Since the best solution to this seems to be a patch in X.Org and Mir is currently in the pipeline, is it worth leaving this bug for now and revisiting it when Mir arrives?
On 6 March 2013 08:31, Daniel van Vugt <daniel.van.v...@canonical.com>wrote: > Last I checked, mouse scrolling came from discrete up/down button events > (mouse buttons 4 and 5). So the "configuration" has to happen in the > code that receives the button 4/5 events and translates them into actual > scrolling. That is typically the toolkit so I have added another GTK > task. However that won't resolve it for other toolkits like in Mozilla > apps. They would have to be fixed separately :( > > A fix-all solution would be to abstract scrolling at a lower level so > that X(input) just gave you "scroll up/down by some amount". Only with a > universal solution implemented in X could you configure scroll speed for > all apps in one place. Does such a thing exist yet?... > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to One > Hundred Paper Cuts. > Matching subscriptions: Papercut bug mail > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124440 > > Title: > Ubuntu needs a way to set mouse scrolling speed > > Status in GNOME Control Center: > Unknown > Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit: > Unknown > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: > Confirmed > Status in Unity: > Invalid > Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > This has been driving me nuts for a while now. The scroll wheel on my > desktop mouse (it's an MS wireless optical mouse model 1008) scrolls > rather fast. Instead of moving a few lines, it scrolls half a page or > more with a very gentle scroll. The bluetooth mouse I use with my > laptop does not do this so it's probably somewhat hardware specific. > However, I'm wondering if there is a way to modify the speed or > sensitivity. I found an answer here from about a year ago > (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/1339) that suggests > there isn't a way but I'm wondering if anything has changed since > then. I've also skimmed through synaptic but didn't see anything > promising (like gsynaptic for touchpads). > > Thanks. > > See https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/9200 for more > information. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/124440/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124440 Title: Ubuntu needs a way to set mouse scrolling speed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/124440/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
