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psilord

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Registered: 2017-01-17

Posts: 2

xfce 4.12 "small" edge resistance is still too much

Hello,

I'm using xfce 4.12 is an Xubuntu 16.04 LTS install on an x86-64 machine and
my mouse input device is a logitech m570 trackball.

I've encountered a sort of maddening problem concerning when the mouse pointer hits the
edge of the screen and moves to the next workspace.

I intentionally desire absolutely no edge resistance. If the mouse scrapes the side
of a screen, I'd like it to immediately go to the next workspace. In many ways I am the
direct opposite of those people that get all upset when their workspace changes
without their intent.

So, in the "Window Manager: Configure window behavior and shortcuts" window,
in the "Wrap workspaces when reaching the screen edge" section,
I check "with the mouse pointer" and "with a dragged window".
Then, "edge resistance" is moved as far left to "small" as possible. At this
setting, I'm actually expecting "none".

The behavior I see is this:

If I move the mouse slowly across an edge, it changes properly (but even in this case, I can
subtly feel there is some secret edge resistance there, like 5 or 10 pixels). But, the slow movement
works.

Now, when I whip the trackball in a direction so the mouse goes MUCH faster (probably than even with a
traditional mouse), I'm expecting the mouse pointer to be cast across probably several workspaces.
Since I've learned the inertial feel of the trackball, I've gotten pretty good at moving N workspaces like
this with a very small movement.

This used to work in xfce 4.10. However, in 4.12 the behavior is that the mouse pointer simply clips to the
side of the screen at this speed and doesn't cause a switch to the next workspace. In fact, any sort of fast
mouse pointer movement gets clipped more often than not. The mental effect is like hitting a brick wall.

It is maddening.

Any suggestions on how I can fix this?

Thank you!

ToZ

Administrator

From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,493

Re: xfce 4.12 "small" edge resistance is still too much

Hello and welcome.

It looks like this bug report and the resulting commit affected the behaviour that you are noticing. Probably best to create a bug report.

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psilord

Member

Registered: 2017-01-17

Posts: 2

Re: xfce 4.12 "small" edge resistance is still too much

Thank you for the quick reply!

I'll go and file a bug report....