Microsoft has introduced a new feature in Windows by means of which it allows us to scroll the windows that are inactive using our mouse. Previously, if we wanted to use this function, it was necessary to select a window to activate it and to be able to scroll over its content. Now we can scroll through its content, even if it is inactive, just by hovering the mouse pointer over it. This is something that can be an advantage or a disadvantage depending on the type of each type of user.
Scrolling through inactive windows: advantages and disadvantages
As we have mentioned, when we interact with Windows 10, we will always do so through different windows. These can be active or inactive. It is said that a window is found activated when we have it running in the foreground and we can work on them. Instead, we mean windows inactive when, although they are activated, they remain minimized in the taskbar, so they work in the background and we cannot interact with them directly until we maximize them again. We also find active and inactive windows although both are open in the foreground. For example, if we open the Notepad and then Google Chrome, it is the latter that is in the foreground and we can interact with it, while the Notepad would become inactive in the background.
Microsoft decided to add a new feature to improve interaction with windows that are inactive. For this, this function allows scroll through the content of the inactive window when we hover the mouse pointer over and using the scroll wheel. This is something that can be beneficial for users since they can see and interact with the content of each window without having to be in the foreground. But it can also be annoying if we are working with different documents at the same time, with the risk of accidentally moving over a document open in the background.
This controversial feature is enabled by default in Windows 10. Fortunately for many users, it is possible to deactivate it, so that it limits the movement of the mouse only through the windows that are active. Therefore, below, we are going to see the different ways that Microsoft offers us to be able to deactivate the scrolling function through inactive windows in Windows 10.
Disable scrolling of inactive windows
If we want to disable scrolling over windows that are inactive in the background, we will have two ways to do it. We can choose to disable it from the Windows 10 Settings menu or by accessing the Registry Editor.
From Windows 10 Settings
In order to disable the scroll of inactive windows in Windows 10, we can do it easily from the Settings menu. To access it, the easiest way is to press the Windows + I keyboard shortcut. Once we have accessed it, we must click on the Devices section.
Once inside the Devices section, we look at the left column where we must click on the «Mouse» section. On the right side, all the corresponding configuration options will be located. Here we will find the option of “Scroll inactive windows when hovering over the mouse”. We will only have to click on the blue button so that it becomes deactivated.
If at any time we wish to reactivate this function from the Settings menu, it will only be necessary to carry out the same steps and click again on the option to Move inactive windows when hovering the mouse over it, so that it is marked as Activated.
From Registry Editor
Another option we have available to disable scrolling over inactive windows in Windows 10 is to use the Registry Editor. It is a very powerful application, so it should only be used by users who know how to handle the application well, since any erroneous change can lead to stability problems in the system.
To access the Registry Editor we must press the keyboard shortcut “Windows + R” with which we will open the Run tool. Here we must write «regedit»And click on« Accept »or Enter. Once in the registry we must navigate through the following route in the left part of the window.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Control Panel / Desktop
Once we have accessed the Desktop folder, we will see how all the content is shown in the right part of the window. Here we must look for the file MouseWheelRouting. In the event that it is not found, it will be necessary for us to believe it. To do this, we will right-click on the Desktop folder to open a small menu, where we must choose «New» and «DWORD (32 bits)». Once this element is created we must rename it as “MouseWheelRouting”.
Once the «MouseWheelRouting» element is available we must double click on it, or right-click and select «Modify». This will open a new window for us. Now we will go to the Value Information section. Here we must enter the value 0 to deactivate the scrolling function. In this way, when we hover the mouse over the inactive windows it will no longer scroll over them.
In the event that at any time we want to re-activate this function from the Registry Editor, it will only be necessary to follow the previous steps until we reach the Value information section where we must enter the value 2.
Microsoft imeanzisha kipengele kipya katika Windows ambayo inaruhusu sisi kuhamisha madirisha ambayo hayana kazi kwa kutumia panya yetu. Hapo awali, ikiwa tulitaka kutumia kazi hii, ilihitajika kuchagua dirisha ili kuifanya iwe hai na kuweza kugeuka juu ya yaliyomo. Sasa tunaweza kugeuka kupitia maudhui yake, hata kama ni hai, tu kwa hovering pointer panya juu yake. Hii inaweza kuwa faida au hasara kulingana na aina ya mtumiaji. Kujipinda kupitia madirisha yasiyofanya kazi: faida na hasara Kama tulivyosema, tunaposhirikiana na Windows 10, kila wakati tutafanya hivyo kupitia madirisha tofauti. Hizi zinaweza kuwa hai au zisizo hai. Inaelezwa kwamba dirisha linapatikana limesimamishwa wakati tunapoendesha mbele na tunaweza kufanya kazi juu yao. Kwa upande mwingine, madirisha ni inactive wakati, ingawa ni kuanzishwa, wao kubaki minimized katika taskbar, hivyo wao kazi katika background na hatuwezi kuingiliana nao moja kwa moja mpaka sisi maximize yao tena. Pia tunapata madirisha hai na yasiyo hai ingawa yote mawili yamefunguliwa mbele. Kwa mfano, ikiwa tunafungua Notepad na kisha Google Chrome, ni mwisho ambao uko mbele na tunaweza kuingiliana nayo, wakati Notepad ingekuwa hai nyuma. Microsoft imeamua kuongeza kipengele kipya ili kuboresha mwingiliano na madirisha ambayo hayana kazi. Kwa ajili ya hii, kazi hii inaruhusu scroll kupitia maudhui ya dirisha inactive wakati sisi hover pointer panya juu na kutumia gurudumu scroll. Hii ni kitu ambacho kinaweza kuwa na faida kwa watumiaji kwani wanaweza kuona na kuingiliana na yaliyomo katika kila dirisha bila kuwa mbele. Lakini pia inaweza kuwa ya kukasirisha ikiwa tunafanya kazi na nyaraka tofauti kwa wakati mmoja, na hatari ya kusonga kwa bahati mbaya juu ya hati iliyofunguliwa nyuma. Hii ni kipengele cha utata ambacho kimewezeshwa kwa default katika Windows 10. Kwa bahati nzuri kwa watumiaji wengi, inawezekana kuizima, ili iweze kupunguza harakati za panya kupitia madirisha tu ambayo yanafanya kazi. Kwa hivyo, hapa chini tutaona njia tofauti ambazo Microsoft inatuonyesha ili kuweza kuzima kazi ya kugeuka kupitia madirisha yasiyofanya kazi katika Windows 10. Kufanya kazi ya kuhamisha ya madirisha yasiyo na kazi: Ikiwa unataka kuhamisha kuhamisha juu ya madirisha ambayo hayana kazi nyuma, utakuwa na njia mbili za kufanya hivyo. Unaweza kuamua kuizima kutoka kwenye menyu ya Windows 10 au kwa kuingia kwenye Mhariri wa Usajili. "Kutoka kwa Windows 10, unaweza kuondoa ""kuzunguka"" kwa madirisha yasiyo na kazi kwenye Windows 10 na kuifanya kwa urahisi kutoka kwenye menyu ya ""Mipangilio.""" Ili kuipata, njia rahisi ni kubonyeza Windows + I keyboard shortcut. Mara tu tumepata, lazima tuchukue sehemu ya Vifaa. Mara ndani ya sehemu ya Vifaa, sisi kuangalia safu ya kushoto ambapo ni lazima bonyeza juu ya <unk>Mouse<unk> sehemu. Upande wa kulia, chaguzi zote zinazolingana za usanidi zitapatikana. Hapa tutapata chaguo la <unk>Scroll madirisha yasiyo na kazi wakati hovering juu ya panya<unk>. Tutahitaji tu kubonyeza kitufe cha bluu ili iwe hai. Ikiwa wakati wowote tunataka kuamsha kazi hii kutoka kwenye menyu ya Mipangilio, itabidi tu tufanye hatua zile zile na bonyeza tena chaguo la Hama madirisha yasiyofanya kazi wakati wa kusonga panya juu yake, ili iangaliwe kama Imeamilishwa. Chaguo jingine tunaloweza kutumia kufuta kuteleza kwenye madirisha yasiyofanya kazi katika Windows 10 ni kutumia Mhariri wa Usajili. Ni programu yenye nguvu sana, kwa hivyo inapaswa kutumika tu na watumiaji ambao wanajua jinsi ya kushughulikia programu vizuri, kwani mabadiliko yoyote ya makosa yanaweza kusababisha shida za utulivu katika mfumo. Ili kupata Mhariri wa Usajili lazima tushinikiza njia ya mkato ya kibodi <unk>Windows + R<unk> ambayo tutafungua chombo cha Run. Hapa lazima tuandike <unk>regedit<unk>Na bonyeza <unk>Kubali <unk>au Ingiza. Mara katika usajili lazima kuhamia kupitia njia ifuatayo katika sehemu ya kushoto ya dirisha. HACK-CURRENT-USER: Kuunganisha na folda ya Desktop, unaweza kuona jinsi yaliyomo yanavyoonyeshwa kwenye sehemu ya kulia ya dirisha. Hapa ni lazima kuangalia kwa ajili ya faili MouseWheelRouting. Ikiwa haipatikani, ni lazima tuamini. Ili kufanya hivyo, tutaweza right-click juu ya folda Desktop kufungua orodha ndogo, ambapo ni lazima kuchagua <unk>New<unk> na <unk>DWORD (32 bits)<unk>. Mara baada ya kipengele hiki ni kuundwa lazima rename yake kama <unk>MouseWheelRouting<unk>. Mara moja <unk>MouseWheelRouting<unk> kipengele inapatikana lazima double click juu yake, au haki-bonyeza na kuchagua <unk>Modify<unk>. Hii itafungua dirisha jipya kwetu. Sasa tutaenda kwenye sehemu ya Maelezo ya Thamani. Hapa lazima uingiza thamani ya 0 ili kuzima kazi ya scrolling. Kwa njia hii, wakati sisi hover panya juu ya madirisha yasiyo na kazi itakuwa tena scroll juu yao. Ikiwa unataka kuanzisha tena kazi hii kutoka kwa Mhariri wa Usajili, ni lazima tu ufuate hatua zilizotangulia hadi tufikie sehemu ya habari ya Thamani ambapo lazima uingize thamani ya 2.