Hi, Ronni and Daniel, Thanks for your help. Full of hope, I downloaded Keystroke Maestro (You can download it free for a trial). I have never done much with scripting, so it was a bit of a hassle. There isn't any easy way to get rid of false starts.
Here is how I made a macro with Keyboard Maestro: Select the Global Macro Group. Then File>New macro (Command N) Type the name of the new macro in the box. Choose a trigger: click the Green + button and select 'Hot Key' and type a key combination into the box. For my first one, called 'ArrowDown' I chose the combination Shift Option Down Arrow. Then click the green + New Action button An action menu slides into view; scroll down to ‘simulate Scroll Wheel’. Drag the tag into the empty box. Then choose the direction of scrolling and the number of pixels you want. I thought 60 was reasonable for documents. Then choose File>Export Macros. This will create a folder called ‘Recordings’ in your Home Documents file. (You can create a macro by using the 'Record' button, but it doesn't give you much time to do your actions.) You might need to click the ‘Enable’ button next to the Macro name. Activation of these macros is sporadic and unpredictable. It can be difficult to get them to act on the scroll bar you want (even wiggling it with the mouse doesn't help much), and they frequently seem to ‘forget’ what they are supposed to do. I restarted the computer just in case that helped, but it didn’t. The instructions are minimal for those who don’t do much with scripting. Several normal functions seem to be missing, like ‘Save’ or ‘Save as’. I found the only way to begin a new macro was to close the application each time I made one and then start it up again. There are many potential macros that can be built, but I only tried the scrollbar - I made all four directions. I think it may be of some value when dealing with large documents, but I couldn’t use it with images, as it zooms instead of scrolling. Also, you have to keep pressing the key combination to continue scrolling in steps. So it really isn’t any better than Daniel’s suggestion of using Command Arrow Key. Perhaps Apple would consider making the presence of scroll arrows an options in System Preferences (DO YOU HEAR ME, APPLE? I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS THEM BACK!) (apologies for shouting). Anyway, many thanks, Pat On 11/06/2013, at 7:11 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Pat, > > I do understand your frustration; unfortunately I can't see Apple bringing > the Scroll Arrows back in OS. The next OS Mavericks 10.9 will be more iOS > than Mountain Lion. > > There is also this I found at > <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4141058?start=15&tstart=0> > Scroll to Lukas comments: > > Quote/ > There is a workaround, but it requires 3rd party software: > Download a utility capable of executing a scroll wheel simulation macro, > triggered by a keyboard shortcut. > > I'm using Keyboard Maestro which is an incredibly powerful tool in its own > right. > > I've created four global macros, each one simulating Scroll Wheel > Up/Down/Left/Right. > > The scrolling value can be set as low as 1 pixel per keystroke. (I'm fine > with 5…) > > Each macro gets a global keyboard shortcut: > ⌃⇧⌘↑ > ⌃⇧⌘↓ > ⌃⇧⌘← > ⌃⇧⌘→ > These modifiers are optional, but over the years I've developed the habit to > use ⌃⇧⌘ strictly for global shortcuts active in all applications. This habit > avoids possible conflicts with internal application shortcuts, because this > modifier combination is rather uncommon. > > Note that among others, Keyboard Maestro also supports Device Triggers > instead of simple hot keys, which may also solve the issue for people with > certain handicaps. > > To get contiunous scrolling while holding the keys/device input down, make > sure the trigger setting is "is down", not the default "is pressed". > > Also note that the pointer must be over the affected window – same as if > you'd be using a real scroll wheel – for the shortcuts to work. > > It works in all application windows which support scroll wheel input, > including text forms like this one I'm posting this reply. > End Quote/ > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > On 11/06/2013, at 6:36 PM, Daniel Kerr <dan...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > >> Also have a play with - >> >> System Preferences - Accessibility. Click onto Mouse & Trackpad. >> Click on "Trackpad Options…". >> You'll see a setting there "Scrolling with inertia". Untick that and try it >> as well. >> If it's not ticked, it won't "scroll as fast". - which is a bit of the >> "older way". >> Some people find it better without it ticked on, and more easy to navigate. >> >> This "work around" may help as well - >> <http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/09/no-scrollbar-arrows-mac-os-x-lion-workaround/> >> >> Kind regards >> Daniel >> >> Sent from my iPhone 5 >> >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
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