
The second lets you change when double-clicks are registered – if you find Windows isn't detecting when you double-click, or is making false positive matches, you can use the slider and test area to finetune how long a double-click has to last. The first is duplicated from the Settings app and lets you customise your primary mouse button. The first tab of this screen provides three options. This will bring up the "Mouse Properties" popup which hasn't changed much through generations of the Windows operating system. You can access them with the "Additional mouse options" link to the right of the Mouse settings page. The rest of Windows' mouse settings are tucked away in the Control Panel. You'll probably want to keep it enabled most of the time.

You don't need to switch focus to the window first, addressing a long-standing complaint with previous versions of Windows. Per the description, it lets you scroll the contents of any window on your desktop by hovering over it and using the mouse wheel. The last toggle button on the page, "Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them," is the only mouse setting not available in the Control Panel. The mouse wheel can be made to scroll through lines or entire screens (as if you pressed the Page Up/Page Down buttons), and you can customise how many lines or screens should be scrolled at once. The page lets you customise the scroll wheel's operation and change which mouse button acts as the primary one. We'll head to Settings first, so open the app (Win+I keyboard shortcut), click the "Devices" category and then navigate to the "Mouse" page from the menu. The Settings app's Mouse page is currently extremely basic and contains only one option you won't find in the Control Panel. In this guide, we'll walk you through the available settings and the impact they have on your pointer.īefore we get going, it's worth mentioning that Windows 10's mouse settings are still split across Control Panel and the Settings app.
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Windows 10 gives you a range of customisation options for your mouse, so you have flexibility in how your cursor behaves.
