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My libinput-gestures config
# gesture swipe left 3 i3-msg workspace prev
# gesture swipe right 3 i3-msg workspace next
# Move to next workspace (works for GNOME/KDE/etc on Wayland and Xorg)
gesture swipe up _internal ws_up
# NOTE ABOUT FINGER COUNT:
# The above command will configure this command for all fingers (i.e. 3
# for 4) but to configure it for 3 fingers only, change it to:
# gesture swipe up 3 _internal ws_up
# Then you can configure something else for 4 fingers or leave 4 fingers
# unconfigured. You can configure an explicit finger count like this for
# all example commands in this configuration file.
#
# gesture swipe up xdotool key super+Page_Down
# Move to prev workspace (works for GNOME/KDE/etc on Wayland and Xorg)
gesture swipe down _internal ws_down
# gesture swipe down xdotool key super+Page_Up
# Browser go forward (works only for Xorg, and Xwayland clients)
gesture swipe left 3 xdotool key alt+Right
# Browser go back (works only for Xorg, and Xwayland clients)
gesture swipe right 3 xdotool key alt+Left
# NOTE: If you don't use "natural" scrolling direction for your touchpad
# then you may want to swap the above default left/right and up/down
# configurations.
# Optional extended swipe gestures, e.g. for browser tab navigation:
#
# Jump to next open browser tab
# gesture swipe right_up xdotool key control+Tab
#
# Jump to previous open browser tab
# gesture swipe left_up xdotool key control+shift+Tab
#
# Close current browser tab
# gesture swipe left_down xdotool key control+w
#
# Reopen and jump to last closed browser tab
# gesture swipe right_down xdotool key control+shift+t
# Example of 8 static workspaces, e.g. using KDE virtual-desktops,
# arranged in 2 rows of 4 columns across using swipe up/down/left/right
# to navigate in fixed planes. You can also add the "-w/--wrap" option
# to allow wrapping in any direction. You must configure your virtual
# desktops with the same column dimension.
# gesture swipe up _internal --cols 4 ws_up
# gesture swipe down _internal --cols 4 ws_down
# gesture swipe left _internal --cols 4 ws_left
# gesture swipe right _internal --cols 4 ws_right
#
# Example of 16 static workspaces, e.g. using KDE virtual-desktops,
# arranged in 4 rows of 4 columns across using swipe up/down/left/right
# to navigate in fixed planes, and also using swipe
# left_up/left_down/right_up/right_down to navigate diagonally. You can
# also add the "-w/--wrap" option to allow wrapping in any direction
# and/or diagonally. You must configure your virtual desktops with the
# same column dimension.
# gesture swipe up _internal --cols 4 ws_up
# gesture swipe down _internal --cols 4 ws_down
# gesture swipe left _internal --cols 4 ws_left
# gesture swipe right _internal --cols 4 ws_right
# gesture swipe left_up _internal --cols 4 ws_left_up
# gesture swipe left_down _internal --cols 4 ws_left_down
# gesture swipe right_up _internal --cols 4 ws_right_up
# gesture swipe right_down _internal --cols 4 ws_right_down
# Example virtual desktop switching for Ubuntu Unity/Compiz. The
# _internal command does not work for Compiz but you can explicitly
# configure the swipe commands to work for a Compiz virtual 2
# dimensional desktop as follows:
# gesture swipe up xdotool key ctrl+alt+Up
# gesture swipe down xdotool key ctrl+alt+Down
# gesture swipe left xdotool key ctrl+alt+Left
# gesture swipe right xdotool key ctrl+alt+Right
# Example to change audio volume:
# Note this only works on an Xorg desktop (not Wayland).
# gesture swipe up xdotool key XF86AudioRaiseVolume
# gesture swipe down xdotool key XF86AudioLowerVolume
###############################################################################
# PINCH GESTURES:
###############################################################################
# KDE Plasma open/close overview
# gesture pinch in xdotool key ctrl+F9
# gesture pinch out xdotool key ctrl+F9
# GNOME SHELL open/close overview (works for GNOME on Wayland and Xorg)
# Note since GNOME 3.24 on Wayland this is implemented natively so no
# real point configuring for Wayland.
# gesture pinch in dbus-send --session --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/Shell org.gnome.Shell.Eval string:'Main.overview.toggle();'
# gesture pinch out dbus-send --session --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/Shell org.gnome.Shell.Eval string:'Main.overview.toggle();'
# Optional extended pinch gestures:
# gesture pinch clockwise <whatever command>
# gesture pinch anticlockwise <whatever command>
###############################################################################
# This application normally determines your touchpad device
# automatically. Some users may have multiple touchpads but by default
# we use only the first one found. However, you can choose to specify
# the explicit device name to use. Run "libinput list-devices" to work
# out the name of your device (from the "Device:" field). Then add a
# device line specifying that name, e.g:
#
# device DLL0665:01 06CB:76AD Touchpad
#
# If the device name starts with a '/' then it is instead considered as
# the explicit device path although since device paths can change
# through reboots this is best to be a symlink. E.g. instead of specifying
# /dev/input/event12, you should use the corresponding full path link
# under /dev/input/by-path/ or /dev/input/by-id/.
#
# You can choose to use ALL touchpad devices by setting the device name
# to "all". E.g. Do this if you have multiple touchpads which you want
# to use in parallel. This reduces performance slightly so only set this
# if you have to.
#
# device all
###############################################################################
# You can set a minimum travel distance threshold before swipe gestures
# are actioned using the swipe_threshold configuration command.
# Specify this value in dots. The default is 0.
# E.g. set it to 100 dots with "swipe_threshold 100".
# swipe_threshold 0
###############################################################################
# You can set a timeout on gestures from start to end. The default is
# the value commented below. It can be any value in float secs >= 0.
# 0 = no timeout. E.g. set it to 2 secs with "timeout 2".
# timeout 1.5
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