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On this page, you can tweak the most essential behaviors of your pointing

device:

Primary mouse button. The primary mouse button is the one you

press for normal clicks (as opposed to right-clicks). If you’re left-
handed, you may prefer to switch the buttons so the right button is
the primary one.

Roll the mouse wheel to scroll. If you have a mouse, and it has a
scroll wheel, this drop-down menu lets you change the behavior of
each “click” of that wheel. Does it scroll a few lines at a time, or a

whole screenful?

If you choose “Multiple lines at a time,” you can then use the slider
to specify how many lines at a time, to suit how caffeinated your

style is.

Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them. The question

is: When your cursor is in front of a background window—not the
one you’re working in—what should happen when you turn the
mouse wheel? Should that window scroll? (Usually you want this

on. It’s handy.)

Additional mouse options. Boom—you wind up in the cramped,

ancient Control Panel, where you can set up a few additional
mouse features (“Mouse”).

Touchpad

This screen appears if you’re using a laptop; it’s got every conceivable
setting for your trackpad. See “Trackpad Settings” for details.

Typing

In theory, your keyboard is something you’ll use quite a bit, whether it’s the
physical one built into your laptop, a wireless one connected to your