How to increase the speed of the mouse scroll wheel

timeshift · 2023-03-01 19:30:21

I gave up using imwheel when I saw that it was hindering some keyboard shortcuts on my system. When I go to the configuration manager in the Hardware>Mouse and Touchpad section, I can't find an option that allows me to configure the speed of the mouse scroll wheel.

When scrolling through some web pages is quite annoying the slowness it presents, please do not recommend extensions for the browser, I have tried them and they are also annoying. Thanks for any help you can give me.

Last edited by timeshift (2023-03-01 20:44:00)

agashamu · 2023-03-01 19:44:04

Hi, in my Mint Xfce, in Settings>Mouse and Touchpad/device tab, there is a slider: Pointer speed.
Do you have that?

timeshift · 2023-03-01 19:55:11

I am not referring to the pointer speed but to the mouse scroll wheel speed, thanks for the help @agashamu.

Last edited by timeshift (2023-03-01 20:39:41)

ToZ · 2023-03-01 23:53:25

Is this affecting just your web browser or other applications as well?

And is this an external mouse that you are using or a touchpad of some sort?

timeshift · 2023-03-04 23:02:24

ToZ wrote:

Is this affecting just your web browser or other applications as well?

This affects the whole system I can't use imwheel, it affects the browser, thunar, pdf reader and any application.

And is this an external mouse that you are using or a touchpad of some sort?

I have a desktop pc that has a USB mouse connected.

ToZ · 2023-03-05 01:36:56

Ok. In that case, have a read through this libinput merge request and this kernel bug report. I'm not sure there is anything that Xfce can fix here - looks like the fix is somewhere deeper.

If you have a logitech mouse, you might be able to use Solaar to make some adjustments.

Edit: Does:

xinput list-props ID

...where ID is the device id you get when running "xinput", show any scroll speed options?

Last edited by ToZ (2023-03-05 01:46:00)

timeshift · 2023-03-06 02:56:12

This is the configuration I get by executing the command you gave me:

Device 'KYE SYSTEMS CORP. Wired Mouse':
	Device Enabled (174):	1
	Coordinate Transformation Matrix (176):	1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
	libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (312):	0
	libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (313):	0
	libinput Scroll Methods Available (314):	0, 0, 1
	libinput Scroll Method Enabled (315):	0, 0, 0
	libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (316):	0, 0, 0
	libinput Button Scrolling Button (317):	2
	libinput Button Scrolling Button Default (318):	2
	libinput Button Scrolling Button Lock Enabled (319):	0
	libinput Button Scrolling Button Lock Enabled Default (320):	0
	libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (321):	0
	libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (322):	0
	libinput Accel Speed (323):	1.000000
	libinput Accel Speed Default (324):	0.000000
	libinput Accel Profiles Available (325):	1, 1
	libinput Accel Profile Enabled (326):	1, 0
	libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (327):	1, 0
	libinput Left Handed Enabled (328):	0
	libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (329):	0
	libinput Send Events Modes Available (297):	1, 0
	libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (298):	0, 0
	libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (299):	0, 0
	Device Node (300):	"/dev/input/event1"
	Device Product ID (301):	1112, 390
	libinput Drag Lock Buttons (330):	<no items>
	libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (331):	1
	libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance (332):	15
	libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance Default (333):	15
	libinput High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled (334):	1

ToZ wrote:

where ID is the device id you get when running "xinput", show any scroll speed options?

In the last line of this file I see an option that refers to the question you asked me.

Last edited by timeshift (2023-03-06 02:59:18)

ToZ · 2023-03-06 16:30:13

What happens if you increase the value of "Scrolling Pixel Distance"? For info on how, see this Arch wiki article. Also, Here is the ubuntu wiki article for this.

You'd be looking at running a command like:

xinput set-prop ID 332 100

...where ID is the ID of the device and 100 is an arbitrary value greater than the current value of 15.

timeshift · 2023-03-06 19:07:54

It seems that the change in the property 332 that refers to "libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance" does not generate any effect. The value is only possible to modify up to 50. This value disappears after a reboot of the computer, I guess that to modify the default value I would have to modify the property 333 that points "libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance Default". This indicates that it has a value set to 15, so every time the system is rebooted it reverts to its original value.

I thought I had to modify property 334 of this file. It points to the last line "libinput High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled" with a value of 1. I'm just guessing, so I'm still waiting for your indications, thanks for the help @ToZ

ToZ · 2023-03-06 23:28:54

What if you disabled (set to 0) the "High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled" setting? The effect, if it works, should be immediate.

Do you have another external mouse to test? To see if its the mouse itself thats a problem?

Last edited by ToZ (2023-03-06 23:50:00)

timeshift · 2023-03-12 03:19:53

I set the "High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled" setting to zero and the change just didn't happen.

As for another mouse, the truth is that I do have another one, I just had to change it for the one I have now, I used too much the scroll wheel of the mouse and it got damaged. It was then when I decided to use a program that would allow me to advance three lines every time I made a turn with the scroll wheel and then I chose to use imwheel, but when I saw the bad results, hindering the operation of other programs, I decided to write this post. Thanks @ToZ

ChameleonScales · 2024-08-30 08:36:20

I'm having the same issue using a Logitech M330.

in xinput, the device is named:

Logitech B330/M330/M3

I increased:

libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance

to 50. Nothing changed.

I set:

libinput High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled

to zero. Still nothing.

imwheel seems unusable as it behaved frantically in my attempts (lagging by about 10 seconds, zooming when I never pressed Ctrl, freezing the system). Maybe I need to learn to use it properly but I hope there's another solution.

Last edited by ChameleonScales (2024-08-30 09:47:00)

chang-zhao · 2024-08-30 14:29:44

For browsers like Firefox it is possible to set scrolling one page instead of 3 lines:

about:config =>

mousewheel.system_scroll_override.vertical.factor

change from 200 to 1000 or what works best for your screen.

And

mousewheel.min_line_scroll_amount

from 5 to 30.

But for other programs there seem to be no good solution at the moment.

PS. I didn't try Solaar.
If there is a simple instruction how to scroll a whole page with Solaar, it would be much appreciated.
I have 'Logitech USB Optical Mouse'.

Last edited by chang-zhao (2024-08-30 14:32:26)

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