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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    Re: Default touch screen edge gestures
From:       Aleix Pol <aleixpol () kde ! org>
Date:       2017-04-10 14:26:47
Message-ID: CACcA1Rom3H+8+18D1HuLx9v+UQ9YVd7VUNaZGsvxL68+BmV5wQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Martin Gr=C3=A4=C3=9Flin <mgraesslin@kde.o=
rg> wrote:
> Hi Plasmates,
>
> now that we have touch screen edge swipe gesture support both on X11 and
> Wayland we could define which actions to put on each edge.
>
> My suggestion would be to put a sensible action on each of the four actio=
ns.
>
> Personal proposal:
>
> *Left Edge:*
> Window Switching as the default alt+tab theme is on the left side. Also o=
n
> Windows 10 this happens on the left edge.
>
> *Top Edge:*
> Present Windows as 4 finger swipe downwards on touchpad triggers present
> windows.
>
> *Bottom Edge:*
> Desktop Grid as 4 finger swipe upwards on touchpad triggers desktop grid.
>
> *Right Edge:*
> Application launcher
>
>
> What I dislike about the proposal is: Present Windows and Alt+Tab are kin=
d
> of redundant. Given that a better default edge would be nice for top edge=
.
> KRunner would be a nice fit as it's also on top, but it's rather useless =
on
> touch.
>
> The application launcher is rather disconnected in the default setup if w=
e
> swipe in from left screen. What I personally would prefer if we could
> trigger the application dashboard. Of course we still don't have working
> touch support in the application launchers, so if we go for that we need
> fixing (same applies for alt+tab btw.).
>
> So please comment and propose your own ideas.
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>

Shouldn't it depend on the current configuration?
For example, I would expect the Application launcher to be triggered
wherever the panel is present...

Aleix
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