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| {{{#!html <div style="width: 24%; float: right; margin-top: 15px;"> <div style="font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.2em; margin-top: 5px;"> <span>Latest News</span> </div> }}} * 2011-02-24 - [[https://launchpad.net/utouch-geis/+announcements|GEIS 2.0, XInput 2.1 (Xorg MT), Qt4 Touch Support, and Ginn (gestures for legacy apps) landed in Natty!]] * 2011-02-21 - [[https://launchpad.net/utouch-geis/+announcements|GEIS v2.0 C Bindings Released]] * 2010-12-01 - [[https://lists.launchpad.net/multi-touch-dev/msg00590.html|New GEIS v2.0 C Bindings posted]] * 2010-11-23 - [[https://lists.launchpad.net/multi-touch-dev/msg00579.html|uTouch Architecture for Natty]] * 2010-11-07 - [[http://oubiwann.blogspot.com/2010/11/canonical-and-codethink-at-bostom-gnome.html|Canonical and Codethink at Bostom GNOME Summit]] * 2010-10-19 - [[http://oubiwann.blogspot.com/2010/10/probabilistic-input-for-utouch.html|Probabilistic Input for uTouch?]] * 2010-10-16 - [[http://oubiwann.blogspot.com/2010/10/multitouch-and-qt.html|Multitouch and Qt]] * 2010-10-13 - [[http://oubiwann.blogspot.com/2010/10/ubuntu-1010-multi-touch-video.html|Ubuntu 10.10 Multi-touch Video]] * 2010-10-07 - [[http://oubiwann.blogspot.com/2010/10/multi-touch-at-uds-n-in-orlando-october.html|Multi-touch at UDS-N in Orlando, October 25th-29th]] * 2010-09-21 - [[http://oubiwann.blogspot.com/2010/09/growing-linux-multi-touch-community.html|The Growing Linux Multi-touch Community]] * 2010-09-02 - [[http://oubiwann.blogspot.com/2010/09/hci-at-canonical-one-crazy-ass-ride.html|HCI at Canonical]] * 2010-08-16 - [[http://blog.canonical.com/?p=414|Multi-touch Support Lands in Maverick]] * 2010-08-16 - [[http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/455|Gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10]] * 2010-08-16 - [[https://lists.launchpad.net/multi-touch-dev/msg00218.html|Multitouch in Maverick]] {{{#!html </div> <div style="width: 74%;"> }}} |
== Overview == === Supported Gestures === On some systems, Unity has support for some system gestures, and you can try those out right away. Here's a list: * 3 finger pinch to maximize/restore windows * 3 finger press and drag to move window * 3 finger touch to show grab handles * 3 finger double tap -> switches to previous window * 3 finger tap followed by 3-fingers hold -> shows window switcher * drag those 3-fingers -> change selected window icon * release fingers -> selects window and closes switcher * 3 finger tap followed by 3-fingers hold -> shows window switcher * release fingers -> switcher will kept being shown for some seconds still * drag with one or three fingers -> change selected window * release finger(s) -> selects window and closes switcher * 3 finger tap followed by 3-fingers hold -> shows window switcher * release fingers -> switcher will kept being shown for some seconds still * tap on some window icon -> selects that icon and closes the switcher * 4 finger swipe left/right to reveal launcher (if the dock autohide is enabled) * 4 finger tap to open dash |
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| == Quick Start == | Some applications support 2 finger gestures. However, note that 2 finger gestures require [[Multitouch/TouchpadSupport|extra setup]] for touchpads in Ubuntu. Also please note that your system may not be supported out of the box, or at all. |
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| Impatient? Don't want to read the "Overview" or "In-Depth" below? Then read these pages :-) * [[Multitouch/GettingStarted/Natty|Getting Started in Natty]] * [[Multitouch/GettingStarted/Maverick|Getting Started in Maverick]] * [[Multitouch/GripTutorial|Libgrip development tutorial]] If you have questions, be sure to come back here and finish reading the wiki! Also, these links may help: * [[https://answers.launchpad.net/utouch|Q&A]] * [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/utouch/+bugs|Open Bugs]] |
=== Legacy Applications === [[Multitouch/Ginn|Ginn]] provides users with the ability to add gestures for applications that do not directly support gestures. Ginn supports everything from photo viewers and text editors to window managers! Ginn is not installed by default, and has been moved to universe repositories as of Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) |
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| === uTouch Overview === | === Touch Overview === |
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| The Ubuntu uTouch gesture framework includes several different components and is associated with various tools and projects: | The Ubuntu gesture recognition framework includes several different components and is associated with various tools and projects: |
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| See the "uTouch In-Depth" section below for more information on the projects various aspects (including current work). Architectural information is available there as well. | See the "In-Depth" section below for more information on the projects various aspects (including current work). Architectural information is available there as well. |
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| For the full list of projects related to uTouch, be sure to see the "Projects" section on this page: | For the full list of projects related to touch/gesture recognition, be sure to see the "Projects" section on this page: |
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The latest supported versions of our software is always available in our PPA: * https://launchpad.net/~utouch-team/+archive/utouch A overview of the gesture interaction UX architecture is available at: * http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfkkjjcj_1482g457bcc7 |
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| * Join our live [[http://webchat.freenode.net/?nick=WebVisitor-.&channels=ubuntu-touch| webchat channel on IRC]] (browser app access to #ubuntu-touch on Freenode.net) * [[https://answers.launchpad.net/utouch/+addquestion|Ask your questions about multitouch in Ubuntu]] * [[https://answers.launchpad.net/utouch/+faqs|Check the growing Ubuntu Multitouch FAQ]] * [[http://ubuntuforums.org/tags.php?tag=multitouch|Ubuntuforums.org posts tagged with "multitouch"]] |
* [[https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev|Ubuntu Multitouch dev mailing list]] |
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| You can also subscribe to the [[https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev|Ubuntu Multitouch dev mailing list]] | == In-Depth == |
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| For information on getting started with uTouch, see the links below to the "Hardware Support" and "Testing" multitouch wiki pages. == uTouch In-Depth == The main Multitouch page was getting quite long, so we've split content out into dedicated pages for easier reading and reference. |
* [[Multitouch/Definitions|Definitions]] - A glossary of terms we use when discussing touch/gesture recognition technology, both at the user-experience and engineering levels |
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| * [[Multitouch/History|History]] - Work done in previous versions of Ubuntu, including information on previous architectures * [[Multitouch/AdditionalResources|Additional Resources]] - Information on research, Ubuntu brainstorming, and other related material * [[Multitouch/NewsAndSocial|News and Social Media]] |
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| == Definitions == * [[Multitouch/Definitions]] - A glossary of terms we use when discussing uTouch technology, both at the user-experience and engineering levels * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch|Multitouch]] - Wikipedia entry == Multitouch Pages == |
== Other pages == Over time we have collected many pages of useful information. Unfortunately, much of it has fallen out of date. You may find some helpful information in one of the subpages below, but please bear in mind that only pages linked above are currently maintained. |
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Contents
Overview
Supported Gestures
On some systems, Unity has support for some system gestures, and you can try those out right away. Here's a list:
- 3 finger pinch to maximize/restore windows
- 3 finger press and drag to move window
- 3 finger touch to show grab handles
3 finger double tap -> switches to previous window
3 finger tap followed by 3-fingers hold -> shows window switcher
drag those 3-fingers -> change selected window icon
release fingers -> selects window and closes switcher
3 finger tap followed by 3-fingers hold -> shows window switcher
release fingers -> switcher will kept being shown for some seconds still
drag with one or three fingers -> change selected window
release finger(s) -> selects window and closes switcher
3 finger tap followed by 3-fingers hold -> shows window switcher
release fingers -> switcher will kept being shown for some seconds still
tap on some window icon -> selects that icon and closes the switcher
- 4 finger swipe left/right to reveal launcher (if the dock autohide is enabled)
- 4 finger tap to open dash
Some applications support 2 finger gestures. However, note that 2 finger gestures require extra setup for touchpads in Ubuntu. Also please note that your system may not be supported out of the box, or at all.
Legacy Applications
Ginn provides users with the ability to add gestures for applications that do not directly support gestures. Ginn supports everything from photo viewers and text editors to window managers! Ginn is not installed by default, and has been moved to universe repositories as of Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)
About
The Wiki
This resource features information about multitouch support for Ubuntu, including:
- drivers for a range of hardware
- a gesture processing system which does the heavy lifting of gesture analysis
- APIs for developers who want to build gestures into their apps
- support for gesture-based window management in Unity
Touch Overview
The Ubuntu gesture recognition framework includes several different components and is associated with various tools and projects:
- kernel drivers (evdev, mtdev)
- a display server (currently only X is supported; there are future plans for Wayland)
- Grail - the gesture recognizer
- GEIS - platform/distro agnostic API for gestures
- Support in toolkits (Qt, GTK)
- Support for legacy applications (Ginn)
See the "In-Depth" section below for more information on the projects various aspects (including current work). Architectural information is available there as well.
For the full list of projects related to touch/gesture recognition, be sure to see the "Projects" section on this page:
Joining the Community
In-Depth
Definitions - A glossary of terms we use when discussing touch/gesture recognition technology, both at the user-experience and engineering levels
Testing - This covers getting started, checking your hardware (and our stack), and community-driven QA
Development - How to contribute and related resources
Current Work - What's happening this cycle, including information on the current architecture
Other pages
Over time we have collected many pages of useful information. Unfortunately, much of it has fallen out of date. You may find some helpful information in one of the subpages below, but please bear in mind that only pages linked above are currently maintained.
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