mouse wheel scrolling in gtk

[Joachim Nilsson]

Hi!

I often have just one Emacs frame open on my X desktop.  It's usually
fully maximized (full screen with no borders) to utilize all possible
screen estate.

This frame is usually split in several windows. (I often also use ECB,
but this report applies regardless.)

When coding I use these windows to display all types of references (.c
and .h files) while having one "main" window where my current focus is. 
This is also where I want my cursor to sit.  Frequently I want to scroll
up/down in one of the other windows (where my cursor is not ...) so I
move my mouse and use the scroll-wheel to pan the reference list.

In Emacs (toolkit: gtk) I cannot use the wheel to (vertically) scroll
unless the cursor is there as well.  Correction, if I hold the pointer
above that window's scroll bar I can, but not over any other part of
that other window. 

This is a bit counter intuitive since other Gtk/Gnome applications honor
this.  I.e. you can mouse-wheel-scroll any of an applications parts
without having to first click/focus that part of the application.

Can this be fixed, or is there perhaps some configuration setting that I
have missed?

Regards
 /Jocke

P.S.  I hope I have used the correct Emacs terms (frame vs. window).

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