Reverse scroll setting doesn't affect horizontal scrolling

Submitted by David Schneider

Assigned to Nick Schermer

Link to original bug (#9689)

Description

Enabling reverse scrolling doesn't reverse the direction of horizontal scrolling.

Intuitively, the setting should reverse both axes.

Version: 4.10.0

added 5. Mouse Settings label

Nick Schermer said:

Why? for vertical its to simulate natural scrolling. For horizontal I don't see the advantage..

David Schneider said:

It's the same reason. "Natural" scrolling is that you're pushing the page around, similar to a phone or tablet. You can push it horizontally as well as vertically.

Razz Fox said:

This bug is not a matter of 'advantage' or opinion. If you scroll left on your touchscreen with your finger, you do not expect the panel to move right. You expect it to follow your finger (hence "natural"). This bug is still not fixed.

Razz Fox said:

Workaround: echo 'pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 7 6 8 9 10 11 12' > .Xmodmap

Hong said:

This bug is still affecting in Xfce 4.12.

dinar said:

in debian 10, i solved this and bug #11193 running nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf man libinput

Theo Linkspfeifer closed a related bug:

*** Bug 12318 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Codruț Constantin Gușoi submitted a patch:

I've attached a patch that fixes the issue by codifying the solution Razz Fox posted.

Patch 9285, "Fixes reverse horizontal scrolling":
0001-Fixes-reverse-horizontal-scrolling.patch

I'd like to submit a MR with the patch from (#17 (comment 8387)) but I can't.

assigned to @sdwolfz

changed milestone to %4.19.3

closed with commit d32ba3e0