Questions tagged [scrolling]
Issues with scrollbars, mouse scrollwheels, and touchpad gestures used for scrolling
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stop touch pad from scrolling Ubuntu 23.04 and Dell
Latitude E5470 and Ubuntu 23.04. the touchpad scrolls the screen when I'm moving the pointer to select objects. Almost impossible to use the computer as the screen jumps around and if I use the ...
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How to change natural scrolling in Unity 20.04?
I've tried the method mentioned here, using xinput:
sudo xinput set-prop 12
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Device 'SYNA8018:00 06CB:CE67 Touchpad':
Device Enabled (189): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (191): 1....
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I have too fast two finger on Ubuntu 22.10
I have very fast 2-finger scroll on Thinkpad Carbon X1 Gen 6. The solutions I found on the Internet do not help me, I can't even determine which "xinput id" my touchpad has.
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Issue with scrolling through the dock icons
In my ubuntu 20.04 dock, which is set horizontally at the bottom of my screen, I have more icons than can fit on one screen width.
The icons are already set to the minimum size. I did not find a ...
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Ubuntu update messed up scrolling behavior: How to fix?
I recently did an Ubuntu update to version 22.04 LTS and after this update the scrolling behavior is bugged. Before this we had two scrolling options: (1) Normal scrolling and a weird (2) "...
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Mouse wheel not working on 22.04
My logitech M330 mouse (connected using usb dongle) is working fine but the scroll wheel isn't...
I am on Ubuntu 22.04
Any idea ?
Thanks !
Vincent
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AlpsPS/2 touchpad Two-finger scrolling doesn't work in ubuntu 22.04
I'd rather use Wayland in this Dell Studio 1537 laptop.
In both Wayland and Xorg scrolling with windows scroll bars work fine (double tap plus 1 finger slide) as intended.
In Wayland, when setting is ...
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Updated chrome to 109.0.5414.74, scrolling don't stop on finders up (need to keep fingers immobilized for a few seconds)
Under Ubuntu 22.04, just ran sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade, I saw chrome got updated. Installed version is now Version 109.0.5414.74 (Official Build) (64-bit).
And now, when I want to ...
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Scrolling on touchpad too fast, property 'Synaptics Scrolling Distance' doesn't exist
The scrolling of my touchpad is too fast, and I tried using this solution here (as there is no setting for changing the scrollspeed, for some reason)
I've installed the Synapsis driver using this ...
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Scrolling jumpy, scroll speed too fast, mouse acceleration weird
I'm currently switching from windows to ubuntu, and there are some very annoying things that just kill the whole experience.
if you use the touchpad, you scroll at lightspeed. I tried some scripts ...
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Pixel scroll with logitech mouse in 22.04
I have Ubuntu 22.04 and a Logitech mouse. I want to get pixel or smooth scroll with it, the kind you usually get with the touchpad or a touch screen. I tried this which worked for me in the past, in ...
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control scrolling speed in webpages in firefox
i recently started using Ubuntu.
i noticed that two finger scrolling in webpages is very fast. much faster than windows. i am using Firefox browser. any idea how to decrease the speed.
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Improve ugly scrolling defaults in Ubuntu 22.04
I just got a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 3rd. After using XFCE for several years I decided to give Gnome a chance, so today I donwloaded Ubuntu 22.04 and installed it. Turns out that the scrolling with ...
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How to lower the sensitivity of laptop touchpad scroll speed?
I am using Latest version of Ubuntu (22.04 may be). Touch-pad pointing speed is normal but when I am trying to scrolling by two finger scroll. It is very fast. How I can lower the speed or sensitivity ...
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Scrolling with scroll wheel or trackpad doesn't work when connected to Ubuntu 22.10 via built in RDP Remote Desktop Protocol
I'm not able to scroll with a scroll wheel or trackpad on most apps when remoting into Ubuntu 22.04 or 22.10 using Ubuntu's built-in remote desktop protocol. Scrolling works fine when connected ...
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Two finger scrolling or Edge scrolling are lagging on Ubuntu 22.04 (Touchpad)
I found similar questions, but I didn't find a suitable answer to any of them. When I am scrolling it looks like it skips few line and continues scrolling again and again...
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Disable smooth scrolling in yelp
I am using yelp to read man pages (the formatting is much nicer). However, I would like to disable the "smooth scrolling" of yelp.
I tried the suggestions in the answers to this question, ...
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Graphic glitch of the scrolling on Gnome 3.36.8 Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
when I scroll in an application on Ubuntu 20.04.5 there is a "break" of the movement on a line at a certain height. I noticed that the problem also occurs, watching a video on Youtube or if ...
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Problem with moving vertical scroll up and down or right and left cause flickering and blinking setting icon under dock
here the Gif image that explain the problem that include movemwnt of scroll with appearing, blinking and flickering in the left side
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Unable to scroll through multiple items on a dock application preview window
I am using Ubuntu 20.04. This question pertains to the application 'dock.' In the past, if I had, say, multiple LibreOffice Writer docs open, and clicked on the Writer icon on the dock, I would get a ...
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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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Why is the first scroll of Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS reversed?
The first scroll of Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS desktop is reversed after some scrolling inactivity.
It's giving me a headache when I scroll in my code editor, it goes in a nonsensical direction.
How can I fix ...
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script for control volume with scroll
I have tried to create a script to control the volume by scrolling on the taskbar
I was reviewing all the topics in the forum and I did not find anything that works, the closest thing I found was
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xrdp provided by APT has a touchpad scrolling issue. How can I get a newer version?
Scenario: Remote desktop connection from Windows laptop to Ubuntu machine with xrdp.
Installing xrdp with APT gives me the version shown below. However, this version has an issue in which touchpad ...
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How to enable side scrolling for Apple A1152 mouse in Ubuntu 22.04
I've got an old Apple A1152 mouse with a scroll ball on top that I'm using with Ubuntu 22.04. It scrolls up and down happily, but won't scroll left to right. I've found posts about how to enable ...
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Mouse wheel clicks but doesn't scroll after 22.04 LTS inline upgrade
Old Asus laptop that was running Xubuntu 20.04 LTS, upgraded in place to 22.04 LTS. Mouse is a Logitech M320 USB wireless. The middle button clicks, pastes, etc., but does not scroll (anywhere, any ...
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2-finger touchscreen scroll in terminal
On my 2-in-1 laptop, I want to be able to scroll in my terminal using 2-finger scrolling on the touchscreen (not touchpad). I'm currently using URXVT (+tmux), is it possible to get this to work in ...
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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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two finger scrolling and tap to click stopped working in Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
I've just updated and first thing I check has stopped working. It's an HP EliteBook 820 G2 and I updated from Impish 21.10. Can anyone suggest fixes or troubleshooting?
I tried editing the settings to ...
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Precise scrolling & pinch to zoom broken in Firefox on 22.04 after working on 21.10
How do I enable precise scrolling and pinch to zoom in Firefox? I just put the default installation of the latest LTS on my laptop yesterday, and precise scrolling in Firefox is broken (two finger ...
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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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Scrolling fails on Ubuntu 22.04
I just upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04.
All scrolling was working fine on the v20.04 but now completely fails with all applications after I upgraded to v22.04.
The OS was the only thing I ...
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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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MacOS-like Elastic Scrolling in GNOME?
I just saw a differing question about scrolling in GNOME and it reminded me that there is no elastic scrolling in GNOME, which completely changes the feel of my computer.
How do you make it so when ...
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Slow down two finger scrolling
I just switched from windows to Ubuntu last night and I am enjoying everything so far. My biggest issue is that the two finger scrolling speed is super fast for some reason, and at the end of each ...
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Scrolling with touchpad in vscode is jerky
I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my old Mac book pro from 2015. I am experiencing issues with scrolling with the touchpad with 3rd party applications. Now matter how fast or "long" I swipe ...
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How to get touchpad & scrolling fixed with Ubuntu?
With Ubuntu 21.10 and Kernel version "5.13.0-28-generic", the touchpad is not working. In the "Mouse & Touchpad" settings, there is no option seen for "touchpad".
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Smooth scroll in Geany?
I am using Geany in Ubuntu 20.04. Many applications have smooth scroll, but for some reason Geany doesn't. Is it possible to change this?
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Touchscreen scroll issue 2in1 Convertible Document viewer
When I use Document Viewer in tablet mode, moving the Document with one finger on the screen works at first.
Then at some point (randomly), this is no longer so. When I try to move the content, it ...
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How to get smooth scroll with Logitech mouse
I have a Logitech M600 mouse working in Ubuntu 20.04. I would like to have smooth scrolling instead of "discrete scrolling", i.e. the same type of scrolling I have in my touchpad. How can I ...
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Tweak Scrollbar Click Behavior
By default, when clicking a scrollbar's gutter, the middle of the bar moves to the point that was clicked. I'd prefer that it worked like in Windows, where the bar moves toward the mouseclick but not ...
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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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Touchpad two finger scroll too fast. Synaptics not working
I am currently running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Lenovo Ideapad L340. The touchpad two-finger scrolling is too fast.
Tried Solutions like: xinput --set-prop <id> 'Synaptics Scrolling Distance' 8 8
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How to change scrolling speed with xinput when there's no "scroll distance" prop?
Most other answers on this type of question point to using xinput to set the "scroll distance" or "scroll delta" from "evdev".
But my device have zero evdev or Scroll ...
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while Scrolling with 2 fingers on touch-pad contents skipped in Ubuntu?
I have just dual-booted windows 10 with Ubuntu 20.04 and I am facing a problem with scrolling on any page in Ubuntu.
Whenever I scroll down a page with the touch-pad contents get skipped or move very ...
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How to fix fast scrolling in Ubuntu 20.04.3 running in hyper-v?
I am using Ubuntu via hyper-v.. two finger scroll via touchpad is too sensitive (ie) it is too fast for page scroll. I am also not getting touchpad options in settings.
I tried to install and reboot, ...
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How to increase mouse scroll speed - explained for begginers?
I want to increase the mouse scroll wheel speed, and I found no answers for beginners (Ubuntu 21.04) with all the steps properly explained.
EG:
For example, I read a line beginning with
sudo apt-get ...
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IntelliJ IDEA: two-finger touchpad scrolling does not work
I think this is a known issue since I see it on different laptops, but still does not google easily.
In IntelliJ IDEA, when I unplug mouse and use my (synaptics?) Lenovo touchpad under Linux, it won't ...
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Scrolling with two fingers, I don't have that option
How can I enable two finger scrolling in Ubuntu 20.04?
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Smooth Scroll For Chrome
I am using Ubuntu's latest version, How can I enable smooth scroll for chrome browser? I have tried searching many things, but can not found anything. help would be appreciated.
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