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Questions tagged [mouse-gestures]

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"Shake to locate cursor" feature

I was wondering if there is a feature in linux like OSX "shake to locate cursor", which temporarily makes the user's mouse or trackpad cursor much larger when shaken back and forth, making it easier to locate if the user loses track of it.
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libinput-gestures two-finger swipe?

I run arch on a macbook, still dual-booting into macos from time to time. The hardest thing I've hade to re-train muscle memory wise is the "swipe right to go back in the browser"-feature from macos. In order to get that functionality in linux as…
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I can't use mouse wheel scroll in Eclipse XFCE

I have installed Arch Linux + XFCE and installed Eclipse Mars on it. It works fine except for the mouse scroll. Does anyone know what I should look for on this issue?
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OpenBox Mouse binding for dragging window to screen edge

I am trying to edit the lxde-rc.xml file (in ~/.config/openbox) so I can implement Window snapping like in Microsoft Windows. When a window is dragged to the right edge of the screen, it maximizes to fill the right half of the screen. I don't want…
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How to set absolute mouse cursor position in Wayland without using mouse?

The question is pretty straight forward. What I would have used under X [xdotool] obviously does not work moving forward, and no obvious new solutions have arisen given the relative new adoption of wayland. Solutions which require programming are…
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I upgrade from Debian 9 to 10 and middle-click stops working

Recently I upgrade Debian on my laptop from Stretch to Buster. I noticed some problems (some apps stopped working, there was no drag 'n drop, Nvidia 3D card was not functional, etc), so I searched the Internet and realized it was related to Wayland.…
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How do I prevent scrolling to the next email when I mouse scroll in mutt. mutt in Centos 7

mutt in Centos 7 I write this to help others as the articles I found were a mess and did not explain properly. So when I am in an email in Mutt and I naturally scroll out of instinct, mutt sends me back to the previous indexed screen to the list of…
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Drop down terminal when mouse hits top border of Desktop

I would like a drop down terminal which drops down when I move the mouse to the top (or bottom, left, right), similar to how the panel can be configured to auto-hide and only drop down or pop up if the mouse hovers to the border where it…
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Touchpad gesture on wayland gnome 3.18

I am Using gnome 3.18.2 on wayland. I know there is support for touchpad gesture in wayland but how do I configure it?
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Slow mouse button release in Debian stretch

In the past few weeks (after an update) my touchpad have been acting weird. Whenever, I let go of the mouse button the system does not register it until several seconds later. This is particular annoying when scrolling. I couldn't find anything…
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What's the future of complex touch gestures on Unix?

The standard (only?) method of utilizing complex mouse/trackpad/pen gestures on Linux is Easystroke. Before anyone mentions touchegg/libinput-gestures and similar, they serve a different purpose. Those support very simple gestures (swipe up, swipe…
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Inverting the scrolling of only one mouse

Hi I have two mice connected to my machine. One is a standard mouse, the other is a touchpad which, as a device, is split into the touchpad itself and the mouse part. I would like to set the inverted scrolling in the touchpad but at the same time…
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Annoying multitouch behavior Elantech touchpad on Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

Recently I installed Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon. Touchpad multi finger behavior is strange and annoying. When I tap with two fingers exactly at the same time, it performs right click and if one of my fingers touch a little later than the other one, it…
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How to execute a function on button click with mouse movement?

I want the system to listen for a button press and then a mouse Right/left/up/down movement. I know which button is pressed by XEV, but I don’t know how to listen for mouse movements and then execute something. Does anyone know how can I do it?
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How to make the touch pad normal/minimal in Linux Mint?

I have bought a ASUS Vivobook S510U and installed linux Mint. The mouse is behaving abnormally. For example, it simulates the middle/scroll key of the mouse when I click in the middle of the right and left click button. However, this simulation…
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