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Re: Auto-hide launcher not usable on touch screens

 

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Philipp Wendler
<ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> So please consider adding a method to make the auto-hide launcher useful
> on touch screens. Perhaps some sort of gesture? Or is there already such a
> way, and I just didn't discover it?
>

I don't know if it's implemented yet, but there is already a gesture to
open the launcher and the dash :

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch

>
>    - 4 finger swipe left/right to reveal launcher (if the dock autohide
>    is enabled)
>
>
>    - 4 finger tap to open dash
>
> *(As I understand it, 2-fingers gestures are application-level, 3-fingers
gestures are window-level, and 4-fingers gestures are desktop-level.)*

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YannDìnendal

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