I was pressing the mouse wheel to orbit and instead it panned. I tried to do it again and found out that if you press with one finger the wheel and hold it down and then press the left button, it changes from orbit to pan. No need to press shift. Let go of the left button but keep the wheel pressed and it orbits.

Yoram

 

Do you have a button under your wheel? What kind of mouse is that? :?:

 

It's just a regular mouse with the wheel in the middle and a button on either side of the wheel. I use one finger to scroll the wheel and another to click the left button. I found out about this option when I by mistake pressed the wheel form the side and ended up pressing the button too, with the same finger.

Yoram

 

I thought this was a common feature. I can recommend this microsoft mouse from micro center, ~$17. It's also got two side buttons on each side. The white area on the sides. Those buttons, you can use to go forward and back a page, on your internet browser. I can't live without that feature, now!
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0256804

-Kwok

 

After thinking a bit about your question I realize that I too thought that a switch under the mouse wheel was common in the optical mice. All of mine had it. Can you orbit with your mouse without clicking on the orbit icon by pressing on the wheel, Dennis? That's one of the shortcuts mentioned a long time ago in a thread detailing the shortcuts in SU.

Yoram

 

Well, I have a Trackball Explorer, so I guess I'm just thinking backwards - I thought you were talking about a button under the BALL.
Yes, I have a button under the scroll-wheel, but mine is set for double-click. I guess, if I knew what function your switch is set to, I could define one of the other 4 buttons on mine to do the same. :roll: