[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 193919] [GTK] Implement back/forward touchpad gesture

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Fri Feb 8 00:12:35 PST 2019


https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193919

--- Comment #97 from Tim Horton <thorton at apple.com> ---
(In reply to Alexander Mikhaylenko from comment #96)
> > Would other kind of gestures also need a setting? Should we make this more generic then? I mean future gestures.
> 
> Tbh I don't think there will be any more WebKit-side gestures. There are
> potential gestures for browsers in general, like swipe to switch tabs, or
> pull to refresh, but that doesn't involve WebKit.
> 
> There can be a variant of the same gesture for touchscreens though (say, an
> edge swipe), but it can use the same setting.
> 
> As for the existing ones, the touchscreen ones (pan, long press etc) are
> completely necessary, so I don't think it makes sense to be able to disable
> them. And pinch zoom (on both devices) is more debatable, but why would an
> app disable it?

FWIW a lot of WebKit embeds on macOS don't want the pinch gesture. We have a separate bit for each (swipe and pinch).

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