When your mouse wheel suddenly starts scrolling in the opposite direction, you might think the issue lies with your hardware.

If your mouse doesn’t support horizontal scrolling, but you need this feature, here’s how to change the mouse wheel from scrolling vertically to horizontally. TIP: If you prefer to customize ...

Also known as a "wheel mouse," pressing the wheel can perform ... In addition, the scroll wheel may move from side to side for horizontal scrolling. See touch scroll and scroll bar.

this mouse makes use of tilt-click functionality to handle horizontal scrolling. This mechanism is far more common than a dedicated thumb scroll wheel, but it may take some getting used to.