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Asked: 2017-11-20 19:06:21 +0800 CST

How to make touch-screen scrolling work in Firefox Quantum?

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Using Firefox quantum 57 and Ubuntu 17.10, I am unable to scroll a web page by touching the screen and sliding the page. However this works in Chrome browser.

How to make touch-screen scrolling work in Firefox Quantum?

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    The same solution for Firefox 50 and Ubuntu 16.xx still works for Firefox Quantum 57 and Ubuntu 17.10: Ubuntu 16 and touchscreen scrolling in FireFox

    The solution is to launch firefox using:

    env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 firefox

    You can make this permanent by modifying the launcher using the following:

    sudo sed -i "s|Exec=|Exec=env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 |g" /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

    To undo this change, use:

    sudo sed -i "s|Exec=env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 |Exec=|g" /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

    Comparing touch scrolling in Firefox Quantum, using this solution. with touch scrolling in Chrome:

    • Scrolling is one finger only; two finger scrolling causes the web page to zoom. This is different from Chrome, where you can scroll using two fingers, but still pinch to zoom or un-zoom.
    • You can only scroll vertically or horizontally, depending on which direction your initial motion is in; this is different from Chrome, where you can scroll horizontally or vertically (or in circles) without lifting your finger(s).
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