Ubuntu 24.04 Touchegg Gesture Swipe

Ubuntu 24.04 — Gesture swipe (Touchégg + X11)

Panduan ini buat pindah workspace pakai 3 jari di Ubuntu 24.04 (noble). PPA ppa:touchegg/stable sering gagal di noble, jadi install manual dari .deb GitHub (sesuai screenshot lu).

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Langkah 1: Pastikan Touchégg terinstall & jalan

Kenapa manual?

Di Ubuntu 24.04, PPA ppa:touchegg/stable sering nggak jalan. Solusinya: download .deb dari GitHub Releases terus install lewat apt/dpkg.

1. Download paket .deb

Buka releases:

👉 https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg/releases

Cari file touchegg_<versi>_amd64.deb (contoh yang pernah dipakai dan Latest di screenshot lu: touchegg_2.0.18_amd64.deb). Kalau nanti ada versi lebih baru, ganti nomor versi di URL dan nama file.

Contoh download lewat terminal (ganti folder kalau mau):

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg/releases/download/2.0.18/touchegg_2.0.18_amd64.deb

Catatan: Kalau nggak ada build khusus “noble”, paket amd64 buat Debian/Ubuntu biasanya tetap oke; kalau ragu, ambil release terbaru yang ada aset .deb amd64.

2. Install .deb

Dari folder tempat .deb ada (misalnya ~/Downloads):

cd ~/Downloads   # atau path lain tempat file .deb
sudo apt-get install ./touchegg_*.deb

Atau pakai nama file penuh:

sudo apt-get install ./touchegg_2.0.18_amd64.deb

Kalau ada missing dependency / broken install:

sudo apt-get install -f

3. Jalankan Touchégg

Manual (foreground):

touchegg

Atau enable & start sebagai service (coba yang cocok sama paket lu — seringnya user service):

systemctl --user enable touchegg
systemctl --user start touchegg
systemctl --user status touchegg

Kalau yang kepasang service sistem:

sudo systemctl enable touchegg
sudo systemctl start touchegg
sudo systemctl status touchegg

Harusnya status: active (running).

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Langkah 2: Konfigurasi gesture pindah workspace

1. Folder & salin config default

mkdir -p ~/.config/touchegg
sudo cp /usr/share/touchegg/touchegg.conf ~/.config/touchegg/touchegg.conf
sudo chown "$USER:$USER" ~/.config/touchegg/touchegg.conf

Kalau path default beda di mesin lu, cari file contoh: find /usr -name touchegg.conf 2>/dev/null

2. Edit config

nano ~/.config/touchegg/touchegg.conf

3. Tambah gesture di <application name="All">

Cari blok <application name="All"> … </application>. Di dalam blok itu (biasanya bareng gesture default lain), tambahin satu dari dua opsi di bawah.

Opsi A — SEND_KEYS (paling simpel, pakai shortcut GNOME)

Ini ngebaca shortcut bawaan umum “workspace kanan/kiri” pakai Super + Page Down / Page Up. Kalau di mesin lu shortcutnya beda, ubah di Settings → Keyboard → View and Customize Shortcuts → bagian workspace / navigation, lalu samain key-nya di sini.

Mapping sesuai tes lu:

• Geser 3 jari ke kiri → workspace kanan (ikut arah “next”)
• Geser 3 jari ke kanan → workspace kiri

    <gesture type="SWIPE" fingers="3" direction="LEFT">
      <action type="SEND_KEYS">
        <repeat>false</repeat>
        <modifiers>Super_L</modifiers>
        <keys>Page_Down</keys>
      </action>
    </gesture>
    <gesture type="SWIPE" fingers="3" direction="RIGHT">
      <action type="SEND_KEYS">
        <repeat>false</repeat>
        <modifiers>Super_L</modifiers>
        <keys>Page_Up</keys>
      </action>
    </gesture>

Opsi B — RUN_COMMAND + xdotool (kalau shortcut beda)

Install dulu kalau belum:

sudo apt-get install xdotool

Contoh (sama arahnya kaya di atas — sesuaikan key combo sama setting keyboard lu):

    <gesture type="SWIPE" fingers="3" direction="LEFT">
      <action type="RUN_COMMAND">
        <command>xdotool key Super+Page_Down</command>
      </action>
    </gesture>
    <gesture type="SWIPE" fingers="3" direction="RIGHT">
      <action type="RUN_COMMAND">
        <command>xdotool key Super+Page_Up</command>
      </action>
    </gesture>

Simpan di nano: Ctrl+O, Enter, lalu Ctrl+X.

4. Restart Touchégg

killall touchegg 2>/dev/null; touchegg &

Atau lewat systemd (user):

systemctl --user restart touchegg

(system):

sudo systemctl restart touchegg

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Langkah 3: Extension GNOME X11 Gestures

Lu udah install x11gestures — yang krusial:

1. Session harus X11, bukan Wayland.
   Di layar login: ikon gear → pilih “Ubuntu on Xorg” (atau varian X11).

2. Cek dari terminal:

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

Harus keluar: x11

Extension x11gestures cuma relevan di X11.

3. Setelah install/update extension, restart GNOME Shell: Alt+F2 → ketik r → Enter.

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Langkah 4: Tes gesture

• 3 jari ke kiri → workspace kanan
• 3 jari ke kanan → workspace kiri

Kalau belum ngaruh:

journalctl -u touchegg -f

Atau (kalau pakai user service):

journalctl --user -u touchegg -f

Hindari bentrok sama libinput-gestures atau fusuma (nonaktifin salah satu kalau kebetulan keduanya jalan).

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Referensi cepat

Item	Nilai
Releases	https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg/releases
Contoh .deb (screenshot)	touchegg_2.0.18_amd64.deb
Config user	~/.config/touchegg/touchegg.conf
Cek session	echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE → x11

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