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Asked: 2019-03-26 09:06:15 +0800 CST

How to configure stock Ubuntu Wayland gestures (18.10)

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I'm running Ubuntu 18.10 on my HP ZBook Studio G3. When running the default DE on Wayland (by clicking the Ubuntu Wayland option on the login screen), I get the following touchpad gestrures by default:

-two finger scrolling

-four finger swiping between desktops

-three finger pinching to open 'Activities'

However, only the two finger scrolling gesture can be configured in the touchpad settings. Does anyone know where/how to configure the other two gestures?

touchpad wayland gestures 18.10

3 Answers

  1. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1253/extended-gestures/

    Works on Pop Os Wayland...tried other things (not fusuma) but the problem was xdtools was not supported in wayland

    The extension worked perfectly though.

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  2. Now with wayland as the default session, people (like me) tends to find how to get LibInput working with wayland. Four-finger up and down gestures are supported by default. Here's How to configure Three finger up and down gestures for switching workspaces on wayland (gnome and kde)

    So, this is the solution for you too.

    Wayland doesn't support xdotool . which means you can't map gestures to keyboard shortcuts. But you can map it into wmctrl via a external script.

    1. Install https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures
    2. Create ~/.config/libinput-gestures.conf with content
    swipe_threshold 20
gesture swipe down 3 ~/.config/scripts/wsdown
gesture swipe up 3 ~/.config/scripts/wsup
    1. Create ~/.config/scripts/wsdown with content
    #! /bin/bash

WS=$(wmctrl -d | grep '*' | awk '{print $1}'); wmctrl -s $(($WS - 1))
    1. Create ~/.config/scripts/wsup with content
    #! /bin/bash

WS=$(wmctrl -d | grep '*' | awk '{print $1}'); wmctrl -s $(($WS + 1))
    1. Make them excecutable
    chmod +x ~/.config/scripts/wsdown
chmod +x ~/.config/scripts/wsup
    1. Restart libinput-gestures
    libinput-gestures-setup restart

    You can also automate this by cloning the repo https://github.com/HasinduLanka/FreshLinux and running config.gestures.sh script . It will download and install libinput-gestures, configure 3 finger gestures for you.

    Make sure to restart the computer after installing libinput-gestures.

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  3. I guess a simple article like the following would be able to solve your query to the highest extent

    https://italolelis.com/posts/multitouch-gestures-ubuntu-fusuma/

    With the mentioned above article you would be able to install fusuma and make changes to the config.yml that you have to manually create under /.config. You can add your favored gesture along with which keys it would bind.

    If you need any more help please ask for it.

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