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Issues with scrollbars, mouse scrollwheels, and touchpad gestures used for scrolling

Scrollbars, scrollwheels, and touchpad gestures are often used for moving through web pages, documents, code, and other large amounts of data. Any question regarding problems with scrollbars(onscreen areas dragged to move page display), and scroll wheels or touchpad gestures(Convenient ways for scrolling without dragging a scrollbar) are accepted, including configuration, or troubleshooting thereof.

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How to change my mouse wheel scroll rate?

I'm using Chrome, and the scroll rate is like 3 lines, and it's painfully slow. My finger gets tired really quickly on long pages. System → Preferences → Mouse lacks any scroll wheel configuration options.
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Inverted Horizontal scrolling ubuntu 18.04

I recently upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 and the horizontal scrolling is inverted. Natural scrolling does not affect it in any way, suggestions on how to change it back? (swipe rigth to go left)
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How to fix GTK3 scrollbar behavior

I have removed the overlay scrollbars. How can I configure GTK3 scrollbar clicking behavior? GTK3 applications scrollbars behave strangely under Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04. This also happens with Fedora 17 and 18. When I left-click anywhere above or…
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How to solve a scrolling misbehavior after doing Alt+Tab?

most of the time I do an Alt+Tab (switch windows), go from browser (chrome) to Visual Code and vice versa, mouse scrolling misbehaves, it jumps to somewhere in the page, either way down the current scroll position, or way up, any thoughts on what's…
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Two-finger scrolling not working since ubuntu 17.10+

I recently upgraded to ubuntu 17.10 and since then I cannot do two finger scrolling, only edge scrolling. Any suggestions how to make the two finger scrolling work again? I use a Lenovo ThinkPad 450s Output of xinput list-props $(xinput list | perl…
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Is there anyway to enable system wide inverse scrolling?

Is there any way to enable inverse scrolling like on Mac OSX?
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How to make Document Viewer allow me to scroll through the pages?

I am currently in the process of building an LFS system, and the LFS book comes in the format of a >300 page long PDF file. I am reading it via Ubuntu's default document viewer, and when I started I was able to scroll through the pages using my…
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How to enable natural scrolling in xfce4?

Is there any setting to enable natural scrolling for my touchpad? I can find the setting under XFCE settings for the mouse, but it doesn't work for the touchpad. Is there a way to enable it for the latter?
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How can I configure a Logitech M705 to use stepless scrolling?

I'm using a Logitech K750(keyboard) and M705(mouse) using the same (one!) unifying USB connector. I paired them with my mac, but use them on my desktop with Ubuntu 12.10. Works nice. Just a few adjustments I'd like to do. This mouse allows to…
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How to change 2-finger touchpad scroll speed on Ubuntu 22.04

Is there a way to change how quickly (or how far) a laptop touchpad scrolls? This question is specific to 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). Although there are many similar questions, none asks specifically about 22.04. The answers for 22.04 will likely…
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Can I scroll to new lines using mouse wheel inside git diff?

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 default terminal (it's GNOME I believe?) The problem I'm facing is that when I use git diff command to inspect my local changes I can scroll up/down using the mouse wheel, but no new lines are showing up when I get to the…
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Ubuntu 18.04 scrolling jumps when alternating between windows

In 18.04.3, If I'm in a scrollable window (e.g., terminal) and scroll down a lot, then alt+tab to another window (e.g., Chrome) and scroll in this other window, its scrollbar jumps to the bottom immediately. This happens using a mouse or the…
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control scrolling speed in webpages in firefox

i recently started using Ubuntu. i noticed that two finger scrolling in webpages is very fast. much faster than windows. i am using Firefox browser. any idea how to decrease the speed.
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Precise scrolling in Firefox?

I'm using a Laptop with Ubuntu 19.04, and while in Nautilus and Chromium I can get precise scrolling, it doesn't appear to be the case in Firefox. Here's a (short 30 second) demonstration video to show you what I mean:…
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How to get Smooth Scrolling with Magic Mouse?

Smooth Scrolling with the laptop's touchpad works in almost every app (nautilus, software center, gedit..) but not with Apple's Magic Mouse. This mouse has touch surface and is just like a touchpad, but it acts like a scroll wheel when…
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