Scroll wheel problem after upgrading to 10.04

[Karl Auer]

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 08:03 -0800, Ray Parrish wrote:
> This second problem is that with Rotate Cube in 
> compiz set to rotate the desktop cube right and 
> left with the scroll wheel, the rotation happens 
> whether or not I am over an open application window.
> 
> It used to only rotate if I had the mouse pointer 
> over a visible portion of the desktop, and would 
> not rotate when over an application window.

I never noticed that change, but I've always used a key modifier. It's a
cheap way to remove any confusion. I don't know how to get the old
behaviour back, but here is how to add a key modifier to the rotation
control. You probably know this, but maybe others don't, so here's the
full drill :-)

Use System->Preferences->CompizConfig Settings manager, select "Desktop"
then "Rotate Cube" and open the "Bindings" tab. On that tab is a panel
called "Rotate Cube" (you may have to click the little triangle beside
the words to open the panel).  Mouse rotate left and mouse rotate right
are probably set to button4 and button5 (scroll up and scroll down). The
settings are displayed on a button - click on the button and add a key
modifier. I use shift, myself.

That should leave the "plain" scroll wheel available to applications.

Regards, K.

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