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Horizontal scrolling on my touchpad was disabled upon upgrading to 17.10 and I can't find a way to re-enable it in the settings.

Two finger (horizontal and vertical) scrolling was the default behavior when I was using 16.10, even after I had switched to the GNOME desktop. However, there seems to be no settings for this both in the settings menu and dconf that I can find.

Calixte
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I had the same problem and couldn't find the option in dconf-editor (/org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/ doesn't help). I found this command here and now horizontal scrolling seems to be working just fine. Give it a try.

synclient HorizTwoFingerScroll=1

And make your fix persistent using this tip by monkbroc:

How do I make my synclient settings stick?

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Célestin Taramarcaz
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If you are using gnome right now,

go to settings then mouse and touchpad, in the touchpad tab set your settings like shown in the image below:

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Kayvan Nouredin
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    I don't see the relevant option. (Image for referrence: https://imgur.com/a/yQeJ3 ) What settings app are you using? – Calixte Nov 08 '17 at 15:24