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[-] DjMeas@lemm.ee 51 points 5 days ago

Using shift + scroll wheel to horizontally scroll in a UI. Whenever I see my project manager going all the way to the bottom of the application and dragging the scrollbars to move horizontally it just kills me a bit inside haha.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Horizontal scrolling with shift + scroll wheel is so slow compared to dragging the bar though.

[-] onwardknave@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Which is what middle mouse button scrolling is for... horizontally or vertically, and fast, too.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

I wish that worked everywhere, but it doesn't.

Hmm maybe shift+middle button can override it on certain UIS.

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 5 days ago

I wish that worked everywhere, but it doesn’t.

Unless you're on Linux

[-] dan@upvote.au 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm just glad that KDE now has an option to disable pasting using the middle mouse button (mousewheel click). Only available on Wayland though - AFAIK this behaviour is deeply rooted in X11 and it's not easy to disable it.

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Firefox will still cause a paste though, so you have to disable it separately over there.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

I'm using arch btw, and it doesn't.

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

As an "arch btw" user, you should know, you need to configure your stuff yourself.
Otherwise, you're just an arch user.

KDE once made it easier with a GUI https://pointieststick.com/2024/07/05/this-week-in-kde-autoscrolling/
This should be coming in 6.2, I suppose. Until then, you can do it with libinput

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I'm using arch btw for the meme. Wouldn't say I'm an Arch user though.

Fair enough, I'll do some testing. This specifically came about on a react based page in ff esr.

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 3 days ago

I see. When using X11, I was using xinput to set MMB scrolling, but at that time, it had the problem of activating the MMB paste function, if I didn't click and hold properly.

Over time, my habits changed and I kinda stopped using it. But maybe I'll try again once it comes in Plasma 6.2 (it's actually in beta rn)

[-] Michal@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

Because some mice have a secondary scroll wheel, or the scroll wheel can tilt to scroll sideways

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 4 days ago

the scroll wheel can tilt to scroll sideways

I use these for switching tabs in browsers/IDEs by remapping them to Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab using Input Remapper

I had a Logitech MX Ergo mouse that allegedly had horizontal scrolling. The wheel could tilt left and right which clicked like a button, and the screen would scroll very very slightly to the side. Worst trackball I've ever had.

Just before they stopped making PCs, I saw an IBM computer with a mouse that had one of their Thinkpad clits instead of a scroll wheel. So a proper XY input. I think a blackberry ball would work too.

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