maoschanz / maoschanz/drawing

No Pinch to Zoom

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Description

## Description

Pinch to Zoom gestures don't work. My touchpad is capable of this, and other apps supposedly support it. I've tried it with firefox (using the MOZ_XINPUT_2 variable) and DevHelp and they will zoom in when pinching on the touchpad.

Note: the system is X11, but uses libinput for pinch gestures

### Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Enable CTRL to Zoom in Drawing Preferences.
2. Try to zoom on the touchpad.
3. Only CTRL + moving fingers like a scroll wheel works.

## System

- Device (desktop computer/tablet/phone/...): laptop computer
- OS: Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon
- Desktop environment: Cinnamon
- Package format: Native builtin package
- App version: 1.0.2

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the gesture with CTRL to Zoom enabled in Drawing Preferences on the reported Linux Mint X11/libinput setup. Trace the app's touchpad and zoom input handling, then verify that a pinch zooms the canvas while the existing CTRL-plus-finger movement behavior still works.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux, python
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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