How to switch workspace with mouse wheel with Compiz

Question

I've just upgraded from 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS. I am using Compiz as window manager. Unfortunately I am no longer able to use the mouse wheel on the workspace pane (bottom right on screen) to scroll forward/backward between the workspaces.

I have CompizConfig Settings Manager installed, but cannot find such a setting in it. Is there a way to enable this feature again?

@VinuKevy: Ctrl+Alt+Arrow-Key is working. Ctrl+Alt+Mouse-Wheel is not doing anything. — Krisztián Balla, Jul 18 '17 at 15:13
@JennyO'Reilly You should place your cursor over a window tray before using Ctrl+Alt+Mouse Wheel — Dami, Sep 05 '18 at 09:55
Possible duplicate of How to switch workspace with mouse wheel in Unity — Pablo Bianchi, May 29 '19 at 23:01

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 28 '19 at 15:12

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To do so (presuming you have compizconfig-settings-manager installed)

Go to Desktop > Viewport Switcher.

It shows 20 buttons by default, which doesn't mean you actually can trigger 20 buttons.

To check which ones work, you can use the xev command. Type the command into a terminal, ensure the xev window has focus and then try your buttons.

edited May 28 '19 at 15:12

Byte Commander

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answered Jul 18 '17 at 15:48

kevy

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Well it does seem to work with "button 4" and "button 5", but only if no program has the focus. For example if I have a firefox window open, it scrolls the page up/down instead of switching the workspace. I also tried it with some combinations (ctrl, shift, alt or super). But it is the same. Any ideas? – Krisztián Balla Jul 18 '17 at 16:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '17 at 15:49

It turns out that I was using the wrong window manager after the update to Ubutnu 16.04 LTS. In Ubuntu 14.04 LTS I was using Metacity which has this feature of switching workspaces with the mouse wheel by default. So I simply switched from Compiz back to Metacity.

How to switch workspace with mouse wheel with Compiz

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