Just wondering if there is an option/plugin/hack to put the scroll bars for applications on the left hand side as i'm a lefty and it would be alot better setup for me.
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Haven't heard of one, suprising that there isn't an option built in since Bill Gates is a lefty too.
I have been thinking the same thing being a Left myself.....it would make things so much easier
reviving the deads
Any news?
Any left handed way to operate?
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Does anyone know if there's a setting to change the scroll bar from right to left in IE? I looked around but no joy. Thanks lads.
Other than using the unit upside down, I dont think this is possible! I am assuming that you are left handed ?
Nigel
It would be a nice option, not just for Universal, but for Win Mobile in general. I am left-handed, and the vertical scrolling is a PITA. I can not see where I am scrollling to because my left hand is covering the screen, and sometimes even accidentally touching it & activating links.
Same problem here Bill. Anyway, maybe someday Microsoft will make something for us the left handed ones. And thanks for the great tip veletron. lol (I can actually do more or less the same things with both hands but fot this I rather use the left.)
Couldn't you use the scroll buttons instead?
I'm working on something that could be hacked into assisting this, but it'd be a bit of a cludge.
If there's a need shout out and I'll see if I can get around to it.
V
I' m a lefty too, and would appreciate any help in the downfall of leftism
vijay555 said:
Couldn't you use the scroll buttons instead?
I'm working on something that could be hacked into assisting this, but it'd be a bit of a cludge.
If there's a need shout out and I'll see if I can get around to it.
V
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I have tried using the scroll buttons, but they don't really scroll, rather they jump from link to link (in PIE) which resulsts in very jerky screen movements, and that is not very useful for me.
Then I tried a registry hack mentioned on another forum to make the button do real screen scrolling, but when I tried to use it, the device froze, and sent me to Hard Reset H*ll.
Ideal for me would be in PIE would be scroll bars on the left and buttons that really scrolled. Actually scroll bars on the left would be nice in every application.
It is not a necesity for me, but the bar on the right is an inconvenience --mainly in PIE.
Lefty here as well dude. Would be great to have a less discriminatory device :lol:
The worst thing is, that when you use the scroll bar with your left hand, you can't really see when to stop since your hand is covering most of the screen.
All leftys out there unite !!!
Grogo said:
The worst thing is, that when you use the scroll bar with your left hand, you can't really see when to stop since your hand is covering most of the screen.
All leftys out there unite !!!
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nuther lefty beggin' for help...
As the subjects states, is there a registry edit that will move the scroll bar from the right hand side of the screen to the left? Being left handed, it is quite a pain to cover the screen with my hand when scrolling.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Bump - Anyone? Any ideas?
This is a possible deal breaker for me.
I think I just saw this feature in 8125. You could change the layout so that the scroll bar is on the left side and not right.
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I've got two ideas - not exactly what you want, but hopefully better. One should work. One should be very very cool. But time frame is some way off - I'm working on one or two urgent things first. I apologise
But I'll be working on this once I clear my decks a little.
V
Thanks for your assistance. The 8125 does have a "Left Hand" mode, but only for Landscape. Since I use my 8125 90% of the time in portrait, it makes it very difficult for web browsing and scrolling email.
Thanks everyone for your help. I look forward to any ideas that you come up with (anything will be better)
General question: do you guys use your scrollbar with a stylus or thumb?
V
Thumb. Mostly because my stylus falls out if i put one in, so I just dont even bring one with me anymore.
Stylus
I ask because at some point I'm considering a third party solution to the problem, and I need to think about how big to make it graphically.
Evidently both thumb and stylus need to be considered.
V
Yeah, I gotta imagine there are alot of other Lefty's out there like myself that are running into the same issue. A 3rd party application sounds like it would be very useful.
Is it possible to align the Scrollbars on the left side of the Controls?
I am left-handed, and i can't see the screen while scrolling...
fuzzi
I have the same problem
A lefty here to! Strange that this isn't a standard option of a modern device. Back in the day when I used a Palm V there was an app to move the scrollbar to the left. All devices with pen input should have this option.
This is a very often asked q. It's impossible to relocate the scrollbar. Sorry.
i don't understand it
I don't understand it. Many people are left handed, and there is no possibility for aligning the scrollbars. And 15% are left handed....
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I don't understand it. Many people are left handed, and there is no possibility for aligning the scrollbars. And 15% are left handed....
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Sorry, there is no. As I've already stated, I've looked into the problem quite thoroughly and I'm absolutely sure I'm right.
Unless the author of theapplication explicitly puts the scrollbar in there, it's impossible to do this on the OS level.
So there are no third party browser options that have that ability?
there is a screen setting change you can make but that really doesn't do much good.
Are all WM5 phones the same this way? cause i'd swap in a second to get a phone where they considered us lefties. I think a mfr could make a lot of money off the lefties if they designed some phones to be left handed of a series.
Hard to believe there is no solution....
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So there are no third party browser options that have that ability?
there is a screen setting change you can make but that really doesn't do much good.
Are all WM5 phones the same this way? cause i'd swap in a second to get a phone where they considered us lefties. I think a mfr could make a lot of money off the lefties if they designed some phones to be left handed of a series.
Hard to believe there is no solution....
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There is no solution. As I've stated, it's only at the individual app level that left-handed support can be added. On the operating system level, no app can be forced to do so.
Left Handed Sos!!
There has got to be someone out there that can make this happen. Someone please develope something that can make this happen. with all the things that are being hacked on this device you would think this would be an easy one.
IM SENDING THIS OUT AS A CHALLENGE TO ANYONE THAT THINKS THEY CAN DO IT. I WILL PAY FOR IT EVEN AND IM SURE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!
a solution might be to use the scrolling functionality of FTouchFLO
Here's an idea, I wish I had the knowledge to create this. Have a 3d ball, diameter can be from far left to far right..........has multiple cubes/squares on the face........that will allow up-down motion as well as left-to-right. Whatever is closest to you is larger than the squares further back on the top and bottom of the ball. So if you go top to bottom, the ball looks like it's rolling toward you.........can somewhat remind you of the wheel on Price is Right. If you go left to right, it would spin toward the right and vice versa.
What programs/utilities would I need to try to do this myself?
What a about the inside of a cube instead? Much more screen realestate
I guess that would look nice too, maybe one that is transparent and can also go left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
Inspiration
There's already an implementation of that idea (inside of a sphere) for Windows XP--search google for SphereXP. Really neat app.
UltimateLaunch has side to side scrolling--maybe if you convince the programmer this is a good idea he might add up-down scrolling.
So my screen lock slider changed to a left handed orientation, i don't kow how i did that but how do i change it back to make it slide right instead of left?
Simply click on the top tip of the slider, hold it and move it in the other direction.
How do you figure these things out! OMG! LOL. Thank you for helping me, i just got the phone so yea....
lol, this comes up every week
Same thing happended to me before, i thought the directions change once on a while hahaha...
it never happened to me hehehehehehe i have 36 application and and my memory ram is 366....