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Issue and feature request tracking for the Multitouch app
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3 Finger Drag Disabled #98

Open katurn1 opened 2 years ago

katurn1 commented 2 years ago

How do I use the app without it overriding/ disabling 3 finger drag?

rxhanson commented 2 years ago

You'll have to remove three finger gestures from Multitouch that involve a click, like three finger click or three finger force touch.

Three finger drag works by creating a click that is not distinguishable from a regular click, and gestures like three finger click in Multitouch have to intercept the left click to replace it with the configured action. There's not really a way for them to coexist in an intuitive way.

In the latest version, I added an alternative to three finger drag that might be of interest if you're willing to forego the muscle memory associated with three finger drag:

Configure the gesture "Rest three touches, remove all but one" to "Left Click and Drag". This provides effectively the same functionality as three finger drag, but doesn't tie up any other three finger gestures. In my opinion, it has a surprisingly low learning curve and is normally quite difficult to accidentally trigger, but the catch is that it's not quite as simple as three finger drag.