# How to disable touchpad gestures for volume?

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-to-disable-touchpad-gestures-for-volume/5048>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-to-disable-touchpad-gestures-for-volume/5048 "2021-06-10T09:42:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidlev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@davidlev](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/davidlev)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-to-disable-touchpad-gestures-for-volume/5048/1 "2021-06-10T09:42:44Z")

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Hi, I’m using Ubuntu budgie on a laptop.  
When I’m not using the mouse, I use the touchpad to scroll the screen.  
Apparently there is a feature that causes that if the scrolling with 2 fingers diagonally, you can change the volume on the computer in this way.  
This is terribly annoying and causes the scroll to get stuck over and over again. I searched the settings and found no way to change it. Where can I disable this feature?

Same goes for the screen rotation motion sensor, by chance I came across a combination of CTRL + O turning off the sensor. Why are many settings missing?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-to-disable-touchpad-gestures-for-volume/5048/2 "2021-06-10T09:54:16Z")

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> [@davidlev](#):
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> Why are many settings missing?

Well the 2 finger diagonal issue is a new one on me. I have a very new high-end laptop and I can’t reproduce your issue. Have you got any gesture type software/configuration installed?

For screen rotation - look in the panel applets you can add to your panel - there is a rotation lock applet to turn rotation on/off.

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**Author:** ![davidlev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@davidlev](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/davidlev)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-to-disable-touchpad-gestures-for-volume/5048/3 "2021-06-10T10:27:43Z")

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I did not install any gesture-related software. In fact, I noticed this right after the installation but since most of my use is with a mouse, I did not think it would bother me so much. It turns out that …

I am attaching a video that you can understand what I am talking about.

> **[volume-gestures.mp4 (video)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JcA4Q5VG0hQH1SFz9640mQjR9d_JReEm/view?usp=sharing)**
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> Google Drive file.

And as for the screen rotation sensor, I do not find such an Applet in the Ubuntu budgie settings \> top panel \> add applets.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-to-disable-touchpad-gestures-for-volume/5048/4 "2021-06-10T10:42:22Z")

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![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/4/484cbeaa623e1ec1d4261e4f06b908cef1537923.png)

You can also install it via Menu - Budgie Extras / budgie-welcome itself.

As to the volume thingy - I don’t know. Must be an unannounced feature of either mutter (unlikely) or libinput itself