Change volume in media apps via horizontal scrolling

Jan 16, '06 06:01:00AM

Contributed by: one111one1one11

I just bought the Mighty Mouse, and discovered that scrolling horizontally while having your mouse hovered on the iTunes sound scroll bar increases and decreases the volume. It works with QuickTime Player, too, although you have to invert the way you scroll -- scrolling to the right decreases the sound; to the left increases it.

It doesn't work while hovering on the Volume menulet though, which is a pity.

[robg adds: This should work with any mouse that supports horizontal scrolling -- I tested it with my Microsoft wireless, and it worked fine. This trick is more useful in QuickTime Player, where a vertical scroll steps through the movie one frame at a time. In iTunes, vertical scrolling also changes the volume, which I find to be a much easier motion.]

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