natural_scroll doesn't work with scroll_factor

[ahmadinne]

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Regression?

I don't know, I started using Hyprland only recently

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System/Version info

<Hyprland 0.47.2 built from branch  at commit 882f7ad7d2bbfc7440d0ccaef93b1cdd78e8e3ff  (version: bump to 0.47.2).
Date: Sun Feb 2 00:47:17 2025
Tag: v0.47.2, commits: 5767
built against:
 aquamarine 0.7.2
 hyprlang 0.6.0
 hyprutils 0.5.0
 hyprcursor 0.1.11
 hyprgraphics 0.1.2


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System name: Linux
Node name: al
Release: 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen
Version: #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:54:38 +0000


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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-UP3 GT1 [UHD Graphics] [8086:46b3] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])


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Description

when i use natural_scroll only, it will works. But when i added scroll_factor -0.5, the natural_scroll doesn't work anymore

How to reproduce

use this configuration in hyprland.conf
input {
touchpad {
natural_scroll = true
}
}

and then add scroll_factor
input {
touchpad {
scroll_factor = -0.5
natural_scroll = true
}
}

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Additional info & File uploads

hyprland_config_dump.txt

hyprland.log

[ahmadinne]

one more thing, the natural_scroll was on the mouse instead touchpad

[fufexan]

I think this is an oversight on our part. scroll_factor should not be negative.

Natural scroll basically inverts the scroll direction ($\text{scroll} \cdot -1$), and then you invert it again using the scroll factor ($\text{invertedScroll}\cdot -0.5$). The inversions obviously cancel out and you only get a slowed down scrolling.

So the fix would be to use 0.5 instead of -0.5.