pager plugin mousewheel switch workspace

[Maximilian Schleiss]

Don Christensen wrote:
> Andrew Conkling wrote:
>   
>> On 5/8/06, Maximilian Schleiss <maxschleiss at bluewin.ch> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>> is there a way to disable the mousewheel action of switching workspaces
>>> when the mouse pointer is on the pager? My problem is that I have a
>>> laptop and use the synaptics driver which has a very handy option to
>>> enable the far right vertical side of the touchpad to act as a wheel to
>>> scroll in documents.
>>>       
>> I too have this driver and have more or less gotten used to staying
>> away from the right edge.  How often are you over the pager and moving
>> the mouse?
>>     
Quite often since I don't use the taskbar but the pager and alt+tab to 
switch between applications.
>> Also, something I've considered but never actually done is to put some
>> sort of "bump" on the edge to indicate where the border actually is. 
>> I've seen Gateways that have this built in (maybe the only good thing
>> about them) but I can't think of a way to do this that wouldn't be
>> ugly.  (Any ideas would be most appreciated.)
>>
>> HTH,
>> Andrew
>>     
>
> Go to an auto parts store and see if they have any narrow pinstripe
> detailing tape.  I know this stuff comes as narrow as 1/16 inch.  Or,
> better yet, go to a detailing shop and see if they will give you a few
> inches of some, so you don't have to buy a whole roll.
>
> -Don
>
>   
This looks like a good idea but I would prefer to tell the synaptics 
driver to take only the far right edge for scrolling and not 1cm (~0.4 
inch) thick surface.

Max