Question regarding the mouse flywheel

[Techwright]

I've a concern regarding the middle mouse button, aka the flywheel.  I'm utilizing Windows 10 Pro and 3rd person viewpoint if those come into play, somehow.  On my older characters, I can hold the button down, and spin the camera around them.  I find it useful not only for screenshots but also to see what's going on behind me in combat.  On these older characters, when I release the flywheel, the camera remains in the position I set it, which is what I want.  On newer characters however, releasing the flywheel snaps the camera back to the behind-the-back position.  I've not been able to shake that, nor find the setting, if there is one, to undo that.  I certainly didn't select a setting to do that.  Curiously, if I hop off a new character suffering this, and log into an older character, the camera placement cooperates again, but will return to misbehaving if I select one of the newer characters.

 

I've made certain my mouse controls on the new characters mimic the settings on the older characters, but the whiplash spin upon flywheel release continues.

 

Can anyone point me to the setting needed to correct this?  I assume it is not a bug, but perhaps I am wrong.

[Greycat]

It's a "feature," yeah. (And yes, I find it annoying.)

 

It's the "modern" control scheme. You can pick between classic, modern... think two others... just a sec, I'll find it.

 

 

Classic gives the old behaviour. (Though I seem to recall that switching these resets everything, if you have custom binds.)

 

Classic has "Rotate camera" set to "Middle mouse button."

Modern has "Quick look" set to "Middle mouse button," which I believe is the view that snaps back.

Edited May 25 by Greycat

[Shenanigunner]

I hate using the middle button in any app. While it's sorta sensible to put the look-around toggle on it, it's a PITA for all but the most finger-agile, so fortunately it's easy to remap:

 

/bind LSHIFT camrotate

 

Select "lookaround" key to suit.

[Techwright]

11 hours ago, Shenanigunner said:

I hate using the middle button in any app. While it's sorta sensible to put the look-around toggle on it, it's a PITA for all but the most finger-agile, so fortunately it's easy to remap:

 

/bind LSHIFT camrotate

 

Select "lookaround" key to suit.

 

While I despise game mice with a full tray of tiny buttons,  I've grown quite accustomed to using the middle mouse button, and am happy to use it, so long as it works.  The bind information is interesting, however.

 

On 5/25/2024 at 7:32 PM, Greycat said:

It's a "feature," yeah. (And yes, I find it annoying.)

 

It's the "modern" control scheme. You can pick between classic, modern... think two others... just a sec, I'll find it.

 

 

Classic gives the old behaviour. (Though I seem to recall that switching these resets everything, if you have custom binds.)

 

Classic has "Rotate camera" set to "Middle mouse button."

Modern has "Quick look" set to "Middle mouse button," which I believe is the view that snaps back.

 

Thanks, @Greycat!   I'll  try adjusting that on all new characters next chance I get.

 

[Shenanigunner]

11 hours ago, Techwright said:

I've grown quite accustomed to using the middle mouse button, and am happy to use it

 

Yeah, dunno what it is, but I have always found the middle button excessively hard to click. That is, hard to click in an easy, graceful way without having to more or less stop and think my way through the motion. It tends to drag one adjoining finger or the other with it unless I concentrate. (The wheel is no problem and was a great addition to pointing devices, but the click...)