# Thumbwheel

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thumbwheel/249891>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 23, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thumbwheel/249891 "2008-01-23T14:29:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![sommer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sommer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sommer)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thumbwheel/249891/1 "2008-01-23T14:29:30Z")

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Is there anyway for Actionscript to sense the thumbwheel - I would like to use the thumbwheel as an alternative to dragging scrollbars.

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