How to stop mouse scrolling switching the desktop [Solved]

madwoollything · 2012-03-10 18:45:48

I've been trying to find the setting in Openbox which disables scrolling on the desktop.
When I currently scroll my touchpad, openbox rapidly switches between desktop 1 and desktop 2.

Is there a way of preventing this ONLY on the desktop and I use the touchpad to scroll for everything else?

Last edited by madwoollything (2012-03-11 16:56:38)

safetycopy · 2012-03-10 18:48:59

Remove these mousebind sections from your ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml:

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

Last edited by safetycopy (2012-03-10 18:49:37)

2ManyDogs · 2012-03-10 19:01:59

We need to make this a sticky somehow. A search on "stop mouse scrolling" in the search box gives me a thread from 2009 with this same question.

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-03-10 19:02:26)

VastOne · 2012-03-10 19:30:37

^ That is why the search function is so powerful ... smile

2ManyDogs · 2012-03-10 19:37:10

I know. It's all there. Can we tie people down and make them read for a few days before they ask questions? Maybe prop their eyes open, like in a clockwork orange? smile

I don't really care; it's easy to just link the old threads. Maybe I'll write a script to do it. I'm not really doing anything else right now...

VastOne · 2012-03-10 19:56:23

In the Please Read Before Posting there are great pointers on the search functions, my point is that following these guidelines really do help and it is already a sticky. I would like to see the forums searched more thoroughly as a guide... I use it all the time to find things I have written and have forgotten... tongue

There is a method to the sticky madness where "We only sticky threads which are popular (i.e. monthly screenshot thread) or threads which carry important info & we don't want them to get buried."

A script would be useful, what are you thoughts on it?

Love Clockwork Orange!!!! smile

madwoollything · 2012-03-10 19:56:46

safetycopy wrote:

Remove these mousebind sections from your ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml:

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

Thanks .... btw I spent some 45 minutes searching through forum posts trying to find this before placing a new post.

VastOne · 2012-03-10 19:57:47

^ That is good info madwoolything...

Thanks!

2ManyDogs · 2012-03-10 19:59:46

^ it's not you, mwt, don't worry about it. we believe you. we're just trying to make it easier for the next guy...

madwoollything · 2012-03-11 09:24:40

2ManyDogs wrote:

^ it's not you, mwt, don't worry about it. we believe you. we're just trying to make it easier for the next guy...

No worries ..... really enjoying #! in VM and am thinking of installing on an elderly Acer Aspire One netbook.
I guess #! should run really well.

safetycopy · 2012-03-11 16:35:46

@madwoollything: If you're happy with the solution could you please mark the thread as solved (edit the title of your first post and add [solved]) - this makes it easier for other people with the same problem to search for a solution in the future smile

@VastOne & 2ManyDogs: Using search successfully is somewhat dependent on your knowledge. I think it's @mrpeachy's sig that says something along the lines of "It's hard to find something if you don't know what you're looking for." It's the same with the wiki - there's some great articles on there, but the titles are worded in a way that makes it's difficult to find what you're after.

EDIT: Can't spell there yikes

Last edited by safetycopy (2012-03-11 17:37:01)

VastOne · 2012-03-11 17:35:58

^ Correct.. in this case, desktop vs workspace makes all the difference

Syntax is God.. Had that as a sig line for many years..

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