scroll wheel not working when mouse is moving

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Ubuntu 17.04/17.10 under VMWare 12.

In some windows (e.g. gnome terminal / google chrome) when the mouse is moving the scroll wheel does not work.

I tried a clean installation (17.04 with Unity/Gnome3 and 17.10 mate).

When the mouse is not moving - scrolling work fine.

Some applications (e.g. FireFox) do not have the described problem.

Google Chrome has the described problem.

How can I resolve this?

install/remove open-vm-tools-desktop not give any effect.
– Hett
Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 19:24 — Hett, Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 19:24

Hett · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-01 08:11:50Z

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Edit -> Preferences -> Optimize mouse for games: Always

Change this setting fix the problem.

answered Oct 8, 2017 at 19:06

Hett

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Any idea how to fix the problem under VirtualBox? Cannot find any such setting neither in the global nor the machine-specific settings.
– dimitarvp
Commented Apr 13, 2018 at 0:32
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Same problem here with VirtualBox. While mouse is moving, scrollwheel does not work.
– Arne
Commented Jan 22, 2019 at 9:57
I am on VMWare Player 15, I can't find preferences that look like this.
– Zitrax
Commented Nov 24, 2019 at 12:03
Same problem with VirtualBox, I've installed AutoScroll extension to get rid a little bit with the problem but still occurs. Firefox scroll works right...
– Alrik
Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 9:32

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