Adobe Reader plugin for Firefox steals touchpad scrolling input

Solution 1:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626813

We're looking at the bug here in this thread. If you happen to have this bug, comment with your OS version (Windows 7 64-bit, for example) and with who makes your touchpad.

Hopefully, we can debug this sooner rather than later. :)

Solution 2:

My favorite solution is to disable the plugin so Acrobat files get downloaded and pop open a new Reader process, rather than sticking a fork in my web browser.

I'm still using FF3, where the necessary switches live in Tools -> Addons -> Plugins. Probably similar in FF4, though.

Solution 3:

I'm not sure if this has been resolved or not, but I still have this issue. I believe it is directly related to the touchpad driver on certain HP laptops. This is why:

  1. I've had this happen to me on two consecutive HP laptops I've owned. It happens when trying to use the touchpad scrolling feature.
  2. I can't say I tested this on my old computer (HP laptop running Vista but I don't remember the model), but on this current computer (HP Pavilion dv6 running Windows 7) using a mouse scroll wheel seems to resolve this issue. I'm using an HP optical wireless mouse. Not sure what model.

This has persisted through multiple versions of Firefox.