(AUR) Gestures for any DE (especially KDE Plasma)

gestures_support_linux.md

Gestures support for any DE

0. Install Gestures support

yay -S libinput-gestures gestures

1. Set up autostart for gestures

libinput-gestures-setup autostart

2. Add our current user to the input group

sudo gpasswd -a $USER input

3. Start Gestures and set up your gestures

KDE Plasma

• Get list of shortcuts by this command

  qdbus org.kde.kglobalaccel /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.shortcutNames
  

• Set up gestures with commands like for "Switch One Desktop Down"

  dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Switch One Desktop Down"
  

My Gestures

• swipe 3 finger (natural) to move to other desktop
• swipe 4 finger to move a window to other desktop
• pinch_in 3 fingers minimize window
• pinch_out 3 fingers maximize window
• pinch_in 4 fingers close window

# Generated by Gestures 0.2.5  -->  https://gitlab.com/cunidev/gestures
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# Swipe threshold (0-100)
swipe_threshold 1

# Gestures
gesture swipe up 3 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Switch One Desktop Down"
gesture swipe down 3 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Switch One Desktop Up"
gesture swipe left 3 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Switch One Desktop to the Right"
gesture swipe right 3 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Switch One Desktop to the Left"
gesture swipe up 4 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Window One Desktop Up"
gesture swipe down 4 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Window One Desktop Down"
gesture swipe left 4 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Window One Desktop to the Left"
gesture swipe right 4 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Window One Desktop to the Right"
gesture pinch out 3 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Window Maximize"
gesture pinch in 3 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Window Minimize"
gesture pinch in 4 dbus-send  --session  --dest=org.kde.kglobalaccel  --type=method_call  --reply-timeout=2000  /component/kwin org.kde.kglobalaccel.Component.invokeShortcut string:"Window Close"

Thank you