Invert mouse scroll

Yes I was doing some Googling myself as well, but as usual, I would like to keep everything inside the same app (KM) if possible.
I found this app, but for some reason is not working for me (or maybe I'm missing something): https://mos.caldis.me/
This is exactly what I wanted, with a panel to include apps.
I have already reported the issue on GitHub. Let's see what they say.
I found other apps, tried them, but no luck when it comes to applying the reverse only on some apps. I found this one called Karabiner, but can't really understand how it works, but it could be an option if I did.

I didn't see an option to set it up per app, which is what I need...
It seems that it's a global setting, which macOS already does that in the System Preferences. Or did I miss something along the way?

Would this be a limitation of the demo, maybe?

You click where it says “Default” which opens a little window and then you drag the app to it.

Definitely not. Found a few mentions of it on reddit and it seems to be a longstanding issue. I'll persevere for a while though.

It seems this is not for me...
"It does not support the Apple Magic Mouse"

Damn it!

Do either of the apps respond to changes to the "Scroll Direction" setting in System Preferences->Mouse? You might be able script a change to that every time the app activated/deactivated.

@noisneil Their website states that it doesn't support the Magic Mouse :confused:

Yes, both of them.

I have no knowledge when it comes to AppleScript, unfortunately...
I was Googling that today, but all I can see is stuff related to how the trackpad and the mouse can be programmed to have different scrolls and I didn't see anything about having a different scroll per app

You wouldn't want to reverse it for the app; you'd want to reverse it super quick while you were holding the zoom modifiers for that purpose only. I fear AS might not be zippy enough for that.

@iamdannywyatt, your quest for "One App to Rule Them All", while admirable, might be a touch counterproductive. We all know how that went for Smeagol. :ring:

I don't say it "has" to be that way. If I can, great, if not, oh well... I don't think I will get rid of BTT anyway, because I use it for the window maximize and certain window snapping, but if I can avoid it in certain scenarios, for example, even better.

And yay for Smeagol! LOTR rule!

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@noisneil Today I found this other app that works with Magic Mouse and it's a bit cheaper: Smart Scroll - smooth and easy iPhone-like scrolling

Now I gotta tell you (and @Nige_S) that unfortunately I just found an issue with this workflow. Loopcloud (the app I'm having scroll issues with), has a glitch:
The library scrolls horizontally the way I think it should. When at the bottom I'm working with the editor, it's reversed... can you tell me: WHY?? Developers don't test their apps and see that these things are in conflict? So I guess that even an app that allows me to reverse the scroll, won't help me.

Sorry, which one?

It's 1:20am here and my brain is about to melt, so sorry if I'm not using the right wording... :sleeping:

What I mean is that since Loopcloud has 2 different behaviors inside, even if I have an app that reverses the scroll, I will always have to deal with the wrong scroll on one of the areas. The library scrolls left, while the editor scrolls right.

When you say "wrong", do you mean it's not working as designed or you just don't like it?

The sentence after that explains what’s happening. One section scrolls left while the other scrolls right, using the exact same finger gesture. Imagine scrolling down on Chrome and the page goes down and then going to Logic and scrolling down makes the page go up. Now the issue here is that the same app has two sections with opposite behaviors

I wasn't sure if that's how it's meant to be or there's interference caused by a mouse app you're demoing. Poor design by the sound of it.

I guess you'll have to get used to it. Either that or get a different mouse and write a macro that tells Steermouse to reverse your scrollwheel whenever the mouse is in a certain portion of the front window, as we've been discussing.

Yes, poor design for sure. I already sent them an email about this and about other things that work weird

Hopefully they will fix it, because it really doesn't make sense. In this case it's not even a personal preference. If the same gesture works from left to right in the library, it doesn't make sense that it then works right to left in the editor.

Getting another mouse is not an option, because I love the magic mouse :slight_smile:
With that other app I showed you, the Smart Scroll, I was able to invert the X or the Y. I will keep testing it and if I get used to it, maybe I will buy it then. That, along with Loopmasters fixing the app, would be great. Let's see...

Ok all I had to do was remove the Accessibility entry and re-add it. Working great!

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I've been using Smart Scroll for YEARS and it's amazing, I highly recommend it

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