<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Jose Lopez <<a href="mailto:josewendy1@gmail.com" target="_blank">josewendy1@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <h2>My Touchpad Changes Desktop, How Do I stop it?</h2> <h2>The scroll button on your mouse keeps changing the Desktop Workspace even when you're scrolling through a folder or file.</h2> <pre>cd ~/.config/openbox cp lubuntu-rc.xml lubuntu-rc.xml.bak</pre>(this makes a backup file so that when you think you've messed it up you could revert it back.) <pre>leafpad lubuntu-rc.xml</pre> and delete the lines which says; <pre><mousebind button="UP" action="click"> <action name="DesktopPrevious" /> <mousebind button="Down" action="click"> <action name="DesktopNext" /></pre>Log out and Log in back again to see the changes! if you've messed it up and want to revert it back; <pre>cp lubuntu-rc.xml.bak lubuntu-rc.xml That should do it. Jose lopez </pre><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:03 PM, paul sutton <<a href="mailto:zleap@zleap.net" target="_blank">zleap@zleap.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>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 <<a href="mailto:leegold@operamail.com" target="_blank">leegold@operamail.com</a>> 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? 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