Bug 192427

Summary: JJ: KDE forces user to use mouse wheel scroll
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins>
Component: kcm_mouseAssignee: Marie Loise Nolden <nolden>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: andresbajotierra, nate, Rioting_pacifist
Priority: NOR Keywords: junior-jobs
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description Maciej Pilichowski 2009-05-12 13:06:51 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.2)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

In SS you can set by how many lines the content should be scrolled on mouse wheel turn. The thing is the minimal value is 1 -- this mean KDE forces user to use the wheel (by accident for example).

This is also a a11y case -- it is hard to buy nowadays mouse with 3 buttons only (without wheel) so user depends on software abilities to disable scrolling.

Small change, but big difference in mouse behaviour.
Comment 1 Dario Andres 2009-05-18 00:26:28 UTC 
I just tried to set the "WheelScrollLines" var in the "kdeglobals" file to "0":

Scrolling on KWrite/Kate is properly disabled. However, scrolling on lists (file dialogs, Dolphin) is not disabled but just really slow, like some few pixels.

I guess the "0" option is not enabled because is not really consistent right now.

Regards
Comment 2 Maciej Pilichowski 2009-05-18 09:07:59 UTC 
Dario thank you, I will try to hunt them down then and fill separate bug reports.
Comment 3 Xbehave 2009-12-22 07:12:46 UTC 
Surely the sane way to solve this is to disable the mousewheel at xorg level not to fake it with 0 scrolling in kde apps?
Comment 4 Maciej Pilichowski 2009-12-22 18:34:13 UTC 
> Surely the sane way to solve this is to disable the mousewheel at xorg level

Because all users like to work the same way?

> not to fake it with 0 scrolling in kde apps?

0 is same "fake" value as 3 lines or 30 lines.
Comment 5 Justin Zobel 2022-11-10 08:52:31 UTC 
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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-25 05:15:34 UTC 
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Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-10 05:12:55 UTC 
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
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