Natural Scrolling in Mouse & Trackpad

Hey Folks...Scrolling options are available under Mouse & Trackpad in settings. I want to enable Natual scrolling in Trackpad but disable it in Mouse section. Whenever I disable , Trackpad scrolling is also getting disabled. Since these are in two diff section, it should noit be in sync. Is it a bug? or expected behaviour?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Nov 2, 2025 12:20 AM

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Posted on Nov 2, 2025 1:07 AM

What you’re seeing is expected behaviour 


The “Natural Scrolling” toggle in the Mouse section and the same-named toggle in the Trackpad section are linked, and changing one will change the other.


 Product Feedback - and make it known to Apple regarding this issue.


Make a Feature Request to separate the functionality to work independent of each other

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Nov 2, 2025 1:07 AM in response to arya_stark15

What you’re seeing is expected behaviour 


The “Natural Scrolling” toggle in the Mouse section and the same-named toggle in the Trackpad section are linked, and changing one will change the other.


 Product Feedback - and make it known to Apple regarding this issue.


Make a Feature Request to separate the functionality to work independent of each other

Natural Scrolling in Mouse & Trackpad

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