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What you are asking for seems to be described here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libinput#Scroll_with_mouse_by_holding_a_button https://wiki.archlinux.

by nsajko 6y ago

What you are asking for seems to be described here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libinput#Scroll_with_mouse_by_holding_a_button https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libinput#Scroll_with_mo... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Logitech_Marble_Mouse https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Logitech_Marble_Mouse Alternatively, buy an input device that runs QMK; then you will be able to configure this at the input device's end (independently of the host device). For example, the Ploopy open source trackball and mouse run QMK, see this for configuring the trackball for scrolling: https://www.reddit.com/r/ploopy/comments/kw80a3/use_ball_as_scroll_wheel/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ploopy/comments/kw80a3/use_ball_as_...

hawski 6y ago
Thank you kindly! After I issued xinput set-prop "HID 04d9:a088 Mouse" "libinput Button Scrolling Button" 3 it works, because this trackball does not have the default button 2. All with precise and smooth scrolling where it's supported. I'll enable smooth scrolling on Firefox to make use of it. Now I'll only figure out if there is a setting to keep it enabled by default - to inverse the scroll button behavior. EDIT: Issuing xinput set-prop "HID 04d9:a088 Mouse" "libinput Button Scrolling Button Lock Enabled" 1 Changes the scroll button behavior to a toggle. So it is exactly as I wanted. Perfect! Thanks again!
- nsajko 6y ago
  > Now I'll only figure out if there is a setting to keep it enabled by default - to inverse the scroll button behavior. If you're using xinit (or startx) to fire up you Xorg, you can run the xinput commands in your xinitrc: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit A decent window manager or desktop environment setup (if it isn't intended for running with xinit) will offer some other way of automating this. But there's also the option of doing this configuration on the Xorg server side in some xorg.conf, like in the links I gave previously.

by nsajko 6y ago

hawski 6y ago

Thank you kindly! After I issued xinput set-prop "HID 04d9:a088 Mouse" "libinput Button Scrolling Button" 3 it works, because this trackball does not have the default button 2. All with precise and smooth scrolling where it's supported. I'll enable smooth scrolling on Firefox to make use of it. Now I'll only figure out if there is a setting to keep it enabled by default - to inverse the scroll button behavior. EDIT: Issuing xinput set-prop "HID 04d9:a088 Mouse" "libinput Button Scrolling Button Lock Enabled" 1 Changes the scroll button behavior to a toggle. So it is exactly as I wanted. Perfect! Thanks again!

nsajko 6y ago
> Now I'll only figure out if there is a setting to keep it enabled by default - to inverse the scroll button behavior. If you're using xinit (or startx) to fire up you Xorg, you can run the xinput commands in your xinitrc: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit A decent window manager or desktop environment setup (if it isn't intended for running with xinit) will offer some other way of automating this. But there's also the option of doing this configuration on the Xorg server side in some xorg.conf, like in the links I gave previously.