Re: [Gimp-user] Middle mouse button panning issue

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 12/01/17 21:49, Steve Kinney wrote:
> On 01/12/2017 10:20 AM, Klemen wrote:
> > I have recently bought a new computer and installed Gimp on it. The issue is,
> > that I cannot get the pan feature to work properly.
> >
> > When I click the middle mouse button, it does register and it does let me pan,
> > but it only registers for a split second - making it useless and quite annoying.
> > It appears that only the click is registered, but holding the mouse button
> > isn't. So I can't hold the middle mouse button and pan.
> >
> > Now, on my old computer panning works fine and I use the same mouse. Both
> > computers have default preferences as well, so I have no idea what the problem
> > is.
> >
> > Help would be greatly appreciated, because this issue highly affects my workflow
> > with gimp.
> What you describe here is almost certainly a problem with the user
> interface setting in the operating system and/or desktop manager.
>
> The group will need to know what OS is on the computer, to be able to
> suggest solutions.

And also the type of mouse. Some mice do very strange things and may 
require a specific driver to work "normally".