Gestures & triggers
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Gestures and triggers

Confirm your package's trigger button. A common setup uses the right mouse button. Hold it, draw a clear stroke and release. The mouse configuration controls which buttons and applications participate.

Read the recorded name

Use Ctrl+Alt+F11 from the starter commands to inspect the activity log. A rightward stroke followed by right-button release can produce _r+r. A general fallback command can be named last_r+r.

Fragment Meaning
_r, _l, _u, _d Right, left, up, down
_a, _b, _c, _e Upper-left, upper-right, lower-left, lower-right
+r, +l, +m, +x, +y Release combinations for mouse buttons
-r Right-button down
_wu, _wd, _wl, _wr Wheel directions
&condition Additional matching requirement

Letters in the stroke and button portions have different roles. Preserve the observed order of button combinations.

Bind an existing action

Add an alias under the desired command section, then save and restart.

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alias=last_r+r

Choose an unused gesture, or deliberately replace its existing definition in a staged profile. Existing names can prevent an alias from being registered, and application-specific rules can take precedence.

Follow the direction families

↑ is copy. ↑← is Google search and ↑←↑ is Bing search. These are individually defined commands. ↑→ creates a new document or browser tab. ↘ closes a window, or the current tab in a browser. In browsers, ↘↖ reopens a closed tab.

The gesture reference lists exact command names, release combinations and integration steps. Composite names depend on the included gesture samples.

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