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#1 2023-10-26 01:56:29

netllama
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Registered: 2015-11-06
Posts: 30

cannot disable mouse "reverse scroll direction"

Hello!
I just upgraded Fedora from 37 to 38.  With that upgrade I went from XFCE 4.16 to 4.18. 

Prior to upgrading, the mouse scroll direction was the "normal" version.  If I wanted to roll up a window, I would scroll up, and if I wanted to roll the window back down again, I would scroll down. 

However, since the upgrade, that behavior is inverted, and the Mouse/Touchpad setting "Reverse scroll direction" option is always checked.  Even if I uncheck it, when I return to the setting window again, it remains checked.

Any suggestions how to fix this behavior?

thanks!

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#2 2023-10-26 12:35:50

eriefisher
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From: ON, Canada
Registered: 2008-10-25
Posts: 540

Re: cannot disable mouse "reverse scroll direction"

Double check your settings. With all my laptops, in the settings I have two devices. A mouse and the touchpad. I don't have a mouse attached. This should be in a drop down menu near the top.


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#3 2023-10-26 12:57:50

netllama
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Registered: 2015-11-06
Posts: 30

Re: cannot disable mouse "reverse scroll direction"

I don't have two devices, just the 1, and its where "Reverse Scroll direction" cannot be disabled.

Any other suggestions?

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#4 2024-10-14 05:10:31

SpiritualAgnostic
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Registered: 2024-10-14
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Re: cannot disable mouse "reverse scroll direction"

This happened to me on my Arch Linux system as well. I could not find the answer online...
To fix this you have to manually enter it to XFCE settings. You can do this using xfce-settings-editor GUI

1. Open xfce-settings-editor
2. Select pointers under channels
3. Note the name of your mouse (for me it is Logitech_Wireless_Mouse)
4. See if "ReverseScrolling" shows up under the mouse. Probably not! If it is given as TRUE, you can simply uncheck the checkbox and that's it!
5. Add a new setting for reverse scrolling.
For example:
Enter name: /Logitech_Wireless_Mouse/ReverseScrolling
Select type: Boolean
Set value: FALSE
6. Then save this. Now it should show up under your mouse name.

Check XFCE settings manager - the checkbox with "Reverse scroll direction" should be unchecked now.

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