Libinput-gestures.conf and xdotool

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Hi,

I installed those two packages and tried to make some gestures,
I wanted to make 2 fingers swipe left make go back
I wrote this line:

gesture: swipe left 2   xdotool key alt+Left

But it does not work ; (

I am sure that this packages are work because I add following line to config

gesture: swipe right 3  xdotool key super+ctrl+Right
gesture: swipe left 3   xdotool key super+ctrl+Left

and they work well, also after following command:

libinput-gestures-setup restart && libinput-gestures-setup status

I see libinput-gestures is running message

I also wanted to make that 3 finger swipe down change brightness to 0 and for up increase by 10, how can I do it by command not by simulate pressing key.

Thank you for any tips in advance <3
Simon

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I think that 2 finger swipe is already handled by the desktop environment

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Yes, u right after change to 3 fingers it works well.

How about commands to change brightness?

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I’m afraid I don’t know about that… I guess there are some mechanisms in xdotool to debug and intercept keyboard shortcuts like the ones you use normally to decrease increase brightness

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xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessUp
xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown

could work if the desktop environment has the necessary daemons to handle it.

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@lorebett No problem thank you about your help <3
@pobrn Thanks a lot, it works for increasing, unfortunately I wanted to swipe down change to 0 % :D,

Anyway if no one know how to, still I appreciate so much <3

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It depends on what software is installed on your machine. Maybe the software you use right now to manage the brightness has a D-bus API which can be easily invoked to set the brightness to zero.

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TBH, im super beginner with linux, but I am happy to learn.
Would u mind to LMK how to check it?
I use manjaro w/ i3 :slight_smile:

Thanks a lot

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One thing you could try is xbacklight -set 0, and there are multiple other programs listed here.

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So I checked and I think that it’s not any of them. What I did?

  • I wrote your command and got message command not found
  • I wrote package names and for each got command not found
  • I wrote command sudo pacman -S ... where … are names of packages from your link, and also packages not found

What I think is that maybe I could just install one of them? I am asking because I do not know if that maybe will generate some problems :rofl:

Thank you for helping me :blue_heart:

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xbacklight is in the xorg-xbacklight package, acpilight is also in the official repositories. Those programs which are marked “AUR”, are in the AUR.

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Thank you, so it works <3

Anyone needs my config, here you go:

gesture: swipe left 3   xdotool key alt+Left
gesture: swipe right 3  xdotool key alt+Right
 
gesture: swipe right 4  xdotool key super+ctrl+Right
gesture: swipe left 4   xdotool key super+ctrl+Left

gesture: swipe down 3   xbacklight -set 0.1
gesture: swipe up 3 xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessUp

Thanks again!

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