Bug 482860 - Gesture-only mode was removed
Summary: Gesture-only mode was removed
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasma-mobile
Classification: Plasma
Component: Shell (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: postmarketOS Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Mobile Bugs
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Keywords: qt6
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2024-03-08 11:56 UTC by Julian Groß
Modified: 2024-07-21 18:04 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 6.1
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Description Julian Groß 2024-03-08 11:56:14 UTC 
SUMMARY
Apparently the gesture-only mode was removed from Plasma Mobile “for the time being”. The news mention this, but I was unable to find any open issue for tracking purposes. https://plasma-mobile.org/2024/03/01/plasma-6/

The gesture-only mode has been extremely useful on tablets with connected keyboards, as it almost exclusively provided functionality that was hard to do with just keyboard shortcuts, and didn't use valuable screen space.
And example for such a device would be the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet Chromebook, which I am happily using with Plasma Mobile at school.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: postmarketOS Edge (updated 2024-03-08)
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Comment 1 Devin Lin 2024-03-08 13:24:26 UTC 
Currently being worked on here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-mobile/-/merge_requests/454

It was restored on git master: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-mobile/-/issues/300
Comment 2 Luis B 2024-07-21 18:04:45 UTC 
The Gesture-Only mode has been restored and improved in Plasma Mobile 6.1, there's still some kinks to iron out, but it's definitely back and here to stay :)