Set mouse speed by number in setting

[clay53]

Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release): NAME="Pop!_OS" VERSION="20.10" ID=pop ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian" PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 20.10" VERSION_ID="20.10" HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com" SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy" VERSION_CODENAME=groovy UBUNTU_CODENAME=groovy LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os

Related Application and/or Package Version (run apt policy $PACKAGE NAME): Settings

Issue/Bug Description: In the settings page, there's a mouse speed slider. However, it has no indication of it's actual value or a way to set it to a specific value. This information is important for keeping mouse sensitivity the same

Expected behavior: There is a editable text box next to the slider to set mouse speed.

Other Notes: If anyone knows how to do this without the settings slider, lmk.

[bflanagin]

Seems like a logical feature request. Moving to the proper repo.

In the mean time this might help if you're not afraid of a little manual work. https://askubuntu.com/questions/205676/how-to-change-mouse-speed-sensitivity

[RPGHank]

While not ideal you could use GSettings or the dconf Editor to find and set the exact values you need

[Raekye]

I would also like to set the mouse speed by a number, making it easier to "reproduce" my settings if I reinstall/use other computers. For now, one can set the speed in a terminal with gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse speed 0. The values range from -1 to 1 (with 0 being in the middle) corresponding to the following slider in settings (no need to restart anything).