New to MATE; simple problems?

I'm a fan of "Natural Scrolling". How do I enable this in 20.04?

I'd also like touchpad and mouse settings that work. What do I use for an HP Envy notebook? And a Microsoft optical mouse?

These are big names so I can't be the only one with these questions...

On Ubuntu MATE 20.04, you can easily enable "Natural Scrolling."

  1. Open the Control Center.
  2. Click on "Mouse" to open Mouse Preferences.
  3. If your system has a trackpad/touchpad installed, you will see a Touchpad tab. Click on the tab.
  4. Check the checkbox labeled "Enable natural scrolling".

The Microsoft optical mouse should just work with the default drivers.

Hey, thanks for the quick response!

Unfortunately, my desktop with a Microsoft mouse doesn't show me the choice you describe. Neither does the HP Envty laptop which does have touchpad tab but which does nothing in response to acceleration or speed settings either.

It surely seems like I have the wrong drivers.

Can you post screenshots for both the Mouse and Trackpad sections from Mouse Preferences from each computer.

Thanks

Hi :slight_smile:

To make a external input device Natural Scrolling edit :

/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf

and edit :

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "libinput pointer catchall"
        MatchIsPointer "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "libinput"
EndSection

to become :

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "libinput pointer catchall"
        MatchIsPointer "on"
	Option "NaturalScrolling" "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "libinput"
EndSection

I love natural scrolling too :slight_smile: