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I have a Logitech M500 mouse. This mouse has a mechanical mousewheel (the "ticking" kind), which can also be clicked from the sides to horizontally scroll. The great thing as that this works almost everywhere... In my browser, in Notepad++, basically almost everywhere as far as the programs go that I use. Except for Excel 2013.
Possibly related, it also doesn't work in regular ol' Explorer file browser windows. Not a bother, because I use Total Commander. But the horizontal scroll thing does work in Internet Explorer 10, which seems odd to me (same company behind Explorer and Internet Explorer, after all).
When I got the mouse, I did not install any drivers myself. I just connected the mouse and let Windows looks for and install proper drivers completely automatically. And since it works perfectly in the browser and my code editor, I figured the horizontal scroll function was working properly.
Is there perhaps some kind of thing that I need to do to make Excel recognize a horizontal scoll from the scrollwheel, or have I perhaps stumbled upon a bug?
btw, this is my mouse:
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Solution:
Right-click on the status menu in Excel (bottom left corner of Excel window, normally says "READY") and de-select "Scroll Lock" option.
Thank you for offering a suggestion. I tried to de-select "Scroll Lock" in excel, as you instructed, but the horizontal scroll with my Sclupt mouse still does not work. Any more ideas?
Hi, I just bought a new Logitech MX Master and had the same issue. Horizontal Scrolling was working in Firefox and Word but not in Excel.
I could resolve the issue by downloading the newest version of "Logitech Options".
You just need to install that software and than horizontol scrolling works in Excel immediatley (you don't even need to restart excel!). No further configuration ist required :)
I doubt that they will ever fix it.
How did you get horizontal scrolling with mouse wheel to work in excel 2013?
Every program I've used has allowed scrolling vertically by spinning the mouse wheel, and when I hold shift + spinning the mouse wheel it'll horizontally scroll... I find this function to be completely absent from excel 2013 - so if you have a way to make this work that would be great :D
Note: clicking the mouse wheel for auto scroll and then moving your mouse in whatever direction you want works but is different from what I'd like and it is not the answer I'm looking for (since the slightest movement can send you sailing through a nearly endless supply of columns and rows).