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I use a laptop. Not a mac, but with a multitouchpad so I scroll down and right click with 2 fingers still.
I hate the fact that if I move too much my fingers over tabs, the scroll will but activated and it will switch to another tab (pretty randomly since my scroll was unintended). It can sometimes be difficult to find my tab bacK.
Is there a way to disable this behaviour? In general, Chrome seems very minimalistic in terms of behaviour customization ...
Someone had the problem on Firefox, which I actually don't have there: How can I disable mouse wheel scrolling of Firefox tabs? Maybe this extension could help, but I have a negative feeling about it. Somebody uses it? https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/shortcut-manager/mgjjeipcdnnjhgodgjpfkffcejoljijf
I'm using Chrome 30.0.1599.101 in Lubuntu 13.10.
Thanks
1Has anyone found a solution to the problem yet? I just installed Linux Mint and it's already starting to get annoying – rink.attendant.6 – 2014-09-22T09:57:39.917
3This 'feature' has been in Chrome/Chromium since 2008. For 7 years it has haunted, taunted and annoyed Linux users. It's still going strong. – Mave – 2015-06-04T11:24:32.190
That's only one of a dozen such "features". Zoom on Ctrl+wheel, scroll to some arbitrary position on page load, auto-zoom on mobile, ... – zoechi – 2016-02-18T09:26:38.633
Scrolling over the tabs in Chrome doesn't switch tabs by default. See http://superuser.com/questions/504687/how-can-i-get-google-chrome-to-switch-tabs-using-the-mouse-wheel for reference
– Der Hochstapler – 2014-01-30T12:18:57.0338@OliverSalzburg it does on the Ubuntu version, this used to drive me crazy with a trackpad but I don't use Linux any more. I never found a solution but this was a long time ago now. – zelanix – 2014-01-30T13:16:00.937
I hope you haven't left Linux for this. It would be sad! But at least if it was an option, it means they asked themselves if it made sense or not. And as every option, some people like it, some don't... I'll keep searching the web – Augustin Riedinger – 2014-01-30T15:40:53.993