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This was a feature I had on an older xp machine where if I dragged my finger on the right edge of my trackpad it would move down the page. Since Ubuntu is now way ahead of xp, I would assume there is a way to enable a feature like this. If this is possible, how? Thanks and regards, Thomas

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    Should be enabled by default. There is also a setting for it under Mouse and Touchpad. Nov 10, 2017 at 3:42
  • This is why I commented, All I got was the option of the primary button, the mouse speed, and the natural scrolling. Nov 10, 2017 at 3:49
  • Why haven't you mentioned it in the question? Nov 10, 2017 at 4:22
  • I assumed it to be implied, sorry. Nov 10, 2017 at 14:52

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This command works on Ubuntu 14.04. I'm not sure about Budgie 17.10.

synclient VertEdgeScroll=1

To disable:

synclient VertEdgeScroll=0
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  • It gives me this error: Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded? Nov 10, 2017 at 14:56
  • @TomHancock Yeah, sorry, looks like synaptics has been replaced by libinput on Gnome. See this answer.
    – wjandrea
    Nov 10, 2017 at 20:47
  • So is there a replacement command? Nov 10, 2017 at 20:56
  • @TomHancock Doesn't look like it, no. If you google "libinput edge scrolling", you'll find all sorts of posts saying it's been deprecated. The reasoning is explained here: Why libinput doesn't support edge scrolling
    – wjandrea
    Nov 10, 2017 at 21:04

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