Comfortable Swipe (Ubuntu)

Comfortable, seamless, and fast 3-finger (and 4-finger) touchpad swipe gestures for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and beyond. May work for other Linux distros that support libinput.

Installation

1. Install libinput-tools and libxdo-dev

   sudo apt-get install libinput-tools libxdo-dev
   

2. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/Hikari9/comfortable-swipe-ubuntu.git
   cd comfortable-swipe-ubuntu
   

3. Install

   bash install
   

4. You may delete the downloaded comfortable-swipe-ubuntu folder after installation.

Configurations

The configuration file is located at /usr/local/share/comfortable-swipe.conf. Run sudo systemctl restart comfortable-swipe.service after making changes.

Property	Description	Default Value	Default Behavior
threshold	mouse pixels to activate swipe; higher = less sensitive; floating-point	0.0
left3	3-finger swipe left	ctrl+shift+Right	switch to right workspace
left4	4-finger swipe left	ctrl+alt+shift+Right	move window to right workspace
right3	3-finger swipe right	ctrl+shift+Left	switch to left workspace
right4	4-finger swipe right	ctrl+alt+shift+Left	move window to left workspace
up3	3-finger swipe up	ctrl+shift+Down	switch to bottom workspace
up4	4-finger swipe up	ctrl+alt+shift+Down	move window to bottom workspace
down3	3-finger swipe down	ctrl+shift+Down	switch to above workspace
down4	4-finger swipe down	ctrl+alt+shift+Up	move window to above workpace

Uninstall

Clone the repository then run bash uninstall.

Bug Reports

Create an issue here to report a bug. Please make sure to add the following to your issue:

1. Content of .log (found in the cloned folder)
2. Output of sudo systemctl status comfortable-swipe.service