Touchpad Scrolling – How to Enable Two Finger and Edge Scrolling Permanently

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Recently, I have upgraded from 13.04 to 13.10. First, I found problem in edge scrolling. After surfing in net about the problem I came to know that Ubuntu 13.10 has default two-finger scroll option enabled in Mouse and Touchpad setting. After unchecking two-finger scroll edge scrolling was enabled.

In windows, I have used both feature. How can I use both two finger scrolling and edge scrolling in Ubuntu 13.10 permanently so that the setting won't reset even after I restart, shutdown or suspend my laptop?

Best Answer

According with this answer, you can enable both two finger scrolling and edge scrolling using the following commands in terminal:

synclient VertEdgeScroll=1
synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=1

The problem is that these commands are not persistent after a system restart. To prevent this, let's put them to run at start up.

First, make a new small bash script called scrolling with the following code inside:

#!/bin/bash

synclient VertEdgeScroll=1
synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=1

Save it in your ~/bin directory, and don't forget to make it executable using the following command in terminal:

chmod +x ~/bin/scrolling

Second, search for Startup Applications in Dash, and open it:

startup applications

Then add the script scrolling to run at startup:

startup applications

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