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Is it possible to disable magic mouse back-forward gesture only in XCODE? While in browser it is fine, in XCODE it just totaly unwanted feature for me.

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  • Please for the log of god someone find an answer to this!
    – onedayitwillmake
    Nov 18, 2012 at 1:52
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    You cannot configure application specific gestures in OS X itself. You could though try the free BetterTouchTool to add browser specific gestures for back/forward and disable the global system gesture. bettertouchtool.net
    – MacLemon
    Nov 23, 2012 at 16:32
  • I was going to add an answer, but @MacLemon's suggestion is probably the best way for now. Unless you want to write a custom daemon that checks for the program being open and writing the string in the plist file for the mouse...
    – nerdwaller
    Nov 26, 2012 at 0:21
  • @nerdwaller it would be great if you could tell me which string exactly disables 'swipe between pages' gesture :) I've already written daemon which tracks application switching, but I can't figure out what string I should write to defaults to disable pages swipe thing.
    – Nik
    Nov 26, 2012 at 22:06
  • @dig It will be somewhere similar to this: defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse MouseHorizontalScroll -bool NO That obviously disables Horizontal Scrolling, but it will be around there. I would look for you, but I got rid of my apple a while ago. Just run sudo find / -name "com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMutitouch.mouse", should get you to the right file and you could look through for swipe gestures. The command to disable should look similar to the above. When I get home, I can try to find my wife's laptop if she will let me try it.
    – nerdwaller
    Nov 26, 2012 at 22:18

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In short: disable it on the mouse:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode AppleEnableMouseSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool NO

for trackpads use:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool NO

Source: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20024231/prevent-disable-xcode-scroll-navigation]

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  • wow, thanks. Xcode is so crappy that it hangs constantly if the back swipe is on. Did I mention I hate xcode? thanks.
    – Duck
    Mar 26, 2016 at 15:34
  • I can't count how many years I suffered from this bug. My finger just moves 1 mm on the Magic Mouse and puff, Xcode starts swiping, and my Interface Designer or SwiftUI Previews is gone, has to be reloaded. You saved countless hours of waiting for me, sir!
    – gklka
    Jun 24, 2022 at 19:34

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