OSX like gesture for arch linux onn awesome windowmanager

AwesomeGestures.md

This is a manual for OSX like touchpad gestures on arch linux for the awesome window manager. It describes how to trigger awesome actions on swiping with three fingers on the touchpad.

• Install libinput dependencies pacaur -S sf86-input-libinput libinput-gestures

• Add current user to input group sudo gpasswd -a $USER input

• Copy gesture config skeleton cp /etc/libinput-gestures.conf $HOME/.config/libinput-gestures.conf

• Add a keybinding to your rc.lua

    awful.key({ modkey }, "a",
         function ()
             awful.layout.set(awful.layout.suit.corner.nw)
             for _, c in ipairs(client.get()) do
                 if c.maximized then
                     c.maximized = not c.maximized
                     c:raise()
                 end 
             end
         end,
        {description = "show all open windows of workspace", group = "client"}),         

• Add gestures to your libinput-gestures.conf

# Awesome Wm gestures
# Show currently open windows in one view
gesture swipe up 3 xdotool key super+a
# Show only the window in focus
gesture swipe down 3 xdotool key super+m
# Change to left desktop
gesture swipe left 3 xdotool key super+Right
# Change to right desktop
gesture swipe right 3 xdotool key super+Left

• Start gesture recognition libinput-gestures-setup start

• Swipe with three fingers into all directions

References

• Libinput arch linux wiki
• Libinput-gesture github repo

Where is this file rc.lua?

~/.config/awesome/rc.lua