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Mouse and Touchpad

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Device

Device Settings

Device
With this combo box you can select the device you want to edit, the settings below will adjust to the selected device. The list shows all connected pointer devices.
Enable this device
Uncheck this option to turn a device off. If a device it disabled, it won't send any coordinate updates to the pointer. By default all (new) devices are enabled.

Buttons

Right-handed and Left-handed
If you select Left-handed the primary and secondary buttons on the mouse will be reversed.
Reverse scroll direction
If this option is enabled, the scroll direction will be reversed (sometimes called “natural scrolling”).
If you want to see the resulting button map; use the xinput utility. First find the device ID using xinput list and then view the mapping of the device with xinput get-button-map <device-id>.

Pointer Speed

Acceleration
The factor at which the pointer's speed will increase as the cursor is moved, when the device moves more than Sensitivity pixels in a short time.
Sensitivity
The number of pixels the pointer must move in a short time before it starts accelerating.

Behavior

Behavior Settings

Cursor

Cursor Theming