Auto-scroll

[rayyan-parkar]

Describe the feature

I would like a new config option, for example enable-universal-autoscroll=true. When the button (default is the middle mouse button) is clicked, it enters auto-scroll mode in the window, and allows you to move up or down, and changes speed and direction based on relative movement. Clicking any mouse button exits auto-scroll and returns to idle. This is technically possible through scripting, but a hyprland native solution would be less intrusive.

Why would it be beneficial

Provides a convenient scrolling method found in most GUI environments and reduces the odds of carpal tunnel occurring due to:

input {
    scroll_method = on_button_down
    scroll_button = 274
}

The above is the closest we can get to currently, and it only simulates a touchpad-like scrolling experience and is also terrible for accessibility since the user has to rapidly move their mouse to scroll upwards or downwards quickly.

[rayyan-parkar]

@vaxerski do you think you could take a look and see if this is worth adding/modifying it to fit inside the project, thanks!

[aphelei]

i tried scripting it but it doesn't work

binde = , Return, exec, ydotool click C2 ; read x y <<< "$(hyprctl -j cursorpos | jq -r '[.x,.y] | @tsv')" ; newy=$((y + 30)) ; hyprctl dispatch movecursor $x $newy

2025-12-22_22-12-1766437736.mp4

the browser doesn't care that the cursor moved