How to edit Unity multitouch gestures?

Question

I can't find a way to modify the touchpad gestures Unity uses by default on Ubuntu 12.04/12.10.

Tried with Ginn, but it shows error subscribing to gestures and it seems because of Unity.

Is there a way of customize the trackpad gestures of Unity?

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 02 '17 at 12:07

The Easystroke gesture-recognition app should be able to define some new multitouch gestures as well as edit existing ones. Apple's multi-touch trackpad and corresponding gesture recognition, is by far the best implementation of gesture tracking we've seen yet. Easystroke however, is a fair contender with the mac gesture recognition. Easystroke allows users to create gestures with their mouse that will perform specified actions, such as open a web browser or view mail.

Find more tips/tricks and application details at the developer page.

Touchegg & uTouch

Touchegg combined with the uTouch metapackage allow users to create and edit multi-touch gestures on a trackpad. These applications when downloaded from the Ubuntu Software center create an editable config file.

Easystroke Image: Sourceforge.net

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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Have you ever use Easystroke gesture-recognition application ? read this multitouch gestures

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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answered Feb 02 '13 at 06:38

M. Allen West

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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Eliah Kagan Feb 02 '13 at 07:46

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '17 at 21:03

I used to use Touchegg in ubuntu 14.04 to configure 3 finger swipe to switch workspaces like apple. Searching around a little bit it seems it will work on 12.10. However, I can't comment on the stability of it. I've since migrated away from it and just use keyboard shortcuts.

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 09 '17 at 12:50

You can use synclient to edit configurations in touchpad.

$ synclient
Parameter settings:
    LeftEdge                = 49
    RightEdge               = 1187
    TopEdge                 = 48
    BottomEdge              = 850
    FingerLow               = 25
    FingerHigh              = 30
    MaxTapTime              = 180
    MaxTapMove              = 67
    MaxDoubleTapTime        = 180
    SingleTapTimeout        = 180
    ClickTime               = 100
    EmulateMidButtonTime    = 0
    EmulateTwoFingerMinZ    = 282
    EmulateTwoFingerMinW    = 7
    VertScrollDelta         = 30
    HorizScrollDelta        = 30
    VertEdgeScroll          = 1
    HorizEdgeScroll         = 0
    CornerCoasting          = 0
    VertTwoFingerScroll     = 1
    HorizTwoFingerScroll    = 1
    MinSpeed                = 1
    MaxSpeed                = 1.75
    AccelFactor             = 0.130976
    TouchpadOff             = 0
    LockedDrags             = 0
    LockedDragTimeout       = 5000
    RTCornerButton          = 2
    RBCornerButton          = 3
    LTCornerButton          = 0
    LBCornerButton          = 0
    TapButton1              = 1
    TapButton2              = 3
    TapButton3              = 0
    ClickFinger1            = 1
    ClickFinger2            = 3
    ClickFinger3            = 0
    CircularScrolling       = 0
    CircScrollDelta         = 0.1
    CircScrollTrigger       = 0
    ...

To edit attribute use

synclient <attribute-name>=<value>

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