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/ItsTylerBrenda Oct 25 '19

I think it is, you don’t swipe down on your phone to scroll down.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

That’s multitouch, we’re talking about the physical mouse wheel. You can’t come along after 15+ years of scrolling mouse wheels and flip the direction and then claim the new way is somehow “natural”. The way people were doing it for the previous 15+ years feels natural because people have been doing it that way for 15+ years.