Re: How to (really) disable mouse gestures (or horizontal scrolling)?
Liviu Andronic <[email protected]>
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On 9/15/09, Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds to me like the touchpad generates some sort of key sequence > > when you use it horizontally. If that is a case a keyboard shortcut might be > > activated in Opera. I guess you should have a look in the active keyboard > > file (same place in prefs, Advanced > Shortcuts). The "Application" and > > "Browser Window" sections are relevant in this case. > > > > It is probably useful to use the program xev to see what kind of events > > the horizontal movements in the touchpad generate. > > > You don't think it generates mouse button 6 and 7? If that is set up as > back/forwards it could have the described symptoms. In my > prefs->advanced->shortcuts, in the "mouse setup" I find that Button7 is > indeed "forward" and Button6 is "back". > Life-saver. I disabled Buttons 6 and 7 in mouse set-up, and now horizontal scrolling acts as vertical when the horizontal bar is absent. No more uncontrolled "back"s and "forward"s. Thank you both Liviu -- Opera-Linux: https://list.opera.com/mailman/listinfo/opera-linux More lists: https://list.opera.com/mailman/listinfo/ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe