same problem. It broke after upgrading from 76.0.1. Toggling "browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick" or changing the "Open links in tabs instead of new windows" preference in Options (which now does absolutely nothing) used to do the right thing. Now it just prevents middle-click from doing anything. This is a huge loss to anyone used to using multiple or large screens. It is not a problem with the mouse driver (tried several types and brands) nor is it a problem with a particular Windows version (tested on Windows 7 and 10, both Home and Pro). I've tried every combination of settings about "middle" or "open.new" in about:config that I can think of to no avail, even with all addons disabled in safe mode.
On Windows, most programs with large, scrollable text containers (e.g. all browsers, most word processors and IDEs) let you press the middle mouse button and then move the mouse to scroll. This scrolling is smooth and allows you to scroll very quickly using just the mouse.
I am unsure how to achieve the same thing when running Linux on a Desktop with a mouse. As far as I can tell after a whole bunch of Googling, there are neither application-specific settings to swap to Windows-style middle mouse button behaviour, nor any system-wide settings to achieve the same effect.
The feature you are talking about is called "Auto-Scrolling". It lets you press and hold the middle mouse button and move your mouse to scroll smoothly. In Linux, the default behavior for this action (pressing middle mouse button) is generally pasting text.
Save this file as a script (for example: /setup_middle_click_scrolling.sh), make it executable with chmod +x, then run it (you can delete it after you run). It enables middle-click to scroll and also adds a startup script so that you get the functionality whenever you log in.
My Keyboard and Mouse stopped working, actually all my USB ports stopped working unless I was in the F2 diagnostics program. I finally reset the computer so it wouldn't affect my documents and such. Now the computer is back up and working and the keyboard and mouse are working, but the Middle Click does nothing. I am able to scroll as usual, but I can no longer close tabs or open links in new tabs using the Center Click on the mouse wheel. I tried downloading Microsoft Intellipoint, but it says my mouse is not a microsoft mouse and won't let me change that field, it is grayed out. I plugged in a wired USB mouse to try it out and see if it worked and it did, but it will not work on this kit anymore and it is KILLING me. It is the more functional feature when it comes to keyboards and mice. Ive uninstalled it and installed it again and hoping it was just a glitch. I know it is a supported feature since it has been working for 2-3 years since I bought the computer. Please help, it is killing me at work. Thanks!!
I would like to appreciate your time and efforts on trying all the possible troubleshooting steps and the different mouse is working fine and you have also tried uninstalling and installing the drivers.
This is not the case, it is not a hardward issue. I have tried it with another computer and the middle click works just fine. It is only happening on this computer and only since I did the Computer Reset to fix the USB unresponsiveness. Any other ideas or help would be greatly appreciated!!!
The buttons that this page will check are 1 (left mouse button) 2 (middle mouse button) 3 (right mouse button) 4 (side button) and 5 (side button). On unconventional mouse layouts these numbers sometimes correspond to different buttons than the ones we mention here. 2ff7e9595c
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