Bug 487710

Summary: A way to make 3 finger gesture on touchpad not 1:1 for VD switching.
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: matasniewulis2001
Component: GesturesAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: fanzhuyifan, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: 6.0.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description matasniewulis2001 2024-05-28 20:40:04 UTC
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SUMMARY
A way to make 3 finger touchpad gesture faster or more reliable?

I am using OpenSUSE on my ThinkPad  T14 G2 AMD with KDE on Wayland and the touchpad gestures are set up in a way that three finger up/down/left/right switches the virtual desktops by default. 

I use a top/bottom virtual desktops and when I use the three finger gesture to switch between them, I found that I can't just "flick" my fingers to switch - since it is a 1:1 gesture I have to travel some distance with my fingers til it completes the switching. Is there a way to speed it up or make it not 1:1 for just this particular gesture? 

 For example simple 2 finger scroll on desktop achieves what i want - it switches instantly, but that ofcourse works only on the desktop, not when I am using another app. I use a remote desktop on one VT and my browser as well as terminal and ssh sessions on another VT, sometimes i need quick switching. I would like to avoid using a keyboard shortcut and just use the touchpad gesture.

Is there a way to configure it the way i described it?

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use KDE on Wayland with 3 finger touchpad gesture to switch VDs
2. Scroll with 3 fingers (slow gesture)
3. Scroll with 2 fingers on desktop (quick gesture)

OBSERVED RESULT
As it's a 1:1 gesture it requires longer movement and travel to trigger the switch 

EXPECTED RESULT
Quick switching - identical to scrolling on the desktop.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:  Opensuse Tumbleweed on latest Plasma 6.0.5
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-06-12 19:21:16 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 402857 ***