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== Quick Start == == Overview ==
=== Supported Gestures ===
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
 * 4 finger swipe left/right to reveal launcher
 * 4 finger tap to open dash
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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 are running Natty with the "classic" GNOME Desktop, {{{utouch}}} will be installed, but since you don't have Unity running, system gestures won't be available. However, by using [[Multitouch/Ginn|Ginn]] configured for your window manager, you should be able to have a similar gesture experience.
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=== Legacy Applications ===
[[Multitouch/Ginn|Ginn]] is installed by default, and 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!

=== Issues? ===
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 * [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/utouch/+bugs|Open Bugs]]  * [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/~utouch-bugs|Open Bugs]]
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The latest supported versions of our software is always available in our PPA:
 * https://launchpad.net/~utouch-team/+archive/utouch
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 * [[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"]]

You can also subscribe to the [[https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev|Ubuntu Multitouch dev mailing list]]

For information on getting started with uTouch, see the links below to the "Hardware Support" and "Testing" multitouch wiki pages.
 * [[https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev|Ubuntu Multitouch dev mailing list]]
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The main Multitouch page was getting quite long, so we've split content out into dedicated pages for easier reading and reference.
 * [[Multitouch/Definitions]] - A glossary of terms we use when discussing uTouch technology, both at the user-experience and engineering levels
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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

Overview

Supported Gestures

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
  • 4 finger swipe left/right to reveal launcher
  • 4 finger tap to open dash

If you are running Natty with the "classic" GNOME Desktop, utouch will be installed, but since you don't have Unity running, system gestures won't be available. However, by using Ginn configured for your window manager, you should be able to have a similar gesture experience.

Legacy Applications

Ginn is installed by default, and 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!

Issues?

If you have questions, be sure to come back here and finish reading the wiki! Also, these links may help:

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

uTouch Overview

The Ubuntu uTouch gesture 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 "uTouch 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 uTouch, be sure to see the "Projects" section on this page:

A overview of the gesture interaction UX architecture is available at:

Joining the Community

uTouch In-Depth

  • Multitouch/Definitions - A glossary of terms we use when discussing uTouch technology, both at the user-experience and engineering levels

  • Hardware Support

  • 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

  • History - Work done in previous versions of Ubuntu, including information on previous architectures

  • Additional Resources - Information on research, Ubuntu brainstorming, and other related material

  • News and Social Media

Multitouch Pages

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