Bug 504011 - Add a global shortcut to toggle On-Button-Scrolling (or use Scroll Lock status to turn it on/off)
Summary: Add a global shortcut to toggle On-Button-Scrolling (or use Scroll Lock statu...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: libinput (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Unspecified
: NOR wishlist
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Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2025-05-10 13:31 UTC by Nikoichu
Modified: 2025-05-13 18:03 UTC (History)
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Description Nikoichu 2025-05-10 13:31:55 UTC
Full thead detailing reasons and implementations in-depth:
https://discuss.kde.org/t/improvements-to-autoscrolling-middle-click-and-drag-to-scroll/34011/1

Split from this issue: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503998 as per cwo's suggestion.

Autoscrolling / On-button-scrolling / "Hold middle click and move mouse to scroll" feature from the mouse settings menu needs an easy way to be toggled on and off via a global hotkey or Scroll Lock.
Having to enter the settings every time you want to switch it on/off is a pain. I propose to use the status of Scroll Lock (with an option to disable the default behaviour of Scroll Lock, which I doubt anyone uses anymore) to turn Autoscrolling on and off, or alternatively be able to bind a global hotkey to toggle it (with a popup like Capslock / input method switching has)