How to Turn Off Changing Desktops When Scrolling Touchpad in Lubuntu12.04 ?

[Jose Lopez]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Jose Lopez <josewendy1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My Touchpad Changes Desktop, How Do I stop it?
>
> The scroll button on your mouse keeps changing the Desktop Workspace even
> when you're scrolling through a folder or file.
>
> cd ~/.config/openboxcp lubuntu-rc.xml lubuntu-rc.xml.bak
>
> (this makes a backup file so that when you think you've messed it up you
> could revert it back.)
>
> leafpad lubuntu-rc.xml
>
> and delete the lines which says;
>
> <mousebind button="UP" action="click"> <action name="DesktopPrevious" /><mousebind button="Down" action="click"> <action name="DesktopNext" />
>
> Log out and Log in back again to see the changes!
>
> if you've messed it up and want to revert it back;
>
> cp lubuntu-rc.xml.bak lubuntu-rc.xml
>
> That should do it.
> Jose lopez
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:03 PM, paul sutton <zleap at zleap.net> wrote:
>
>> On 17/10/12 22:00, Lee Gold wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This is not what I'm looking for can anyone help?
>> >
>> > When I scroll along the right side of my laptop touchpad focused in an
>> > open desktop the desktops change from 1 to 2 and visa-vera. When I'm in
>> > the middle of doing something and this accidentally happens I begin to
>> > pull my hair out - I really hate this action.
>> >
>> > I am looking for a way to shut this off and only have desktop changing
>> > via the panel or by selection in a window's top border w/right click.
>> > But *not* by the scrolling in the touchpad.
>> >
>> > There unfortunately is no GUI to adjust this in Lubuntu but there is a
>> > config file where I can edit text and probably comment out the lines.
>> >
>> > Please tell me were in the file? How? The text file syntax has changed
>> > slightly since I last did this. I thought someone would know. But I can
>> > backup the file and experiement until it's turned off i guess...
>> >
>> > This option is really nasty on a laptop and IMHO it should be an optio
>> > of a Lubuntu GUI.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012, at 03:00 PM, Jose Lopez wrote:
>> >> Hi all, just wanted to give you a little help on this subject. you can
>> do
>> >> this in a graphical formatt, and here is how.
>> >> 1. Right click on a open space of desktop, that should bring the
>> Lubuntu
>> >> desktop menu,
>> >> 2. click on desktop preferences.
>> >> 3. click on the advance tab.
>> >> 4. check box that says something like "show menus provided bu window
>> >> managers.
>> >> 5. click on close.
>> >> 6. Right click on a open space of desktop again, and that will bring
>> you
>> >> to
>> >> the open box desktop menu.
>> >> 7.click on system.
>> >> 8.click on open box conf. manager.
>> >> 9. click on the destop tab on the side.
>> >> 10. change the # of desktop to one.
>> >> 11. close.
>> >> your done. I hope this helps
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Lee Gold <leegold at operamail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> Using 12.04 with laptop. Moving the finger along the right edge of the
>> >>> touchpad acts as a scroll wheel. If the cursor is not in any app
>> window
>> >>> but is in open desktop area then this scrolling action will transport
>> >>> one to a different desktop.
>> >>>
>> >>> I want to turn off all desktop changing with the touchpad. I only want
>> >>> the right click at the top of the window border which gives me the
>> >>> option to take that window to a different desktop - I want no other
>> >>> desktop changing action enabled with the mouse/touchpad.
>> >>>
>> >>> I used to go into /home/userone/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml and
>> make
>> >>> changes. But this file and the syntax in there has changed slightly
>> >>> since 10.x and now I'm not sure how to do it.
>> >>>
>> >>> How to do? Thanks!
>> >>>
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>>     Thanks,  that should be useful here too,   I wonder if its possible
>> for the installer to detect if tere is a touch pad and set this as
>> default behaviour or even have 1 desktop as the default,
>>
>> Paul
>>
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