xdotool how to do horizontal scrolling?

Question

I'm writing a bash script to control a browser remotely. So far I have vertical scrolling implemented using

xdotool click 4 //up
xdotool click 5 //down

How can I implement horizontal scrolling using xdotool? I saw numbers 6 and 7 mentioned on some site, but that did not work.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '16 at 06:38

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Instead of a click, you can send the Left or Right arrow keys:

xdotool key Right
xdotool key Left

answered Jan 05 '16 at 06:38

Unfortunately, this won't do everytime. For example, on spreadsheets, the selector will just move left/right to the adjacent cell rather than scrolling the whole work space sideways. – Jacobski Oct 25 '21 at 00:09

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '20 at 16:44

2

Just use these:

xdotool click 6 # left
xdotool click 7 # right

answered Oct 25 '20 at 16:44

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