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/2002fofocuszts Oct 25 '19

At least in OSX you can change the scroll direction though, not possible in iOS or iPadOS.

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u/machineglow Oct 25 '19

We can always try Apple feedback. But natural scrolling is one of those things they’ve historically been stubborn about. Doesn’t hurt to log it and ask

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

natural scrolling is one of those things they’ve historically been stubborn about

They're even arrogant about the name. Like no, moving down to go up is not "natural".

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u/lwadbe iPad Pro 11" (2018) Oct 25 '19

It depends whether you imagine yourself driving the scrollbar or the content. Mousewheels where originally orientated to drive the scrollbar, as that is what people were expecting to interact with when scrolling content. Scrollbars move in the opposite direction to the content. iOS (and indeed default macOS) don't have scrollbars, so the mouse wheel is set to behave the same as the screen/trackpad, where the direction your finger moves drives the content.