This extension modifies and extends existing touchpad gestures on GNOME using Wayland. This project is a fork of gnome-gesture-improvements. Since the original project seems to be no longer maintained, I setup this project with the aim of taking over the development and maintenance of this wonderful extension that I relied on for daily use.
Note: I have removed the support for X11 since I only use Wayland, but this can be added again in the future if needed and if someone is willing to support this.
- Install extension
git clone https://github.com/HieuTNg/touchpad-gesture-customization.git
cd touchpad-gesture-customization
npm install
npm run update
- Log out and log
- Enable extension via extensions app or via command line
gnome-extensions enable [email protected]
| Swipe Gesture | Modes | Fingers | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switch windows | Desktop | 3 | Horizontal |
| Switch workspaces | Overview | 2/3 | Horizontal |
| Switch app pages | AppGrid | 2/3 | Horizontal |
| Switch workspaces | * | 4 | Horizontal |
| Desktop/Overview/AppGrid navigation | * | 4 | Vertical |
| Unmaximize/maximize/fullscreen a window | Desktop | 3 | Vertical |
| Minimize a window | Desktop | 3 | Vertical |
| Snap/half-tile a window | Desktop | 3 | Explained below |
| Pinch Gesture | Modes | Fingers |
|---|---|---|
| Show Desktop | Desktop | 3/4 |
| Close Window | Desktop | 3/4 |
| Close Tab | Desktop | 3/4 |
| Application Gestures (Configurable) |
|---|
| Go back or forward in browser tab |
| Switch to next or previous image in image viewer |
| Switch to next or previous audio |
| Change tabs |
Note: Pich gesture and Application gesture currently only work if the mouse pointer is pointed at the desktop or top panel.
- Do a 3-finger vertical downward gesture on a unmaximized window
- Wait a few milliseconds
- Do a 3-finger horizontal gesture to tile a window to either side
- Minimize gesture is available if you have dash-to-dock/panel or similar extension enabled.
- To activate application gesture, hold for few moments(configurable) before swiping
- Tiling gesture can't be activated if you enable minimize gesture
- As mentioned above, Pich gesture and Application gesture currently only work if the mouse pointer is pointed at the desktop or top panel.
- To switch to windows from all workspaces using 3-fingers swipes, run
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.window-switcher current-workspace-only false
Massive thanks to the original author and everyone who has contributed to the original project to bring us this wonderful GNOME extension.