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Issues with scrollbars, mouse scrollwheels, and touchpad gestures used for scrolling

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Enable BOTH edge scrolling and two-finger scrolling for touchpad

On Ubuntu, I can choose between Edge scrolling, and Two-finger scrolling. But it's a radio button, so I have to choose between one and the other. But is there any way to enable them both at the same ...
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Is there anyway to enable system wide inverse scrolling? [duplicate]

Is there any way to enable inverse scrolling like on Mac OSX?
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How do I adjust the pointer speed and scrolling speed of a trackpad?

How can I increase the pointer speed and scrolling speed of Apple Trackpad beyond the max speed allowed in System Settings? I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.01. Please see below the mouse and trackpad ...
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Scroll direction keeps changing after recent upgrade

After a recent kernel upgrade, I started noticing an annoying issue: the "Natural scroll direction" changes every time I change the keyboard/mouse set on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 15). More ...
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How to change my mouse wheel scroll rate?

I'm using Chrome, and the scroll rate is like 3 lines, and it's painfully slow. My finger gets tired really quickly on long pages. System → Preferences → Mouse lacks any scroll wheel configuration ...
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Inverted Horizontal scrolling ubuntu 18.04

I recently upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 and the horizontal scrolling is inverted. Natural scrolling does not affect it in any way, suggestions on how to change it back? (swipe rigth to go left)
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How to enable natural scrolling in xfce4?

Is there any setting to enable natural scrolling for my touchpad? I can find the setting under XFCE settings for the mouse, but it doesn't work for the touchpad. Is there a way to enable it for the ...
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How to solve a scrolling misbehavior after doing Alt+Tab?

most of the time I do an Alt+Tab (switch windows), go from browser (chrome) to Visual Code and vice versa, mouse scrolling misbehaves, it jumps to somewhere in the page, either way down the current ...
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How to fix GTK3 scrollbar behavior

I have removed the overlay scrollbars. How can I configure GTK3 scrollbar clicking behavior? GTK3 applications scrollbars behave strangely under Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04. This also happens with Fedora ...
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Dual booting: every time Windows boots, it increases the scrolling speed of the mouse on Ubuntu

My friend has Microsoft Wireless Desktop 850 with AES (PY9-00001) Ubuntu 18.04. The scrolling speed is too fast, but if he removes the USB dongle and plugs it in again, it fixes the problem. He's on ...
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Natural scrolling not working for horizontal scroll, how to fix this?

I've enabled natural scrolling via Ubuntu Tweak's miscellaneous options, but that doesn't seem to take effect for horizontal scroll - neither in web browsers, nor in nautilus or other native ...
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Mouse wheel doesn't scroll after update

I have Ubuntu 18.04. Today in the morning I allowed the updates were installed and after system requested reboot mouse wheel doesn't scroll content up and down anymore. Touchpad still does but it's ...
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Any updates on disabling middle-click paste?

I'm using the middle mouse button on my ThinkPad with Ubuntu to scroll and I'm pasting a lot of text in my documents by accident which is very annoying and I often end up with messed up documents. I ...
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how to install driver for middle button clickpad scrolling

I want to use this as this: Specifically, I'm trying to enable scroll wheel emulation using the TrackPoint when the middle button 2 of the clickpad is pressed. I've examined the xev output when a ...
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How can I configure a Logitech M705 to use stepless scrolling?

I'm using a Logitech K750(keyboard) and M705(mouse) using the same (one!) unifying USB connector. I paired them with my mac, but use them on my desktop with Ubuntu 12.10. Works nice. Just a few ...
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Touchpad scroll not working properly after Suspend

I've recently done a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.10. I've experience an issue where the scroll function is not working properly after the system has been suspended. It's sluggish and slow, kinda like ...
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Turn off smooth scrolling in GTK3

On a default Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) installation, GTK3 applications (which include most of the default GUI applications) have smooth scrolling activated. How do I disable it? For example, in Gedit, ...
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How to disable horizontal scrolling in Ubuntu 18.04 in terminal?

I am having a hard time finding an answer to this question for 18.04 LTS. I used the following to find a list of options to configure. gsettings list-keys org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad It ...
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Enable natural scrolling on ubuntu 17.04 with gnome-shell

I've installed gnome-shell on ubuntu 17.04 and it works perfectly, but I'm having an hard time trying to enable natural scrolling using the trackpad. It works perfectly out of the box in unity, but in ...
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Question about GtkScrollbar class in custom themes

I very much like to use the Zukitwo theme as an alternative over the standard Ambiance theme, it is to my taste more easy on the eyes. However, the theme takes away the scrollbar arrows or "steppers"...
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Upon system restart, dconf editor doesn't save changes

I can use the dconf-editor to change my touchpad settings to natural scrolling, but upon system restart the settings get reverted. (But not on sleep or hibernate.) When I open the editor, the option ...
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Is there any way in ubuntu 18.04 to add up/down arrows to all scrollbars (default)?

I would like to add up and down arrows to my scrollbars in Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. If you are on any page that has a lot of length then it is impossible to grab the scrollbar thumb-wheel and move with ...
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Mousepad edge scrolling disabled in Ubuntu 18.04

As you can see there is no option for enabling edge scrolling in Ubuntu 18.04. Now I can only scroll with two fingers, which it sucks. How can I enable edge scrolling in Ubuntu 18.04?
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fixing the touchpad scroll speed in ubuntu 18.04 - libinput

I know this has has been beaten to death but I still couldn't get it to work based on the solutions I've seen for similar questions. It's always a mouse using libinput or a touchpad using synaptics or ...
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Browsers keep scrolling up and down by themselves seemingly in random order

I'm using a Dell laptop with Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows dual boot. For almost a month when I'm using my browser to read an article online or browse any long website, the page keeps jumping up and down ...
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Two finger scrolling on asus Zenbook ux303ln

After installing ubuntu on this machine I cannot two-finger/side scroll is there a way of simply mending this? I have already tried the settings.
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Restore natural scrolling in Ubuntu 16.04 on Dell XPS 13

I have a Dell XPS 13 which, by default, has a very sensitive trackpad. As you are typing, if you brush the trackpad by accident, the trackpad considers it as a click and the text insertion point jumps ...
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How to enable natural scroll on two-finger scroll with command while normal scrolling for edge scrolling in Ubuntu 13.10?

After getting both scroll enabled in Ubuntu 13.10. From following method: Enable both: two finger scrolling and edge scrolling permanently I want natural scrolling enabled for two-finger scroll and ...
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Two-finger scrolling not working since ubuntu 17.10+ [duplicate]

I recently upgraded to ubuntu 17.10 and since then I cannot do two finger scrolling, only edge scrolling. Any suggestions how to make the two finger scrolling work again? I use a Lenovo ThinkPad 450s ...
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How to make Document Viewer allow me to scroll through the pages?

I am currently in the process of building an LFS system, and the LFS book comes in the format of a >300 page long PDF file. I am reading it via Ubuntu's default document viewer, and when I started I ...
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How to change 2-finger touchpad scroll speed on Ubuntu 22.04

Is there a way to change how quickly (or how far) a laptop touchpad scrolls? This question is specific to 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). Although there are many similar questions, none asks specifically ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 scrolling jumps when alternating between windows

In 18.04.3, If I'm in a scrollable window (e.g., terminal) and scroll down a lot, then alt+tab to another window (e.g., Chrome) and scroll in this other window, its scrollbar jumps to the bottom ...
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How can I change the keyboard shortcuts for single line scrolling in the terminal?

To scroll a single line in gnome-terminal you have to press Ctrl-Shift-↑ or Ctrl-Shift-↓ in Ubuntu. In other distributions (e.g. Xubuntu) you only have to press Shift-↑ or Shift-↓ for the same ...
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How to fix microsoft mouse scrolling speed on ubuntu

In case someone gets the same problem as I just got. When switching from Windows to Ubuntu (in dual-boot) my Microsoft wireless mouse scroll wheel goes nuts! It's totally over-sensitive.
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Precise scrolling in Firefox?

I'm using a Laptop with Ubuntu 19.04, and while in Nautilus and Chromium I can get precise scrolling, it doesn't appear to be the case in Firefox. Here's a (short 30 second) demonstration video to ...
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20.04 Natural scrolling not persisting between sessions

Since updating, natural scrolling works just fine - up until reboot. Toggling the setting off and on again does the trick, but is rather... Annoying. Grateful for any advice!
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Configure '50-synaptics.conf' for kinetic scrolling?

My laptop has a Synaptics touchpad with multi-touch support. Kinetic two-finger scrolling works fine on windows, how can I get it to work on ubuntu? I have already reversed the scrolling direction by ...
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Disable switching between different desktops with mouse scroll

I just upgraded from 20.04 to 22.04 and so far I am loving the new update. After changing the dock to auto hide I found that when you move your mouse to the left side of the screen and scroll it ...
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Two-Finger Scrolling in LXDE (Ubuntu 12.10)

I can't get two-finger scrolling to work in LXDE w/ Ubuntu 12.10. Here's a brief history. I upgraded my machine (an old Dell Inspiron 1200) from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to Ubuntu 12.10 all in one fell swoop,...
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How to restore scroll wheel functionality in AbiWord?

Ever since I upgraded to Lubuntu 12.04 (from Lubuntu 11.10), the scroll wheel on my mouse has not worked in AbiWord for moving up and down in documents. The scroll wheel does still work in other ...
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Natural scrolling with mouse on Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]

I'm trying to figure out a way to get natural (reverse) scrolling to work with a mouse. I know Ubuntu has a "natural scrolling" preference under System Settings, however, that only applies to the ...
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Kinetic scrolling gone in Firefox after update to 22.04

After updating from 21.10 to 22.04 I no longer get the kinetic scrolling effect in Firefox that was working fine before. apz.gtk.kinetic_scroll.enabled is still true. How do I get it back?
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natural scrolling on Unity desktop 20.04

I just installed Unity coming from Gnome and I don't see natural scrolling option there. What do I need to install on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
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How to deactivate kinetic scrolling on touchpad in GTK3 applications?

I'd like to deactivate the "kinetic scrolling" behavior of the GTK3 applications in Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome 3 (e.g. evince, gedit). If I scroll with the touchpad and don't lift my fingers perfectly ...
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Unable to set scrolling speed of touchpad. (Ubuntu 22.10, wayland)

I have an ASUS Zenbook OLED with a trackpad. Even though this trackpad is fine, and mouse pointer movement is a good speed, the two-finger scroll is just too darn fast. In the settings app, I can only ...
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Dell N5110 Touch pad Scroll bar not recognized in Ubuntu 12.0.4

I bought recently my Dell N 5110 and installed Ubuntu 12.0.4 LST X 64 Bit along with Windows 7. The problem I am facing is my touch pad is not recognized in ubuntu and tried installing alps (as I ...
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Glitches while trying to scroll pages in Chromium [closed]

When I try to scroll pages in Chromium Browser, pages don't render properly. There are these stuck block of glitches all over the pages. These glitches disappear when I switch tab and return back to ...
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Touchpad won't honor natural scrolling, mouse will

$ xinput list-props 15 Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad': Device Enabled (137): 1 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (139): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0....
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Autohiding scroll bar button [duplicate]

I'm not comfortable with autohiding auto-sliding scroll bar button in some gnome based applications (like gedit). Is there any way to restore a normal scroll bar? similar to one in KDE applications (...
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lost the vertical scroll function in touchpad after upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10

just upgraded from Ubuntu 13.04 to Ubuntu 13.10, my Laptop is a Sony SVE1512c6ew, scrolling worked perfectly in Ubuntu 13.04, doesnt work at all in 13.10 Runs Ubuntu 13.10 64bits (btw, tested it i ...
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