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# How to add touchpad gestures on Arch Linux and KDE Plasma
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Following this very old tutorial I wanted to see if I could create a touchpad gesture on Arch Linux and KDE Plasma 6.
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https://www.lorenzobettini.it/2017/02/touchpad-gestures-in-linux-kde-with-libinput-gestures/
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My goal was to have a similar gesture to macOS's three finger swipe up to open so-called Mission Control, just like the application overview on Plasma (default shortcut is Meta+W).
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1. Install the libinput-gestures package from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libinput-gestures
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(I use yay for that.)
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# yay -S libinput-gestures
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2. Install xdotool to bind gestures to virtual key strokes and/or optionally wmctrl for libinput-gestures internal commands.
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# pacman -S xdotool wmctrl
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3. Add the current user to the input group:
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# gpasswd -a $USER input
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4. Start libinput-gestures and make it autostart at login:
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$ libinput-gestures-setup autostart start
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5. Copy the default config file to your $HOME.
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# cp /etc/libinput-gestures.conf ~/.config/libinput-gestures.conf
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6. Edit the file and add a gesture. For example the following:
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gesture swipe up 3 xdotool key super+w
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7. Restart libinput-gestures:
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$ libinput-gestures-setup restart
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8. Now when swiping up on your touchpad using three finger, xdotool is pressing the Super- or Meta-Key and "W", whih opens the application overview. |