Feature request: adjustable touchpad scroll speed

Touchpad scroll speed is much too fast on my HP Omnibook using Zorin 18.1 Pro. Please add the ability to modify the scroll speed. Thanks.

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When You go to Settings>Mouse and Touchpad do You haven't there an Option for Scroll Speed?

Until that feature will be available, you could try this if you are running on Wayland:

To install the tool enter in terminal

version="0.3.3"
curl -LO "https://github.com/daniel-g-carrasco/wayland-scroll-factor/releases/download/v${version}/wayland-scroll-factor_${version}-1_amd64.deb"
sudo apt install "./wayland-scroll-factor_${version}-1_amd64.deb"

After the installation you find it at start menu named "Wayland Scroll Factor". There you can make your settings and slow down the scroll speed.

I tested it today and it worked when I reduced the vertical scroll to <1, e.g. 0,2, enabled the slider for gnome preload and then logged out.

The .deb file is created at home directory (~). Save the file at a place where you find it if you want to uninstall the program.

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It's a gnome problem. The issues has been open for 7 years already.

and

maybe they would fix in another 7 years but it's gnome, don't expect soon. GNOME is known for its "GNOME knows best" philosophy.

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use that command in the terminal start with 5 and go up from there in increments of 5 till you find speed you like

what i did was i got an external mouse with controls on bottom. but i am on a desktop tho

you dont need the <> just enter a number