Mighty Mouse scroll ball behavior in the Adobe CS2 suite

Oct 03, '06 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

In Adobe's CS2 suite, the Apple scroll ball on the Mighty Mouse behaves quite differently in each application. So I thought I'd submit what I've learned for the apps I use heavily.

In Illustrator, it would appear the scroll ball will only move the artboard up and down. However, by holding down the Command (Apple) key, the scroll bar will then move the artboard horizontally. Holding down Option will enable zooming in and out with the scroll ball.

In Photoshop, the scroll ball behaves as expected for navigating the image. Holding down Option will again enable zooming. Holding down the Command key inverts the scroll behavior; down will now scroll left, and up right, etc.

Finally, in InDesign, it all gets reversed. The Command key now enables the zooming features. The Option Key now inverts the scrolling behavior.

The inverted scrolling is probably the most handy, as I find it difficult to quickly move my finger left to right for page manipulation.

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