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Navigation swiping (2-finger) without holding 'alt' in X11? [support][linux][debian] (lemm.ee)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Nimrod@lemm.ee to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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I recently installed Debian 12 using Xfce on my SUPER old chromebook to extend its life. Everything has been really nice so far. But I use the chromebook for browsing 90% of the time, so I like to have everything as easily operated as possible, and I am used to being able to navigate forward and back in the browser using two finger swipe gestures.
After some googling, I saw that the support for this just got added in Wayland environments. That implies that it already existed in X11 environments? After a while, I found that if you hold 'alt' you can use the swipe gestures. It defeats the purpose of gestures if you have to use both hands, so I was hoping there was a way to get this functionality back.

(Mozilla Firefox version = 115.6.0esr)

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[-] Urist@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Use libinput-gestures or... Wayland.

[-] Nimrod@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

It looks like libinput-gestures is similar to touchegg/touché in the sense that it only adds support for 3 or 4 finger gestures. It looks like 2 finger gestures are supposed to be supported by your DE or are app specific.

Thanks for the reply!

[-] Urist@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I suppose, but a three finger swipe still only needs one hand (I think it is the same on macbooks) so should work fine.

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