Where are the options for smooth scroll, momentum and elasticity but my Magic Mouse and touch pad do not?

Asked by Spencer Hill

This post indicates that "smooth scrolling" should exist in GNOME 3.4 (https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.4/#rnusers.smooth-scrolling) but that is not my experience.

**Possibly Relevant Facts**

- I have a Razer Blade 14 laptop which has a built-in QHD+ touch display.
- I am using Ubuntu 17.04.3 + GNOME 3.24
- I have a Magic Mouse version 1 (and version 2 but that's not what I'm currently using because scrolling does not work at all).

**The Problem**

In Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Mouse there are no options to adjust the scroll speed or enable smooth scrolling, momentum or elasticity.

In Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Touchpad there are no options to enable smooth scrolling or elasticity.

And there are not setting at all for the touch screen.

**The Contradictions**

However, despite those features not being available for the mouse or touch pad, when I scroll on my touchscreen I have smooth scrolling and momentum.

This suggests to me that the software to apply this to my mouse and touch pad currently exists on my system, but I do not know how to identify where and the aforementioned post doesn't indicate where that's located.

As a web-programmer I understand that the software written for the touch screen is probably not directly portable to the mouse and touch pad, but it seems like a start and the aforementioned post leaves me with the expectation.

Is this a bug? Did I misunderstand what devices support smooth scrolling? Am I missing something else here? Thank you!

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