How to INVERT SCROLLING DIRECTION on trackpad in Raspbian Stretch?

Question

I would like to invert the scrolling direction so that when I scroll down (using two fingers in a downward direction) on my trackpad, the page also moves down (i.e. to content lower down).

I did this in Raspbian Jessie previously like this by editing the 10-evdev.conf file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/.

However, Raspbian Stretch (9.x) uses libinput rather than evdev so the method above doesn't work.

nu-bo · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-20T12:09:15.910

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I've figured it out!

The scrolling direction is determined by libinput - see here.

Navigate to the 40-libinput.conf file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d and change the first section as follows:

# Match on all types of devices but tablet devices and joysticks
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "libinput pointer catchall"
        MatchIsPointer "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "libinput"
        Option "NaturalScrolling" "true" #ADD THIS LINE
EndSection

edited Nov 20 '17 at 12:09

answered Nov 20 '17 at 11:35

nu-bo

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You will have to use sudo nano 40-libinput.conf to edit the file. – nu-bo Nov 20 '17 at 12:17
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Also needs a reboot after adding the option line. – AaronD May 20 '20 at 08:39

How to INVERT SCROLLING DIRECTION on trackpad in Raspbian Stretch?

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