Which Finger Do You Use for The Mouse Scroll Wheel?

Bonbi on 30/12/2024 - 15:16
Last edited 30/12/2024 - 17:53 by 1 other user

This topic randomly came up in a conversation. What say you?

Poll Options

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  Index
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  Middle
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  Other

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  Mysterious on 01/01/2025 - 14:48

  I'm going to admit I didn't know using your index finger for scrolling was a thing until today

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  Darude Sandstorm on 01/01/2025 - 15:08

  +1

  Index, middle finger, ring finger, leaves 3 of my most used mouse buttons available to be pressed as needed.
  Similar to driving a car, left foot for clutch, right heel for brake right toes for accelerate

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  AEKaBeer on 01/01/2025 - 18:36

  The booger finger.

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  Freitag on 01/01/2025 - 19:46

  I change between different fingers, but use the apple magic mouse which is more of a touch pad

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  kaleidoscope on 01/01/2025 - 21:23

  Just use whichever suits you to get the job done :-)

  unless there are injuries that can occur using certain finger combinations over long term, its not good re training your fingers because majority says so…

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  toomuchdogfur on 02/01/2025 - 09:16

  I reckon the answer depends on hand and mouse size as well.

  I have larger hands and the mouse I use in the office (Logitech M720) is a tad too small to comfortably rest my middle finger on the scroll wheel, so I end up using my index to scroll instead. But at home I have a larger mouse (Logitech MX Master 3) which I will usually middle-finger scroll with.

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  McFly on 02/01/2025 - 10:03

  I don't get the age thing.
  I've been using computers since before the first mouse was sold, and I use middle.

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    Nugs on 03/01/2025 - 07:36

    +2

    "using computers since before the first mouse was sold"
    bragging about time travelling
    .

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  Benzy on 03/01/2025 - 03:26

  Index finger for left click and scroll and middle finger for right click. Never knew that others are using the middle finger for scroll. Good to know, might try different way and see the best way for me (not a gamer). Thanks for the poll.

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  50210 on 03/01/2025 - 08:40

  +1

  I hadn't thought about it until now, but I seem to be a bit of an oddity:
  Index for left click, then middle finger moves between right click and scroll.

  Surely that makes more sense though - you're doing more left clicking than right clicking, so left should have a dedicated clicker?

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  VBO on 03/01/2025 - 10:54

  Chin for me.

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  lainey13 on 03/01/2025 - 14:19

  Next post: do you use shift or caps lock to make a capital letter? Apparently the younger gen use caps lock as nobody taught them the shift button…

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    McFly on 03/01/2025 - 20:29

    i don't use either
    why bother

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    Shwayne on 15/01/2025 - 16:31

    I have rebound the Capslock button as it is entirely useless function in an incredibly easy to reach position, so I have it as my PTT hotkey in games (or push to mute on Discord etc.).

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  Shwayne on 15/01/2025 - 16:30

  I think gamers are going to tend to have index on LMB and middle finger on scroll wheel and RMB.

  Having your finger on the scroll-wheel would severely hinder your reaction time if you needed to click LMB.

  You can also click and drag things whilst scrolling (for a non-gaming example; say drag an image from the fourth page of a document to the third), an action that is seemingly impossible if you use the index finger to scroll.

  As an exercise, try and select and copy all the text starting with the previous paragraph to the second paragraph of the first comment on this page whilst scrolling with your index finger, without also having to use the keyboard. (If I used the keyboard I wouldn't need the mouse at all.)

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