Change Mouse Scrolling Direction in Windows 11

This article explains how to change the Mouse Scrolling Direction in Windows 11.

Mouse scrolling direction refers to the way your mouse wheel moves the content on your screen. By default, scrolling up on the mouse wheel moves the content up on the screen, while scrolling down moves the content down.

Windows uses reverse scrolling, where the content moves down when you scroll up.

Two types of scrolling are available in Windows: Reverse and Natural.

In Reverse scrolling, when you roll the mouse wheel back, the scroll bar moves down as the page scrolls upward. When you roll the mouse scroll wheel forward, the scroll bar moves up as the page scrolls downward.

In Natural scrolling, when you roll the mouse scroll wheel back, the scroll bar moves down as the page scrolls downward. When you roll the mouse scroll wheel forward, the scroll bar moves up as the page scrolls upward.

Change mouse scrolling direction in Windows 11

As mentioned above, users can change the mouse scrolling direction in Windows to suit their preferences.

Here’s how to do it.

First, you must identify the mouse you want to configure its scrolling directly. You need to know the device’s HIDVID key.

You can get that quickly from the Device Manager (devmgmt.msc).

Open the Device Manager (devmgmt.msc).

Next, expand Mice and other pointing devices, and double-click on your mouse device to open its Properties window.

Under the Details tab of the Properties window, change the Property type to ‘Device instance path.’

Then, take notes of the HIDVID key path used in Registry Editor for this mouse device.

With the device’s VID/HID key handy, go and make the changes in the Windows Registry Editor.

First, open Windows Registry Editor.

Then, navigate to the registry key below.

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetEnumHID

Next, VIDHID key info gathered above. Then, select the ‘Device Peremeters’ key on the left. Next, double-click to open the FlipFlopWheel (REG_DWORD) name on the Explorer key’s right pane to open it.

The default value is 0 for reverse scrolling. Type 1 to change to natural scrolling.

If you do not see the ‘FlipFlopWheel ‘item, right-click a blank area and create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value. Then, enter the name ‘FlipFlopWheel ‘.

You may have to restart your computer to apply the changes.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

• Follow the steps correctly to ensure the scrolling direction is changed successfully.
• Be cautious while making changes in the Windows Registry Editor to avoid unwanted modifications.
• Remember to restart the computer after modifying the registry settings for the changes to take effect.

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