mouse and trackpad settings missing

I'm also having this. Is there any work around for this? Not having natural scrolling is very bothersome.

I found the workaround for getting natural scrolling, it probably works with all other options aswell. Here it is:

1. Edit file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf (create file and directory if necessary)
2. Add the following
Section "InputClass"
     Identifier "touchpad catchall"
     Driver "synaptics"
     MatchIsTouchpad "on"
     MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
 Option "VertScrollDelta" "-111"
     Option "HorizScrollDelta" "-111"
EndSection
3. Run dconf-editor to change org>gnome>settings-daemon>plugins>mouse>active to false
3.1 (Alternatively use cmd "gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.mouse active false")
4. Reboot and enjoy

Source: German ubuntuusers wiki https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Touchpad/

Edit: Also add option ' Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "1" ' to above mention, to enable horizontal scrolling if desired.

Same problem in Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 Beta 1

Another bug report has been marked as a duplicate of this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1710600

It has screenshots comparing Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 and 17.04. In the latter it seems to have been fixed.
Will it be fixed for 16.04?

Another relevant issue is one cannot scroll through a page while test is highlighted and button is held. One should be able to scroll to select further text before releasing the button.

Solution for missing options:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput

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