Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version
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@guigirl said in Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version:
Today i decided to give up on this whole venture, fly the white flag of surrender
My heart is broken
when I hear that Vivaldi user surrender.
Stay strong @guigirl !
Vivaldi team, don't let @guigirl to switch back to Firefox
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@stardust Heehee, you made me giggle.
No, i've only just jumped back to Snappie a few days ago, so i'm not ready yet to immediately go back to Nightly so soon. The "surrender" i mentioned, was me giving up on trying to survive in V without that damn AS extension... all the other things i tried, one by one, have proven to be inadequate... so it seems i'm stuck with having to use this extension again.
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It's mindboggling to me why autoscrolling isn't one of the most requested features in Linux environments, but in particular the web browser of choice. It's of course no secret that Linux hates GUI's, but come on now, I refuse to believe that linux people use only their keyboards for browsing the web. Also, there are those of us with cheap mice and barely functioning scroll wheels that could really use the autoscrolling love, it doesn't even have to be bound to the middle mouse button, as long as its there.
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@RedSnt Hi. Fwiw fyi, though it seems i forgot to keep this thread updated [despite thinking vaguely that i had been], in fact there's been further developments with that AS python script. The dev fixed it for me so that it works again even in the latest Plasma 5.25.3 [& several versions prior, after that last breakage] X11 (both icon & no-icon versions) and Wayland (no-icon version only; the dev advised me that to get the other one going in W needs sudo privileges, which i said was a no-go for me, so afaik they then ceased working on it further).
Though atm i'm back in Nightly as default, each time i do revert to Snappie i then re-enable & use that script [thus again disabling the AS extension]. No it's not as good as the FF AS, but it's still pretty good ... so, if you wish, maybe try it out for yourself & see if you like it? If you do try, be a little patient with it/yourself, as it does take a little muscle-memory retraining to acclimatise to its low-speed jerkiness.
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@guigirl Excellent. I'll definitely give it a try, but so far I've only been frustrated using live ISO's of Manjaro and Kubuntu as I'm playing around with Ventoy this weekend. I'm hoping it's less of a problem when I finally ditch Windows in a couple of years, but seeing as how I've waited close to 20 years for Linux gaming to become a thing, I'm not expecting miracles for this niche feature any time soon.
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@RedSnt said in Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version:
I refuse to believe that linux people use only their keyboards for browsing the web.
I guess many linux people just prefer to use middle click to paste the copied text instead of scrolling
Also, there are those of us with cheap mice and barely functioning scroll wheels that could really use the autoscrolling love,
The good scroll wheel and middle click are the most important mouse features for me
it doesn't even have to be bound to the middle mouse button, as long as its there.
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@guigirl said in Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version:
i forgot to keep this thread updated [despite thinking vaguely that i had been]
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@Stardust said in Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version:
many linux people just prefer to use middle click to paste the copied text instead of scrolling
No, with respect, you've done it again, haaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Iirc @npro has already explained this to you/others several months ago. What you wrote here is a false dichotomy. It is not either/or. I have, & use, both. MMB pasting is f a n t a s t i c a l l y handy & useful, but it only occurs in a text field, ergo, if one executes the MMB-click when not in a text-field [when the python script is active], it then ipso facto initiates the autoscrolling action. Otoh, when the pointer is indeed in a text field, the paste operation occurs, AND yes it's true that the AS is also invoked BUT its design specifically includes a dead-zone. If User terminates the AS within that DZ, no AS actually occurs, otoh, if User explicitly moves her pointer outside the DZ, logically she does indeed wish to use the AS operation, thus it proceeds til later terminated by User. As i said, some muscle-memory adjustment IS needed, but so what, we also had lots to learn when first coming to Linux anyway, didn't we? After the learning, it's all lubbly jubbly!
Penguins Forever!
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@guigirl said in Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version:
MMB pasting is f a n t a s t i c a l l y handy & useful,
I wish there was a simple global setting to disable it f o r e v e r !
Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V Forever!
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@guigirl said in Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version:
@Stardust Hmmmm
Penguins, attack!
Not this!!
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@Stardust
Let that be a lesson for you -- we are vengeful & merciless. Muhahahahaha squawk! -
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@Stardust Yippee
no, that's inadequate...Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Thank you so much for posting this here; i never monitor the Russian subforum, so never saw that discussion.
Don't you think this is simply crazy? I do !! How many years have we wanted this, yet all along some arcane command was lying quietly awaiting us! Also, over all the years i have done online searches for a solution, that command option never arose at all. I can't believe this!
Thank you!!
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@Stardust said in Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version:
enable-blink-features=MiddleClickAutoscroll
It's NOT included here, which til now was my
bible
master reference for such commandline switches. 
https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/
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@guigirl said in Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version:
Don't you think this is simply crazy?
I am shocked too
How many years have we wanted this, yet all along some arcane command was lying quietly awaiting us!
The question is when this feature was introduced?
Also, over all the years i have done online searches for a solution, that command option never arose at all. I can't believe this!
They were hiding it from us!!!
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@guigirl and I don't see such an option in
vivaldi://flagsI want to modify this setting within Vivaldi, instead of creating a custom shortcut with this option
enable-blink-features=MiddleClickAutoscroll
Also maybe we should let Vivaldi team know about this, so they could include it in the Settings?
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@Stardust Fine ... but i am happy for now [or forever?] just to get by with this;
firejail --blacklist=/Seagate -- /opt/vivaldi-snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot --disk-cache-dir=/tmp/vivaldi-snapshot-cache --force-device-scale-factor=1 --debug-packed-apps --disable-features=UserAgentClientHint --ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-blink-features=MiddleClickAutoscroll
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@guigirl said in Middle-click Scrolling for Linux Version:
@Stardust Fine ... but i am happy for now [or forever?] just to get by with this;
firejail --blacklist=/Seagate -- /opt/vivaldi-snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot --disk-cache-dir=/tmp/vivaldi-snapshot-cache --force-device-scale-factor=1 --debug-packed-apps --disable-features=UserAgentClientHint --enable-blink-features=MiddleClickAutoscroll
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@Stardust I realised later that i had not shown the up-to-date launcher, so i've just edited my post to correct it.
So coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool, innit?
