# Scrolling text - onMouseDown?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-text-onmousedown/231862>\
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**Created:** [July 9, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-text-onmousedown/231862 "2007-07-09T01:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![beamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@beamond](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/beamond)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-text-onmousedown/231862/1 "2007-07-09T01:37:10Z")

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I just followed the tute “[SIZE=4][COLOR=#003366]\*\*Basic \*\*TextTextScroller” is there a way to make the scroll buttons work when holding down the mouse button? This would be a nice feature to have.[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=4][COLOR=#003366][/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=4][COLOR=#003366]Thanks,[/COLOR][/SIZE]