# Page down key vs. mouse click

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-down-key-vs-mouse-click/149716>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-down-key-vs-mouse-click/149716 "2003-01-20T01:52:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-down-key-vs-mouse-click/149716/1 "2003-01-20T01:52:16Z")

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I’m still using Netscape Communicator version 4.7, and I’ve noticed that sometimes when paging down in a document the following happens:

Using the mouse to click in the scroll bar results in an immediate page down. But when I use the Page Down button on my keyboard there is sometimes a delay of several seconds.

Why this difference for the same command? My OS is Windows ME, btw.