This isn’t an optimal solution as many users rely on the two-finger left and right gesture on the trackpad but it definitely helps for the time being. See Also: Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac OS X Cheatsheet App It seems that when users try to use the left or right two-finger gesture on the trackpad to go “back” or “forward” on a webpage in Chrome or Firefox, the up and down functionality of the two-finger trackpad scroll is then lost.Īs is shown in the video above, if users disable the left and right scroll feature of the trackpad in their settings, the up and down scrolling functionality of the trackpad will return. If your trackpad scroll has stopped working in Chrome and Firefox on Mac OS X Mavericks, you’ll be happy to hear that there is a workaround to fix the bug.
