Gestures - linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom GitHub Wiki

Last edit April 2010

Gestures for all wacom tablets are not currently supported. The reason for this is, in order to be supported and be supported decently by a wide range of programs gestures need to be implemented in Xorg itself.

The issue is if linuxwacom or xf86-input-wacom added gestures then a gesture that might scroll in one program would do a completely different and unwanted action in another program. While this could be implemented it could possibly create a very large hassle in the end.

For discussion of gestures (and inherently multi-touch) on the Xorg-devel mailing list please see the following threads: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-March/006388.html http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-March/006206.html