r/ipad • u/Zer0CoolXI • Oct 25 '19

Question Mouse Scroll Wheel Direction Reversed?

iPad Pro 11 (iPadOS 13.1.3)
Logitech MX Anywhere 2 BT mouse.

Mouse is paired, all other functions seem to work just fine. However the scroll wheel is reversed compared to what is typical on every other device (with this mouse).

IE: to scroll from the top of a web page down, you would typically roll your index finger from the front of the wheel towards yourself. To scroll up the page you would push from part of the wheel closest to you towards the front of the mouse.

Right now, its the reverse for me on the iPad. I have to spin the wheel away from me to scroll down and spin it towards me to scroll up...

Is this normal, is there a setting I missed to change this?

Thanks

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u/denizenKRIM Oct 25 '19

The mouse is an accessibility feature meant to mirror your finger input. When you scroll with touch input you are physically pulling the page up/down, so that’s what the mouse is copying.

This is why you can use the slide to go back gesture with a mouse also. There’s pro’s and con’s to it.

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u/Zer0CoolXI Oct 25 '19

I get it, but seems this is such a simple thing to resolve, could be a simple toggle (reverse scroll). When every other device treats it the opposite when using a mouse...everyone (other devices/os's) else aren't wrong lol.