Hi Mindset, yes that's correct that normally holding down the middle wheel button and keeping it down and dragging should pan the 3D view.

Maybe it's possible that your mouse wheel button is broken? When you're in a web browser and you push it do you get the scroll widget showing there?

Or are you possibly releasing it instead of keeping it held down while moving it?

Another thing you may be running into is that in a perspective view it pans by an amount relative to the rotation pivot point - if that pivot point is way in front of some objects then it's possible for the panning to only move a very small distance, try using the "Reset" button on the toolbar at the bottom of the viewport to zoom to fit and reset the pivot point and see if that helps.

There is also an alternative way to pan the 3D view which is to hold down the shift key and then drag the Right mouse button instead.

- Michael