Not all mice (hardware) move the pointer perfectly at the standard mouse speed set on your Ubuntu. Configure the mouse speed (via the Ubuntu settings) In the General panel of the Mouse & Touch Pads view, click the button that you want to use as the primary button. To make mouse operation more comfortable for left-handers, you can rearrange the order of the physical buttons on both mice and touchpads.

You can use this view to make the following settings: Set either the left / right button as the primary button (via Ubuntu Settings) This is what the Mouse & Touchpad view looks like: You need to click the Devices tab, then click Mouse & Touchpad to make the necessary configurations.Īlternatively, you can also start this view directly by entering relevant mouse and touchpad keywords in the Ubuntu Dash search as follows: You can access the settings either through the System Dash or by doing one of the following:Ĭlick the down arrow in the top right corner of your Ubuntu desktop, then click the Settings icon in the following view:īy default, the Settings utility opens on the Wi-Fi tab. If you prefer to use the GUI to perform simple administrative tasks, you can use the Settings graphical utility. Using the Ubuntu Settings Utility to Make Mouse Configurations We ran the commands and procedures mentioned in this article on an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system.

Highlight the pointer position when the Ctrl key is pressed (via Gnome Tweaks).

Configure acceleration profile (via Gnome Tweaks).

Enable / Disable Natural Scrolling (via Ubuntu Settings).

Configure the mouse speed (via the Ubuntu settings).

Set either the left / right button as the primary button (via Ubuntu Settings).

In this article, we describe how to make the following changes to your mouse settings: These things include how you plan to use your USB external mouse. Ubuntu is an open source operating system that allows you to do many configurations for even the smallest system modules.

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