# Windows/Scroll Wheel/Notepad Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 31, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scroll-wheel-notepad-question/101054 "2002-03-31T12:29:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scroll-wheel-notepad-question/101054/1 "2002-03-31T12:29:41Z")
- - - I have Windows 98SE and a Logitech (2-btn + wheel) optical mouse (USB on a PS/2 adaptor) using the standard Windows mouse driver. The wheel scrolls three lines every time it is moved, and I want to be able to change it, or either set it to 5 or 10 lines. - I know I have seen the setting for this somewhere, but I can’t remember where, and I can’t find it. I used to have a tablet+mouse that required their own drivers, and the mouse also had scroll buttons, so it might have been there… -Otherwise, I yam stumped. ~ - If this is not possible, then where can I download a free Notepad-style plain text editor that _displays line numbers_? I have HTML stuff to do, and I get tired of the “error on line xxx” stuff… - DougC ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scroll-wheel-notepad-question/101054/2 "2002-03-31T15:45:32Z")
I don’t think Notepad has line numbers? ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mike\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_B)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scroll-wheel-notepad-question/101054/3 "2002-03-31T18:55:45Z")
Well, I’ll write your Notepad w/line numbers if you would like, however it’d be pretty simple. I just thought of a great way of making the numbers (which is what stopped me the last time I tried…). Send an e-mail to [EMAIL=trainsnpep@aol.com]Mike B and I’ll get back to you with the program in a few days (depending on how I feel this week ;)) Anyway, go to Start -\> Settings -\> Control Panel -\> Mouse. Usually there is a tab up on top for ‘Wheel.’ I say usually because with some mice that you install, they may write a new set of controls for the mouse. Most don’t however some do… ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mike\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_B)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scroll-wheel-notepad-question/101054/4 "2002-03-31T18:57:59Z")
P. S. You may want to check out [www.textpad.com](http://www.textpad.com) or [www.editplus.com](http://www.editplus.com) . Although they’re not free, both offer evaluations. My program will be as basic as notepad, but that’s all I’ll feel like doing ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scroll-wheel-notepad-question/101054/5 "2002-03-31T19:46:32Z")
Go to the Microsoft site and search for TweakUI, a downloadable utility. It allows you to modify the mouse wheel scroll setting and handle many other useful things. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scroll-wheel-notepad-question/101054/6 "2002-04-01T09:25:41Z")
- - - I looked for TweakUI a couple times on MS but it said that it was no longer beng distributed, and that was that. I did find it somewhere else though. - DougC ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scroll-wheel-notepad-question/101054/7 "2002-04-01T11:47:09Z")
Uh, unless it’s different for a wireless mouse, got to Control Panel, Mouse, Wheel tab, settings. You can set the wheel to scroll anywhere from 0 lines to thousands of lines per turn. I use NT with a wired mouse.