Horizontal scroll bar goes the wrong way when pressing scroll button on mouse

Question

Photoshop horizontal scroll bar goes the wrong way when using the scroll wheel button. I have a wireless mouse that you can press the left or right side of the scroll wheel and it will scroll left or rightt accordingly. This works perfectly fine in other Adobe programs like Illustrator and InDesign. But it goes the wrong way in Photoshop and PS beta.

When pushing the button to the left, the scroll bar should move left. This is how AI and ID work, and web browsers, and everything else, and is the correct direction. However, in PS and PS beta, pushing the button left cause the horizontal scroll bar to move to the right, which then causes the document on screen to move left. It is very counterintuitive, and makes Adobe programs inconsistent and frustrating to use.

In comparison, when scrolling up or down, the vertical scroll bar moves in the direction you scrolled, and the document in front of you moves the opposite direction. Left and right scrolling should mirror this behavior. Please fix.

creative explorer · Answer

@stunning_scientist5FC4 It's a long-standing issue that many users consider a bug or a design oversight. Sigh!

Users have resorted to third-party mouse remapping software: X-Mouse Button Control (PC): This is the most commonly recommended and effective solution for Windows users.

Install X-Mouse Button Control.
Add photoshop.exe (and potentially photoshop beta.exe) to its application list.
For the Photoshop profile, go to the "Scrolling" tab.
Enable the "Invert mouse horizontal (tilt) scrolling" checkbox.
Apply the changes.
This will specifically reverse the horizontal tilt scroll for Photoshop, leaving other applications unaffected.

Also, for some Logitech mice have specific settings within their software that can be customized per application. You might be able to set a specific profile for Photoshop and remap the horizontal scroll to simulate a different input, although this can sometimes be finicky. Some users have reported success by changing the horizontal scroll setting to "zoom in/out" for Photoshop, which paradoxically then enables correct horizontal scrolling.

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