Gesture bindings

Gesture bindings allow you to bind actions to multi-finger swipe gestures on touchpads. The gestures are recognized globally, meaning they will work regardless of which window is focused.

gesture patterns

action = { fingers = finger_numbers, direction = swipe_direction, min_swipe_distance = distance}: A gesture with finger_numbers fingers swiping in swipe_direction to make the action. The min_swipe_distance is optional and specifies the minimum distance (arbitrary units) the fingers must move to trigger the action.

example:

[gesturebinds]
focus-next-workspace = { fingers = 4, direction = "left", min-swipe-distance = 1 }
focus-previous-workspace = { fingers = 4, direction = "right", min-swipe-distance = 1 }
fullscreen-focused-window = { fingers = 4, direction = "up", min-swipe-distance = 3 }
float-focused-window = { fingers = 4, direction = "down", min-swipe-distance = 5 }

Available gesture actions

• close-focused-window: Closes the currently focused window.
• float-focused-window: Toggles the focused window between tiled and floating mode.
• maximize-focused-window: Toggles the focused window between maximized and normal state.
• fullscreen-focused-window: Toggles the focused window between fullscreen and normal state.
• focus-next-window: Focuses the next window in the current workspace.
• focus-previous-window: Focuses the previous window in the current workspace.
• swap-with-next-window: Swaps the focused window with the next window in the current workspace.
• swap-with-previous-window: Swaps the focused window with the previous window in the current workspace.
• focus-next-workspace: Switches to the next workspace.
• focus-previous-workspace: Switches to the previous workspace.
• focus-next-output: Focuses the next output (monitor).
• focus-previous-output: Focuses the previous output (monitor).
• select-next-layout: Switches to the next layout in the current workspace.
• select-previous-layout: Switches to the previous layout in the current workspace.