Open up the openbox config file, it should be located in /home/username/.config/openbox/ but if it’s not you might have to do a little digging.
nano /~.config/openbox/rc.xml
Find the following lines and remove or comment them out, you can use Ctrl+W in nano to find:
Note: XML comments are as follow:<-- Comment -->
Save with Ctrl+X, Y, Enter (if you’re using nano) and restart OpenBox (Preferences -> OpenBox Config -> Restart) and all should be done.
6 replies on “HowTo: Disable Mouse Scroll to Switch Desktop – OpenBox”
Just what I was looking for, thanks!
Thanks – it was driving me nuts!
Thanks! I have a cheap cordless mouse which seems to send a spurious event when it goes to sleep.
Thanks! I don’t get why this is the default behaviour. So annoying when this happens when you try to resize a window using alt+mouse.
THX SO MUCH. IT WAS DRIVING ME INSANE
Hi,
I get a “search string not found” when trying to find “DesktopPrevious” in the file. Is it possible a different term is used currently in openbox Manjaro? Dying to get rid of this scrolling desktops thing. Thanks in advance!