1. One of the most useful innovations in pointing devices is the scroll wheel.
点操作设备上最有用的发明之一是滚轮,滚轮有多种,外形略有差异。

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2. Camera rotate and zoom functions are cleverly mapped to the mouse scroll wheel, allowing fluid access while using other tools.
摄像机旋转和缩放功能巧妙地映射到鼠标的滚动轮上,这样在使用其他工具时可以方便地使用这些功能。

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3. Onscreen thumbwheels look rather like the scroll wheel on a mouse, and behave in much the same way.
屏幕上的拇指轮看上去就像鼠标上的滚动轮,行为也非常相似,并普遍用在某些三维程序中。

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4. If the drag is too far off base, the scrollbar makes the reasonable assumption that the user didn’t mean to scroll in the first place.
如果拖动得太远,则滚动条做出合理的猜测,即用户并不是首先想滚动。

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5. Never scroll text horizontally.
绝不要水平滚动文本。

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6. The fantastic thing about the scroll wheel is it allows users to avoid dealing with the challenges of interacting with scrollbars (see Figure 19-1).
滚轮的妙处在于使用者无须费力和难用的滚动条打交道(参见图19-1)。

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7. List controls normally have a vertical scrollbar for moving up and down through the list. List controls can also be made to scroll horizontally.
列表控件通常有一个垂直滚动条,用来向上或向下移动列表,它也可以设置水平滚动条。

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8. As the drag cursor approaches the borders of the scrollable window—but is still inside it—a scroll in the direction of the drag is initiated.
当拖动光标靠近可滚动窗口的边界——但仍然在窗口内——朝着拖动方向的滚屏就开始了。

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9. When objects can scroll off the screen, multiple selection requires a better, more distinct idiom.
当对象滚动出屏幕,多重选择需要更好更独特的习惯用法。

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10. Some programs set this limit too close, resulting in frustratingly temperamental scroll behavior.
一些程序将这种限制设置得太窄,导致滚屏的行为变幻无常,令人沮丧。

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