Bug 451360

Summary: Kde connect's "remote input" should also implement a more touchpad-like mode of operation
Product: [Applications] kdeconnect Reporter: hqurve
Component: commonAssignee: Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: tobias, user32767, xmha97
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.10   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description hqurve 2022-03-10 10:56:37 UTC 
SUMMARY
Remote input's operation varies from that which a touchpad user would expect. For example, here is a comparison

- On kdeconnect pinch to zoom isnt available.

- Drag and drop:

-- on a touchpad, when you double tap and hold, its like you have the left button held down, until you release your hand

-- on kde connect, when you double tap (or long press), its like you have the left button held down, but you need to tap again to release. I guess this is mode is really nice for people who arent familiar with a touchpad and/or have accessibility issues


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Connect your phone and computer using kdeconnect
2. Use the remote input
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Touch inputs are not read as if using a touchpad

EXPECTED RESULT
Touch inputs are read as if using a touchpad

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Nixos 22.05 (unstable)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90
Qt Version: 5.15.3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 user32767 2022-11-18 05:22:10 UTC 
Strongly agree. Using smartphone as a touchpad could be very nice feature, but this constant  unintentional drag-and-drop makes it nearly unusable for me. It would be so nice to have small rectangular buttons on both sides of screen, acting as left and right mouse buttons, while central area (the actual "touchpad") would be used only for moving a cursor. So unintentional drag-and-drop behavior wouldn't occur.
Comment 2 2wxsy58236r3 2023-07-24 10:56:19 UTC 
(In reply to user32767 from comment #1)

Can you please try the latest version of KDE Connect? Recently the plugin has been improved, e.g. added mouse buttons. [1]

[1] https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-android/-/merge_requests/342
Comment 3 aristsakas 2026-01-09 20:47:51 UTC 
*** Bug 450580 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 aristsakas 2026-01-09 20:47:57 UTC 
*** Bug 432556 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***