[Solved] How do I disable switching workspaces using the scrollwheel?

okanagansage · 2011-12-29 20:05:45

Hi, I just downloaded CrunchBang 10. I need to get a few things working but first I want to stop the scroll-wheel from changing workspaces. This keeps happening when I am trying to scroll down on a page and the cursor is not over the browser.

I know this is a minor thing but it is annoying and I want to change it. Thanks.

Last edited by okanagansage (2011-12-29 21:57:55)

VastOne · 2011-12-29 20:28:08

Do you intend to use more than one workspace?

I only use one and by changing to one workspace eliminates the change when scrolling

having said that, here you can find a solution

2ManyDogs · 2011-12-29 20:41:22

Edit rc.xml

Find the following section:

<context name="Desktop">
      <mousebind button="Up" action="Click">
        <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
      </mousebind>
      <mousebind button="Down" action="Click">
        <action name="DesktopNext"/>
      </mousebind>

comment it out so it looks like this

<context name="Desktop">
      <!-- 
      <mousebind button="Up" action="Click">
        <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
      </mousebind>
      <mousebind button="Down" action="Click">
        <action name="DesktopNext"/>
      </mousebind>
      -->

edit: Don't forget to reconfigure Openbox after you make this change and save the file. Either use the Reconfigure Openbox menu option, or type "openbox --reconfigure" in a terminal. (added in case anyone else happens on this thread and forgets this very important step).

edit: I see VastOne beat me to it... Oh well, at least I learned how to use code brackets hmm

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2011-12-30 16:57:41)

VastOne · 2011-12-29 20:43:35

^ Yours is laid out here and will be one more that a user will find when a search is done..

Well done big_smile

Last edited by VastOne (2011-12-29 20:43:48)

2ManyDogs · 2011-12-29 20:50:10

Thanks -- this has actually been bugging me too, and this question made me go figure out how to do it and how to post the answer with code brackets. I'm learning something new every day.

okanagansage · 2011-12-29 22:03:21

Thanks VastOne and 2ManyDogs. That's much better. I made a backup of rc.xml and named it rc.xml.backup. I'm assuming this won't cause any problems having it in the same folder.

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