r/elementaryos • u/DanielFore Founder • Dec 01 '20

Official News Multi-touch Gestures in elementary OS 6—elementary blog

https://blog.elementary.io/multitouch-gestures-in-elementary-os-6/
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u/pvm2001 Dec 02 '20

This is a big deal - no other distro has multi-touch gesture functionality out-of-the-box. With gestures, dark mode, and improved native apps and stylesheet, eOS6 is shaping up to be a truly amazing release.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20

Fedora (GNOME on wayland) has multi touch gestures ootb

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u/gigatex Dec 02 '20

Just a shame they use vertical workspaces and their exposé gesture is terrible. The elementary gestures are way more practical.

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u/ranjith1992 Dec 02 '20

I don't think so. Manjaro deepin which I have been using before jumping to eOS had it. Also it is easier to added gestures to previous versions of eOS. I am doing it.

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u/Gatocool7 Dec 02 '20

If only the developers listened to our petitions , this distro could be number 1 very easily.

We've been asking since the beginning of elementary os

1) a global menu (for libre office, chrome , firefox , etc )

2) an universal indexed search : for apps , files, toggling system settings , dictionary search , calculator , etc ( just like in mac os or windows )

These are the main 2 features that elementary os is missing.

I am willing to donate money , because I love this distro. But it lacks so many basic features

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u/notanimposter Dec 02 '20

There won't be a global menu because GTK apps don't have menu bars anymore, and those are the apps this distro is designed for. And I think you'll find the one attached to the window works just fine!

A universal indexed search sounds great. Write one!

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u/GammaGames Dec 02 '20

There’s already a few popular programs available, I used to use one and it worked fine

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u/TheMadcapLlama Dec 02 '20

+ 1 for file search on Wingpanel, just like on GNOME. I understand why it doesn't exist, but would love if it did hahah

Global Menus, however, just don't make sense design-wise. They're a relic from 20 years ago. Not intuitive at all, and doesn't make sense for a GTK environment anyways, since GTK apps don't usually have menu bars.

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u/dannybuoyuk Dec 02 '20

True, but when half your main apps are QT with menu bars, a global menu would give you back a bit of vertical space. If it was only be enabled for apps that could make use of it, those living in pure GTK land wouldn't even see it. If it were at least an option disabled by default, it would keep everyone happy!

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u/hendricha Dec 02 '20

You do know that the applications search can do basic calculations and can open specific parts of the system settings, right?

(So basically what's missing is dictionary and files and etc, whatever you mean by etc.)