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xubuntu-default-settings package

[Xubuntu] Mouse wheel switches workspaces when mouse cursor is on desktop background by default

Bug #226888 reported by Jarno Suni
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

This confuses people who scroll content of a window and accidentally move mouse cursor out of window. Workaround: Change the setting in Window Manager Tweaks.

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Thorbjørn Lindeijer (thorbjorn) wrote :

I'm having the same problem in Ubuntu with GNOME. I have no idea where to disable this.

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Gauvain Pocentek (gpocentek) wrote :

Setting the package to xubuntu-default-settings since a configuration issue, not a bug in xfwm4.

Changed in xfwm4:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xubuntu-default-settings - 0.47

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xubuntu-default-settings (0.47) intrepid; urgency=low

  * usr/share/xfce4/backgroups/*:
    - Set non-widescreen background as default and name widescreen
      background xubuntu-jmak-ws.png
  * Added etc/xdg/xfce4/mcs_settings/wmtweaks.xml:
     - Disable changing workspace via mousewheel on background by default.
     - Fixes LP: #226888

 -- <email address hidden> (Cody A.W. Somerville) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:17:27 -0300

Changed in xubuntu-default-settings:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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