Scroll Wheel Mission Control 1.1.0

What's new

• Drag up or down. Hold the scroll wheel and drag up for Mission Control, down for App Exposé, like a three-finger trackpad swipe. Each direction can also be set to Show Desktop or nothing.
• Middle click works again by default. A plain wheel click now stays a normal middle click, so opening links in new tabs just works. You can still make the click open Mission Control, App Exposé, or do nothing.
• Per-app rules replace "Excluded apps". Per app, choose Off (the app gets the middle button untouched, e.g. Blender) or Gestures only (dragging still works, a plain click always passes through). Your existing exclusions carry over as "Off".
• Optional update check. Off by default. When on, the app asks GitHub once a day whether a new version is out and shows a Download button. It never downloads or installs anything by itself. There's also Check for Updates... in the menu bar menu.
• The settings window now scrolls on smaller screens.

Download

ScrollWheelMissionControl.dmg: open it and drag the app onto Applications, replacing the old version. Your settings are kept.

Universal build for Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 13 Ventura or later.

Updating from 1.0.0: quit the old version from the menu bar first. If gestures stop working after the update, remove the app in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility and allow it again.

First install: right-click the app and choose Open (on macOS 15+, use Open Anyway in Privacy & Security), then allow it under Accessibility. See the docs.

Checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt.

Scroll Wheel Mission Control 1.0.0

First release. Switch macOS desktops with any basic mouse: hold the scroll wheel and drag left or right, click it for Mission Control.

Download

ScrollWheelMissionControl.dmg: open it and drag the app onto Applications. A zip is attached below as well.

Universal build for Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 13 Ventura or later.

First launch

This is a free project and isn't notarized by Apple, so macOS asks you to confirm once:

1. Right-click the app in Applications and choose Open, then click Open.
   On macOS 15 or later, if there's no Open button: try to open the app once, then go to System Settings > Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
2. Allow Scroll Wheel Mission Control in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility.

Features

• Hold the wheel and drag to move one desktop left or right
• Click the wheel for Mission Control, App Exposé, or a normal middle click
• Natural or standard drag direction, adjustable drag distance
• Per-app exclusions (Blender excluded by default)
• Menu bar app with launch at login
• No network access, no analytics

Checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt.