[PATCH] Custom Browser Gestures - Touchpad

[Nightburn]

* If you have any problems with this patch, please carefully read the Known Patch Conflicts and Issues section below. *

This patch enables 12 configurable gesture areas. You can reconfigure the action for each gesture in Tweaks. The gestures activate by swiping in from the screen edges. Gestures assigned to the top of the screen will only activate in fullscreen mode. A visual overlay option highlights each gesture quadrant.

Current Supported Gestures

• Back
• Forward
• New Card
• Bookmarks
• History
• Refresh
• Toggle Fullscreen
• Toggle Action Bar
• Disable

Planned Supported Actions (if anyone knows how to add any of these please PM me)

• Jump to Top of Page
• Jump to Bottom of Page

This patch is compatible with the Touchpad and webOS 3.0.4. The older 3.0.2 version will remain in the feed.

Known Patch Conflicts and Issues:
If it won't install, uninstall any patches that modify the browser and try again. At this time, no efforts have been made to make this patch compatible with others.

If the "tweaks" app gives you error when you toggle "enable overlay", disregard it, it should work anyways. I talked with Sconix about this, the error basically means your touchpad is too fast

Changelog
2011-11-08:
- improved fullscreen mode, the progress bar will now remain visible. thanks knownboyofno!
2011-10-31:
-improved the handling of the back gesture, it should no longer be possible to activate the back gesture when there is nothing to go back too. So no more accidental gestures that take you back to the browser "start page".
2011-10-22:
-improved the visibility of the gesture overlay option.

2011-10-21:
- added 12 total gesture areas (4 on each side, and 4 on top)
- added Toggle Action Bar gesture (Similar to fullscreen gesture)
- added New Card gesture
- added History gesture
- added visual overlay option

2011-09-24:
- Added fullscreen toggle gesture
- Added the ability to disable a gesture.

2011-09-23:
- A bug has been squashed where the back gesture wouldn't work if you set it to the top left quadrant.


Big thanks to Garrett92C, without his patches, this one wouldn't exist.

Help support the wonderful webos homebrew community and consider a donation!:
donate to Garrett92C
donate to Nightburn

[huladaddy]

This is awesome. Great implementation.

I would love to see these gestures implemented globally to perform system-wide functions. Any chance you could comment on the possibility of what I described in the post below:

http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touc...ml#post3164600

[Nightburn]

It just popped up in Preware, go get it!

[shadavis08]

kool ! good patch

[cdjh]

liking this one! Nice work

[jdworsky]

I can't seem to be able to use "back" as my top left swipe gesture? Every other combination works for me except that. Multiple restarts, changing settings - that's the only one that won't take. Anyone else seeing this?

[Nightburn]

Originally Posted by jdworsky

I can't seem to be able to use "back" as my top left swipe gesture? Every other combination works for me except that. Multiple restarts, changing settings - that's the only one that won't take. Anyone else seeing this?

yea, I found that bug after I had already submitted it to Preware. I'll be releasing an update soon.

[Nightburn]

Originally Posted by jdworsky

I can't seem to be able to use "back" as my top left swipe gesture? Every other combination works for me except that. Multiple restarts, changing settings - that's the only one that won't take. Anyone else seeing this?

I have submitted the patch update to the Preware feeds.

[mc_gusto]

love this patch

[gergev]

Can we install this from the browser?
I get a response "2 of 3 hunks failed" see ipk log.

[Pix]

nice patch, it works very well !
howewer, it could be improved with two small things more:

1) add the blinking of the arrow buttons while the "back" or the "forward" swipe is catched
2) add a tweaks option to reverse the swipe gestures: instead of a movement from outside the screen to inside, an inside-to-outside one

Anyway, good job!

[eblade]

Not working here. *Uninstalled prior patch before installing, this one installed without error, but nothing happening at all when I swipe in from anywhere

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

[coluccim]

Originally Posted by Nightburn

This patch enables 4 configurable gesture areas. You can reconfigure the action for each gesture in Tweaks.

The gestures activate by swiping in from the top and bottom halfs of the screen edges.

Current Supported Actions:

• Back
• Forward
• Bookmarks
• Refresh

Planned Supported Actions

• Jump to Top of Page
• Jump to Bottom of Page
• History

This patch is only compatible with the Touchpad and webOS 3.0.2

Known Patch Conflicts:

• Powerswipe
• Simple Browser Gestures
• Add ThumbNav Controls

Changelog

3.0.2-32
- A bug has been squashed where the back gesture wouldn't work if you set it to the top left quadrant.

3.0.2-30
- Initial Release


Big thanks to Garrett92C, without his patches, this one wouldn't exist.

The patch is now available in Preware. Go GET IT!

Help support the wonderful webos homebrew community and consider a donation!:
donate to Garrett92C
donate to Nightburn

You rock.

I hope touchpad users see this thread.

[rhepungus]

This is what the touchpad should have included as a default behavior. Awesome tweak, thanks!

[dostie1]

Originally Posted by gergev

Can we install this from the browser?
I get a response "2 of 3 hunks failed" see ipk log.

Chances are you have a patch installed that is conflicting. Look above at known patch conflicts. Check your installed patches and uninstall the conflicting patches, restart, then try this patch again.

[dostie1]

Originally Posted by eblade

Not working here. *Uninstalled prior patch before installing, this one installed without error, but nothing happening at all when I swipe in from anywhere

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

You can set up this patch using the Tweaks App. It can be found in preware apps. Tweaks works with some other apps to give you a bit more customization too.

[Nightburn]

Originally Posted by eblade

Not working here. *Uninstalled prior patch before installing, this one installed without error, but nothing happening at all when I swipe in from anywhere

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

You probably need to install and open Tweaks.

[Nightburn]

Originally Posted by Pix

nice patch, it works very well !
howewer, it could be improved with two small things more:

1) add the blinking of the arrow buttons while the "back" or the "forward" swipe is catched
2) add a tweaks option to reverse the swipe gestures: instead of a movement from outside the screen to inside, an inside-to-outside one

Anyway, good job!

1. Good idea, I'll look into it
2. This may seem like a small request but it's not. The gesture areas are simply 7px wide transparent boxes aligned to the edge of screen, they do not detect movement, they only detect being touched. To accurately calculate swipe movement, the gesture boxes would need to be greatly enlarged, at least 50 pixels wide. And if they were that wide, you would run into situations where you can't click any links underneath them. I appreciate the suggestion but this one is probably not happening.

[eblade]

You probably need to install and open Tweaks.

looks like running tweaks did it tyvm


-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

[jdworsky]

This updates fixes my issue beautifully! This has vaulted to the top of my "most used" patches. Thanks.