Possible to use different scrolling for mouse/trackpad?

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  1. mikeytwice, Jul 22, 2011

    mikeytwice macrumors member

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    Hey all -- I was wondering if anyone's coded a little applet or something to allow one to use "natural" scrolling for the trackpad and "reverse" scrolling for a mouse wheel. At first, I turned off natural scrolling altogether -- but then I found myself wanting to scroll "naturally" while using launchpad, so I thought I'd give it a go.

    I've grown used to "natural" scrolling on the trackpad, but it doesn't feel right on a scrollwheel on a mouse for me -- plus, I use a mouse with Windows, and not a trackpad, and as Windows uses "reverse" scrolling, it'd be great if I could decouple these two settings so I could keep mouse behavior consistent across platforms.
     
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  2. buckers, Jul 24, 2011

    buckers macrumors 6502

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    Been hunting the net but haven't had much luck, so far. Feel like I can't use natural scrolling because inverting the mouse wheel when the laptop is docked feels really silly + I use scroll wheels at work quite regularly, so it'd probably mess me up! :confused:
     
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  3. whathesaid, Jul 24, 2011

    whathesaid macrumors regular

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    Would be nice to have the separation, I use the pad and the mrs uses the mouse. But if the alternate scrolling is checked off in the mouse it does it for the trackpad aswell.
     
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  4. auto4d, Jul 24, 2011

    auto4d macrumors newbie

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    MagicPrefs may do it (or you could request that they make it do so, they'll be updating it again soon I expect).

    I don't have a trackpad so I can't test.

    Its free :D
     
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  5. PRMuntz, Dec 16, 2011

    PRMuntz macrumors newbie

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    I'm here to save the day! :D

    Free application: Scroll Reverser :3

    http://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/

    Enjoy!!

    (EDIT: Registered just to give you this answer, you better be grateful :p )
     
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