Trackpad Gesture Support
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- C
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Description
Somewhat of a weird suggestion maybe, but would you be open to expand this tool's functionality to monitor specific trackpad gestures? (e.g. four finger taps, various swipes, "tip-taps") This tool has largely replaced the paid app bettertouchtool for me, except that it lacks binding trackpad gestures to commands. And because running both seems wasteful, I prefer skhd's way of configuration and skdh seems less recourse intensive, I would really like to use it for trackpad monitoring as well. Trackpad gesutres can be monitored through some sort of [private API](https://gist.github.com/rmhsilva/61cc45587ed34707da34818a76476e11). I would be interested in implementing this functionality myself.
As not really everyone will need this probably, it seems more resource friendly to have a switch to enable trackpad gestures.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked private API and skhd's current configuration and daemon behavior. Define the supported gestures, the opt-in switch, command-binding semantics, and resource expectations; done means enabled gestures trigger configured commands without requiring BetterTouchTool.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, macos
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100