Bug 495617

Summary: Add a setting to make middle mouse press scroll be toggleable instead of click
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: ImUrX <imurx>
Component: kcm_mouseAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: cwo.kde, duha.bugs, natalie_clarius, nate, nikolay_anzarov
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.2.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: NixOS   
OS: Linux   
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Description ImUrX 2024-10-31 01:19:44 UTC 
SUMMARY

I appreciate the effort on the MR made for adding autoscroll, but I can't deny it's pretty uncomfortable to have to hold press the middle-click to still scroll, the reason why many people use autoscroll is they don't want to be touching their wheel button.

I understand that the original reason why it was implemented in such a way was because there is a lot of users using the middle button as a paste button, which is why I propose adding another setting to decide what the user prefers for autoscrolling.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-10-31 22:55:29 UTC 
This is unfortunately something that the Libinput driver itself would have to support.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-11-01 14:43:39 UTC 
Oh OK, then I guess we can do it! Thanks for setting me right.
Comment 4 cwo 2025-05-13 08:57:37 UTC 
*** Bug 504013 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***