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3 finger drag

Open p2rkw opened this issue 4 years ago • 9 comments

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...] Hi, thanks for sharing this cool project. I came with a question: is it possible to add more config options to this driver or are we limited by windows settings? I'd like to add 3 finger dragging to trigger button down on start and and button up when drag finish. This way I could record some gestures and map them to actions with external soft like strokesplus.

On linux I achieved this by modifying driver code, here's my repo: https://github.com/p2rkw/xf86-input-mtrack

Is it even possible to extend this driver like that, or is it out of scope of this driver. Where should I start to get this done?

Also is it possible to remap 2 finger tap into other button (swap 2 finger and 3 finger tap buttons)

Describe the solution you'd like if (3 fingers on the pad && any motion) then trigger button down if (button is down and 3 fingers of the pad) then trigger button up, end gesture

Describe alternatives you've considered A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. None so far, Im new to windows.

Additional context On on my dell xps linux I use my modified driver which trigger whatever button I configure, then use easystroke to map gesture to actions/keyboard strokes. So whatever I do 3 finger drag gesture it triggers configured button down event, then this event is also configured in easystroke as a gesture start/end trigger. This allows any 3 finger motion to be captured by easystroke and mapped to keypress/window event. This setup works really well on linux, now I wonder can we have it on widows.

AB#757

p2rkw avatar Sep 02 '21 21:09 p2rkw

Both of these ideas are excellent.

adventures avatar Sep 18 '21 21:09 adventures

I live for 3 fingers drag. Will try this. Thanks so much!

leoclarkribeiro avatar Nov 17 '21 01:11 leoclarkribeiro

Also seems to be the only thing I need extra for this awesome project. 🙌

Mortenest avatar Jan 04 '22 08:01 Mortenest

Totally agree, this is the only missing peace.

maratori avatar Aug 05 '22 21:08 maratori

Thanks for the support guys. It seems the problem is Windows that does NOT have the option. I am about to sell my PC and go back to Mac. Cheers

leoclarkribeiro avatar Aug 06 '22 04:08 leoclarkribeiro

@p2rkw Did you find a solution to this? 3-finger drag would make this perfect.

MrWe avatar Mar 23 '23 12:03 MrWe

Best of luck guys. I am back on a Mac... I can't live without 3 fingers dragging anymore.

leoclarkribeiro avatar Mar 26 '23 21:03 leoclarkribeiro