Questions tagged [scrolling]
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Make Gnome/GTK scroll bars always follow the cursor
Gnome (or GTK) has introduced something I would personally hesitate to call a feature, since it looks and behaves like a bug, where when you grab a scroll bar thumb you're suddenly no longer moving it ...
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Terminals: Searching output of previous command
Sometimes if I git checkout, or even make, I end up with some unexpected output that makes me ask: Wait, what? Let's see that again. My options are usually: Move my hand over to the mouse and ...
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Mouse Scrolling "deadzone" in Ubuntu, Debian
Apologies if this is a redundant post - I haven't found one specific name for the issue, nor one post describing the same triggers to the problem or solutions that work on my end. Symptoms: any mouse ...
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How do I enable auto-scrolling in Gnome?
I am using Debian Bookworm; Gnome 43.9; Wayland windowing system; Kernel 6.1.0-18-amd64 I was able to use xinput list xinput set-prop 11 "libinput Scroll Method Enabled" 0, 0, 1 # This is ...
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Linux Distro with MacOS-like Smooth (kinetic) Touchpad Scrolling
I'm a relatively-new Linux user (Ubuntu 22.04) and something has recently started to bug me immensely - the lack of kinetic scrolling in many apps. After doing some digging, it seems that kinetic ...
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how to get basic scrolling in xterm
I am using xterm on a remote Linux machine (from a local Linux machine). I just want basic scrolling, meaning that I want use the arrow keys to scroll up and down. What I get is a clunky scrolling ...
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How do I change the pixel perfect scrolling sensitivity in Firefox?
I am switching from Windows 11 to Arch with i3 on my Laptop. On Windows 11 Firefox had "pixel-perfect" scrolling (scrolling without steppyness) using the mousepad by default, which I find ...
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What could cause a missing mouse scroll event just after reversing scroll direction?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.2 on an x86_64 system, with Xorg and libinput. I have a Logitech MX Master mouse (the first model), and I've noticed some unusual behaviour with scrolling. The mouse has a free-...
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`reset` terminal but preserving the scrollback buffer
I use the reset command when my terminal is in a wrong state and regular shell interaction doesn't work as it should. This usually happens when a program configured the terminal in some way and then ...
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Guake (GTK3) started switching tabs on mouse scroll within terminal -- what causes this, where can this be (un)configured?
I use the quake drop-down terminal a lot. Recently, it started to switch between tabs when I use my mouse wheel anywhere in a terminal. Usually, I use the mouse wheel to scroll within the terminal, ...
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Bash - Scroll through a string aesthetically
So, I was trying to create an aesthetic horizontally scrolling text in the console using bash. I wasn't sure how to go about this. here's an example: Original string: Hi! How are you doing on this ...
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Inverting the scrolling of only one mouse
Hi I have two mice connected to my machine. One is a standard mouse, the other is a touchpad which, as a device, is split into the touchpad itself and the mouse part. I would like to set the inverted ...
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How to use the 'side click' buttons of a mouse weel to scroll horizontally
I have a mouse with "side clicks" on the scroll wheel, and I would like to use them to scroll horizontally. I am using Linux Mint 20.3, and I would like to have this feature at least in ...
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Can you rescue a shell from an accidental "yes" command?
Scenario: I'm running a bunch of commands, some of which prompt for "yes/no" answers. I accidentally type yes as a command instead of as a response to a prompt. OOPS. Now my shell looks ...
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Linux scrollwheel "Jump back" when I scroll
I have a very frustrating problem, I THINK the real problem is bad hardware, but I have had the problem with multiple brands (including logitech) so I assume the windows driver fix this and thus no ...
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