'OS X-like' momentum scrolling in linux?

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Is there a way to make the scrolling on a linux machine (running X11) more like OS X's natural scrolling? With 'natural scrolling' I mean the fact that you can flick trough the pages, there is momentum in the scrolling.

I have a macbook running Arch Linux and I would like to make the trackpad experience a bit better.

what are you looking for is probably defined as "kinetic scrolling", i suggest a research on the internet about your distribution specific solutions, because this can involve 3 pieces of software, drivers, desktop environment and possible third part software. — user827992, Jul 12 '12 at 20:41
Have you tried GNOME 3's ["natural scrolling"](https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/users-system-settings.html.en)? — aairey, Feb 26 '15 at 12:25
I accidentally discovered that [this Firefox Add-ons](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yet-another-smooth-scrolling/) has option for making "bouncy" feedback when reaching the page top/bottom edge. Works with Firefox 40 on Linux. — , Aug 18 '15 at 15:59
Try `man synaptics` (not `man synaptic`) and read the configuration manual for the touchpad driver used for touchpads on lots of (but not all) hardware. Search for the word "coasting". EDIT: Just realized how old this post was. :-/ — dubiousjim, Sep 19 '15 at 07:30

lineinthesand · Answer 1 · 2016-12-05T10:25:03.840

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In plasma5 (kde5) this is called Coasting and it can be conveniently configured via Configure Desktop (systemsettings5) | Input Devices | Touchpad | Scrolling (Tab).

You can set there how fast you have to do your scrolling for the Coasting to set in (scrolls/second) and how strongly the scrolling momentum decelerates after you've lifted your fingers (scrolls/second²).

edited Dec 05 '16 at 10:25

answered Nov 23 '16 at 19:53

lineinthesand

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Is there a similar feature for Gnome? – Weezy Apr 17 '21 at 15:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '15 at 23:41

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You can do that easy with synclient:

$ synclient VertScrollDelta=-70
$ synclient HorizScrollDelta=-70

answered Dec 03 '15 at 23:41

Marius Karnauskas

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 12 '16 at 05:31

I think this is called Coasting:

$ synclient -l | grep Coasting
    CornerCoasting          = 0
    CoastingSpeed           = 20
    CoastingFriction        = 50

Adjust the CoastingSpeed and CoastingFriction to set how fast it scrolls and how soon it stops scrolling.

'OS X-like' momentum scrolling in linux?

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