[Wayland-bugs] [Bug 106286] NEW: Proposal for mouse scroll wheel disabling while middle click is held.

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106286

            Bug ID: 106286
           Summary: NEW: Proposal for mouse scroll wheel disabling while
                    middle click is held.
           Product: Wayland
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: Other
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: libinput
          Assignee: wayland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: pyrosoma1 at yahoo.ie

There are common mouses such as logitech g400s and microsoft io1.1 which use an
sensitive optical scroll wheel. In a browser, clicking middle click tends to
cause unintended scroll wheel movement which is most severe after the switch
bottoms out, often missing the pointer target on the monitor. 

I tested a macro on my mouse to disable the scroll wheel by mouse3 and it
greatly minimises the issue. It does not cripple any UI features either as 99
per cent of mouse wheels are fully recessed, so no software has been created to
utilise both wheel rotation and mouse3 simultaneously as to do so would require
two fingers to both hold and rotate the wheel in a tedious manner.

I am aware of one touch scrolling which uses middle click to create emulated
scrolls, however I only want libinput to ignore hardware wheel scrolls for the
short duration of the middle click hold. Therefore it will not interfere with
any  laptop touchpad, or stick.

I would like for this feature to be included as default as due to its
inoffensive  and unconscious nature it will be easily ignored.

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