Windows 11 is finally getting mouse settings that let you avoid the Control Panel

Windows 11 is finally getting mouse settings that let you avoid the Control Panel

Screenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge

I’ve been waiting years for this. The first thing I do when I configure a fresh Windows 11 PC is disable “enhance pointer precision” inside the ancient Control Panel and reverse my scroll wheel using the registry editor. Soon, I’ll just be able to head into the modern-looking Windows 11 Settings interface to control both of these settings.

Windows watcher PhantomOfEarth has discovered that Microsoft is secretly working on adding these options to the Windows 11 Settings interface. The latest Canary build of Windows 11, released earlier today, includes these options in Settings, but they’re currently hidden behind a flag.

Screenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge

Windows laptop users have been able to reverse the scrolling…

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