Ubuntu – Enable BOTH edge scrolling and two-finger scrolling for touchpad

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On Ubuntu, I can choose between Edge scrolling, and Two-finger scrolling. But it's a radio button, so I have to choose between one and the other.

But is there any way to enable them both at the same time? Is this limitation because of the config GUI only?

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Best Answer

To enable this permanently:

Create a file with the commands in mikewhatever answer:

echo synclient VertEdgeScroll=1 >> ~/.config/scroll-touchpad
echo synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=1 >> ~/.config/scroll-touchpad

We make it executable, and protect it from being deleted:

chmod +x ~/.config/scroll-touchpad
chmod -w ~/.config/scroll-touchpad

The we add to our gconf settings this file:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.input-devices hotplug-command '"'$HOME'/.config/scroll-touchpad"'

Now you can restart Gnome, log out and in, etc. and your preferences will persist.

Based on Nahuel answer

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Ubuntu – Two-Finger Scrolling in LXDE (Ubuntu 12.10)

I found an answer here and have summarized it below.

TWO-FINGER SCROLLING

Create and/or edit a file called mouse.fdi like so:

sudo leafpad /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse.fdi

Paste in this stuff:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
 <device>
  <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics">
   <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge>
   <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge>
   <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxTapTime" type="string">0</merge>
  </match>
 </device>
</deviceinfo>

Save! Reboot! Done!

BONUS: "NATURAL SCROLLING"

Enable "natural scrolling" (AKA "reverse scrolling") by creating a file in the home directory called .Xmodmap like so:

leafpad ~/.Xmodmap

And paste in this stuff:

pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Save! Reboot! Done!

DOUBLE BONUS: DISABLE TAP-TO-CLICK

Open the session autostart file:

sudo leafpad /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart

And append this stuff (or simply run it from the command line for a one-off solution):

synclient MaxTapTime=0

Save! Reboot! Done!

Ubuntu – How to enable natural scroll on two-finger scroll with command while normal scrolling for edge scrolling in Ubuntu 13.10

I found an solution for this problem. Install if you haven't

sudo apt-get install synclient

And next change "vertical scrolling delta" to negative value, like this

synclient VertScrollDelta=-100

Done. You have natural scrolling everywhere.

Best Answer

To enable this permanently:

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