WayfireWM / WayfireWM/wayfire

Touchpad gestures?

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Description

Is there a way to define touchpad/trackpad gestures to trigger commands? I would like to bring up nwggrid with a five-finger pinch. This gesture opens Launchpad on macOS and I found it quite useful :) I noticed that there are touch-related things in Garuda's default autostart, so I wondered if there was something I could use to reimplement this behaviour?

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Research direction

The issue names no Wayfire file, test, or entry point; it only references nwggrid, Garuda's autostart, and macOS Launchpad. First determine whether Wayfire has an existing touch or gesture entry point and whether five-finger pinch events are exposed. Done would require a documented, tested way to trigger a command, if the project supports it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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