In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of increasing the mouse wheel scroll speed on Ubuntu. This can be particularly useful if you find the default scroll speed too slow for your liking. We will be using a tool called imwheel to achieve this.
To increase the mouse wheel scroll speed on Ubuntu, you can use a tool called imwheel. After installing imwheel, you can create a configuration file to adjust the scroll speed multiplier. Start the imwheel service and add it to startup applications for it to automatically adjust the scroll speed every time your computer boots.
What is imwheel?
imwheel is a utility tool that allows you to tweak and configure your mouse wheel behavior in Linux. It can be used to increase or decrease the scroll speed, among other things.
Installing imwheel
Before we can start tweaking the mouse wheel scroll speed, we need to install imwheel. This can be done by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install imwheelThis command uses the apt-get package manager to install imwheel. sudo is used to run the command with root privileges, which are required for installing software.
Configuring imwheel
After installing imwheel, we need to create a configuration file that imwheel will use to determine how to adjust the mouse wheel scroll speed. This file is located at ~/.imwheelrc.
You can create or edit this file using a text editor of your choice. For example, you can use gedit (a graphical text editor) by running:
gedit ~/.imwheelrcIn the configuration file, you need to specify the scroll speed multiplier. Here’s an example configuration that increases the scroll speed by 3 times:
".*"
None, Up, Up, 3
None, Down, Down, 3The ".*" line is a regular expression that matches all windows. The None, Up, Up, 3 line means that when no modifier keys are pressed and the mouse wheel is scrolled up, it should scroll up 3 times as fast. The same logic applies to the None, Down, Down, 3 line for scrolling down.
You can adjust the multiplier value to your liking. For example, if you want to increase the scroll speed by 5 times, you can change the 3 to 5.
After editing the file, save it and close the text editor.
Starting imwheel
To start imwheel, run the following command in the terminal:
imwheelThis command starts the imwheel service, which will now use the configuration file you created to adjust the mouse wheel scroll speed.
Making imwheel Start Automatically
To make imwheel start automatically every time your computer boots, you can add it to the startup applications. The process for doing this may vary depending on your Ubuntu version and desktop environment.
For Ubuntu, you can open the “Startup Applications” GUI editor and add imwheel as a startup program.
For Xubuntu, you can open the “Session and Startup” GUI editor, go to “Application Autostart”, and click “Add” to add imwheel as a startup program.
Conclusion
By following these steps, you should be able to increase the mouse wheel scroll speed on Ubuntu. Remember to adjust the scroll speed multiplier in the ~/.imwheelrc file if needed. If you experience issues with imwheel interfering with certain applications or functions, you can try using alternative methods, such as modifying the hardware or using other software solutions like libinput or custom scripts.
The imwheel configuration file is located at ~/.imwheelrc. You can create or edit this file using a text editor of your choice.
To adjust the scroll speed multiplier in the ~/.imwheelrc file, you can modify the number after the Up and Down lines. For example, changing the 3 to 5 will increase the scroll speed by 5 times.
To start imwheel, you can run the command imwheel in the terminal.
To make imwheel start automatically on boot, you can add it to the startup applications. The process for doing this may vary depending on your Ubuntu version and desktop environment.
