Horizontal scrolling sensitivity differs from vertical

Submitted by ben..@..oo.com

Assigned to Nick Schermer

Link to original bug (#11457)

Description

Summary:

When horizontal scrolling is enabled (xfce4-mouse-settings: Menu | Settings | Mouse and Touchpad) it does not honour the sensitivity/acceleration settings.

Related issues:

"Enable horizontal scrolling" doesn't work with "Reverse scroll direction" - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/1409347

Aside:

In addition (and this may warrant a separate ticket), the options in the UI are somewhat confusing:

1. The "Sensitivity" option has a tooltip which reads as if the option should actually be named "Threshold" as it defines when the acceleration option comes into effect. To exacerbate the issue, lowering the slider (further left) decreases the threshold and actually increases the "sensitivity".

2. There is no actual sensitivity option - i.e. there is no way to change the underlying mapping between distance moved on the touchpad and distance moved on the screen; this makes it very awkward to use a laptop with a small touchpad without having an "edgy" feel to the mouse (i.e. relying on acceleration to when sensitivity isn't appropriate).

ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: xfce4-settings 4.11.3-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-29.39-generic 3.16.7-ckt2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Jan 11 16:09:29 2015 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xfce4-mouse-settings InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-10 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) SourcePackage: xfce4-settings UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

See downstream bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/1409478

Version: 4.11.0