Please try this <h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper">If you are tired of edge scrouling the window changer in Lubuntu and open box, like I was here is the fix. The scroll button on your mouse keeps changing the Desktop Workspace even when you're scrolling through a folder or file. Code: [Select] cd ~/.config/openbox <div class="text_exposed_show"> cp 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.) Code: [Select] leafpad lubuntu-rc.xml and delete the lines which says; Code: [Select] <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; Code: [Select] cp lubuntu-rc.xml.bak lubuntu-rc.xml</div></h5>Thank you that will work. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Lee Gold <<a href="mailto:leegold@operamail.com" target="_blank">leegold@operamail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi, I continue to ask for support. lubuntu-rc.xml is different in 12.04 and the file has no documentation - the xml is not self-documenting IMHO. This "feature" is deadly on a laptop touchpad. Forget then I'll figure it out... On Tue, Oct 23, 2012, at 09:45 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: > Lee: > > I encounter this on Lubuntu 12.10, and also (as I recall) on Lubuntu > 12.04. > > What happens (accidentally), is that originally you have the mouse > positioned over the scroll-bar of a window, or perhaps over the text. > > You scroll with the mouse-wheel, and the text scrolls up (or down). The > world is good. > > But then (unknowingly), you move the mouse so that the mouse pointer is > no longer over the window you are using (or its scroll bar), but is now > over the desktop. > > You move the mouse-wheel to scroll some more, but now, where the pointer > is over the desktop, all your windows suddenly disappear (including the > text you were laboriously editing), and you let out a shriek of > despair! > > If you don't go into cardiac-arrest, and somehow realize that you > scrolled to another desktop, you let out a sigh of relief, and go back > to the original desktop, and the world is good once again. > > As you can see, this can be a somewhat disturbing experience. I can see > why it might be a good idea to disable this behavior. > > - Aere > > > On Tue, 2012-10-23 at 21:00 -0700, Lee Gold wrote: > > Are you sure this is in 12.04? I don't have this in lubuntu-rc.xml. > > Again 12.04 is different. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012, at 03:58 PM, Jose Lopez 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 <<a href="mailto:zleap@zleap.net">zleap@zleap.net</a>> 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 <<a href="mailto:leegold@operamail.com">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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