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Questions tagged [mouse-gestures]

Gestures performed with the mouse pointer to trigger some actions or other OS functions

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Modify or disable Windows 8 swipe gestures on touchpad / laptop

I have an ASUS G75VW laptop with a Synaptic touchpad (/trackpad). When I move my finger from one edge towards the middle (the swipe), Windows 8 will bring up different stuff. This is a problem because the area where I can actually move the mouse…
Matsemann
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Setting focus auto-raise and focus auto-raise delay in Windows 7

Does anyone know how to set focus follows mouse, focus auto-raise, and auto-raise delay in Windows 7? I've tried Ultimate Windows Tweaker, but that doesn't seem to have any mouse settings. I found a site Here that shows how to edit the registry to…
Scott
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Disable new gestures in Windows 10

This is not a setting I seam to be able to find. The gestures are wrong. I want windows to stop interpreting them, and defer them back to my driver. How do I get sane gesture setting in windows (ie None) without reverting back to windows 7? I am…
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Mouse gestures for 64-bit Windows?

Is there an application that can give me mouse gestures across all programs on Windows 7? I'm aware of StrokeIt, but it seems to have some nasty bugs on 64-bit versions of Windows. (Or maybe it's just mine, I don't know, but it crashed a lot last…
Sasha Chedygov
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How do I change Google Chrome's touchpad gestures to go back using 2 fingers left-to-right?

Google Chrome is set to go backwards a page by swiping two fingers right to left, but I find that backwards and the opposite of what it is on iPhone. How do I change the setting to use left-to-right 2 finger gesture to go backwards? I tried…
Chloe
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Is there a mouse gestures add-on for Google Chrome?

With the release of chrome 3.0 I am again considering switching to chrome as my default browser. The only thing stopping me, and it has been stopping me since chrome 1 came out, is the lack of the mouse gestures add-on that i have in firefox. Mouse…
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Custom action on gestures in Asus zenbook

I have recently bought asus ux303ln and I would like to overwrite some touchpad gestures. Only way to boot up gestures is Asus Smart Gesture and there is no option to perform custom action (like key combination) on ex. 3 finger up. I have found some…
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How to adjust sensitivity of Windows 10 volume control touchpad three-finger gestures

Windows 10 has a Touchpad setting to allow Three-finger gestures to Change audio and volume. I find three-finger-dragging up and down changes the volume too quickly, making it easy to accidentally make it too loud or soft. How can I change only the…
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Keyboard shortcut for "parent directory" in Firefox or Chrome?

I have recently transitioned from various mouse gesture browser extensions to a desktop-based mouse gesture utility (Easystroke on Linux; the Windows equivalent would be StrokeIt - I think). The only thing I'm missing now is a gesture for "navigate…
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How to disable middle click + drag right?

I'm using KDE Plasma on Ubuntu 18.04 and I have a very annoying shortcut: Middle click + Drag right -> Open a new instance of Konsole. It's annoying because it gets triggered regardless of the application I'm using. I can't use middle click + drag…
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How do I disable mouse swipe history?

On my Chromebook, I get a feature where I swipe with two fingers to the left or right and I go forward or back a page in my history. Sometimes, it gets very irritating and I want to disable it. I use Chrome OS. I'm currently doing schoolwork, and I…
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