Bug 172056

Summary: Mousewheel on desktop cycles through, not configurable
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Kristjan Ugrin <kristjan.ugrin>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: asraniel, bugzilla, dowdle, fbafelipe, joel, lepetitdragonbleu, mickael.chazaux, mike, mmtsales, null, rgbl
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Kristjan Ugrin 2008-10-02 22:57:33 UTC
Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

When using the mousewheel on plain desktop it cycles trough.
This used to be a feature in KDE3 which I never liked, escpecially when you touch the wheel while hovering on desktop accidentally.

It would be nice to have an option for enabling / disabling this feature.
Comment 1 Joel Aufrecht 2009-03-09 19:34:26 UTC
I also find this behavior undesirable, as do some posters on this forum post: http://forum.kde.org/disable-desktop-switch-on-mouse-wheel-vertical-scroll-t-27815.html
Comment 2 Felipe 2009-04-07 19:18:40 UTC
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 3 Felipe 2009-04-07 19:24:49 UTC
This is really annoying on laptops, when you are just moving the mouse pointer in the touchpad and you accidentally touch the right corner (it works as a mouse wheel in many laptops).
Comment 4 Janet 2009-04-20 03:33:56 UTC
I love that feature and don't want to live without it - but i do agree it should be configurable.
Comment 5 FiNeX 2009-05-06 23:28:29 UTC
*** Bug 175964 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 FiNeX 2009-05-06 23:28:40 UTC
*** Bug 179285 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 RGBl 2009-05-10 20:49:18 UTC
Right now on my laptop I'm using only one desktop just because this problem. For me it is preferable to loss the multiple desktop functionality than losing time on searching where on Hearth I ended when my fingers move close to the right of the touchpad. But I think you will agree with me that this is not the right solution...
Comment 8 Joel Aufrecht 2009-05-11 05:23:37 UTC
A workaround in KDE 4.2:

1) right-click on the background
2) Appearance Settings
3) Change Desktop Activity -> Type from Desktop to Folder View

If you don't want to see any icons, create an empty directory and point the folder view to that directory.
Comment 9 dowdle 2009-05-17 01:21:00 UTC
Two other places this needs to be made configurable:

1) scroll wheel when hovering over tasks on the taskbar

2) scroll wheel when hovering over the pager

Just like everyone experiences with the desktop... accidental scroll mousing and zipping through desktops... I also experience the same thing over the taskbar and the pager.  As previously mentioned, with a regular mouse it isn't much of a problem but on a sensitive touchpad it is really easy to produce a large number of scroll mouse inputs zipping through many desktops / apps by accident.

Perhaps an alternative solution would be some way to tone down the sensitivity of the right-side of the touch pad.
Comment 10 mickael.chazaux 2009-06-09 20:34:17 UTC
A great fature would be to be able to configure button 6-7 of 7-button mice for desktop or task switching without the need for something like imwheel.
Comment 11 Beat Wolf 2009-09-03 13:52:02 UTC
This wishlist has been implemented in trunk, expect it in 4.4
Comment 12 Vincent 2015-11-13 21:08:21 UTC
I can't fing this in KDE 5. Has this been removed?
Thus is indeed annoying :(
Comment 13 Joel Aufrecht 2015-11-13 21:17:39 UTC
This is configurable In KDE 5:
1) Right-click on desktop
2) Desktop Settings
3) Mouse Actions
4) At the end of the line "Vertical-Scroll" "Switch Desktop", click the delete button.

For multiple screens, this must be repeated for each screen.This must be re
Comment 14 Vincent 2015-11-23 21:11:25 UTC
Great thanks a lot! It works.
Just a little bit difficult to find :)
Comment 15 Vincent 2015-11-23 21:11:58 UTC
Great thanks a lot! It works.
Just a little bit difficult to find :)