https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439925
Bug ID: 439925
Summary: Global touchscreen gestures
Product: kwin
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: wayland-generic
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: herzensch...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
The wayland session of GNOME 40 got a major uplift to touch gestures compared
to GNOME 3.38. Here's a brief chat I had with Zamundaa mentioning this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/oe2t8k/multitouch_touchscreen_gesture_support_in_kde/h449ahm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
The changes to GNOME 40 were:
* Drag window with one finger to corner : window snapping
* Swipe to upper left corner : toggle overview
* Swipe from the upper edge down on an empty space in the panel : get control
and drag current window without using titlebar or headerbar
* Swipe from the upper edge down on top of a top panel widget (like calendar,
tray or a11y): open widget even if they're not visible (e.g. with zoom)
* Swipe 3 or more fingers left or right : switch virtual desktops
* Swipe 3 or more fingers up : open virtual desktops activities overview
* Swipe 3 or more fingers left or right while in overview : switch virtual
desktops
* Swipe up again : open app drawer
* Swipe 1 or more fingers while on app drawer : switch pages
* Swipe app in virtual desktop thumbnail : pull it to different virtual desktop
In other words, it was an amazing release for touchscreen support, and it fits
their desktop well.
As can be seen here, Plasma is already able to detect at least ten different
fingers (even if it starts lagging at that point), as shown by the Touch Points
desktop effect:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/od9bu6/unique_desktop_effect_for_touch_screens_touch/
Yet there's practically no touchscreen gestures. There was no report to track
this either.
Having touchscreen gestures at some point in the future would improve the
Plasma experience IMO.
This would also require quite some thought put into it, because global Plasma
touchscreen gestures should:
1. Take into account the uniqueness of Plasma (it isn't one-axis-workspace
centered like GNOME)
2. Take into account Plasma mobile (like Zamundaa mentions above)
3. Not break applications that also use touch input (Gwenview, Koko and Pix all
have pinch to zoom for instance)
Using 3 or more fingers like GNOME did looks like a good idea.
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