Multi-gesture touchpad function?

[kharrisma]

Hi Forum Folke,

Currently, my touchpad drivers are libspandsp2 (0.0.6+dsfg-2) and xserver-xorg-input-libinput (0.29.0-1). The touchpad supports basic touchpad functions, plus two-finger scroll (vertical and horizontal.) However, other functions such as three-finger gestures and especially pinch-zoom are absent.

I don't suppose that enabling these features is as simple as installing xserver-xorg-input-mtrack or xserver-xorg-input-multitouch and removing the ones installed now? I can see a lot of questions posted about multi-gesture (particularly pinch-zoom), but there seems to be no clear answer so far, that I can find, anyway.

Has anyone been able to get the pinch-zoom feature working?

Thanks in advance!!

[7rocks]

I too am looking for a possible fix for the pinch zoom I am using a Toshiba Dynabook Protege X30L-J loaded with Ulyssa 20.1. Pinch zoom works fantastically on the touch screen in Brave web browser, but not on the touch pad.

However the things that do work on the touch pad are:
inertia scrolling;
two finger scrolling in all directions;
two finger tap for right click.

Fantastic job Linux Mint dev team! Keep it coming.

Pinch rotate would be deluxe if possible, but one thing a time.

[rossdv8]

Pinch to zoom etc were working by default when I installed Mint 20.1 on my Lenovo Yoda S1 a few weeks ago.
I'll have to check to see if it works on my Logitech K400. I can;t remember, but I think it did.

[7rocks]

I just found this solution by 'Bad Penguin' here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZnhBwbwva4
Thing is the zoom is like pressing CTRL++ or CTRL-- rather than a smooth zoom. A good in-between solution for now.

However the procedures changed a bit because one of the tools has been updated.
Thus the new step by step method is here:

[Update] Install LIBINPUT-GESTURES for Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint 19 also work
You must:
- be a member of the input group to have permission to read the touchpad device
- install Gestures (Touchpad Tool)
- install libinput-tools
Step Just copy and past this command in terminal (One line per time)
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sudo gpasswd -a $USER input
sudo apt install python3 python3-setuptools xdotool python3-gi libinput-tools python-gobject
sudo apt-get install libinput-tools
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You have to restart your computer
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Step Download and intsall LIBINPUT-GESTURES
Link download: https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures
cd libinput-gestures-master ( sudo make install )
Step Configuration (Auto start)
Just copy and past this command in terminal
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libinput-gestures-setup autostart
libinput-gestures-setup start
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Step 4 Download and install gestures
Link download: https://gitlab.com/cunidev/gestures

This bit is different here from the YouTube instructions I think
because the project had been upgraded since.

git clone https://gitlab.com/cunidev/gestures
cd gestures
meson build --prefix=/usr
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install

Step 5 Download 'Bad Penguins' touchpad configuration file to support 2,3 and 4 fingers touch gestures (You can edit it later)
Download my configuration file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2p338tgsugny ... .conf?dl=0
And past it in /home/user name/.config/libinput-gestures.conf
It's done and you may need to restart your computer again

[rossdv8]

I just booted my Lenovo Yoda S1 with the stuffed keyboard and trackpad, running Mint 20.1, to check what I suggested in my previous post.

NOTE:
I have NOT installed the extra driver stuff mentioned above, so the install is stock Mint 20 plus upgrade to 20.1

Pinch to Zoom does NOT work on the Touch Screen.

However Pinch to Zoom DOES work on the Wireless Logitech K400 keyboard with built in Trackpad (on the right side).

There are no extra drivers for the Logitech keyboard, Mint 20 just detected it on install.
Pinch top Zoom was working on the built in Lenovo Trackpad when I first installed it, but I disabled that when it interfered with the Logitech (accidentally using the wrong one with both installed).

[7rocks]

O.K. thank you.

[KentC]

Hi,
I don't know if you have already found a solution to your problem, but I followed these instructions on an Ubuntu forum, and they worked very well for me:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1034624 ... -18-04-lts
I am running LM 20.1 (Cinnamon), on a Star Labs, Star Lite netbook.

[Morgan]

Good one. It works very well.
At step 3:

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Step Download and intsall LIBINPUT-GESTURES
Link download: https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures
cd libinput-gestures-master ( sudo make install )

It's also possible to install libinput-gestures like this:

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git clone https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures.git
cd libinput-gestures
sudo make install
sudo ./libinput-gestures-setup install

At step 5 I've downloaded your configuration file but it messed up my computer completely so I erased it and did it myself...