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Touch

Settings and perhaps instruction for common touch and multitouch operations. Should provide a complete set of configuration options for touch screen devices. Must also be able to coexist with Touchpad settings, as found in Mouse and Touchpad.

Participants

AllanDay

Objectives

Allow discovery of multitouch gestures for touchscreens and touchpads.
Allow configuration of gestures:
- Adjust for physical ability.
- Adjust for hardware capabilities/sensitivity.

Relevant Art

OS X Leopard

OS X Lion

iOS

Elementary OS

Discussion

Include a test area?

What is the relationship to mouse and touchpad settings?

Possible settings to include:

Touchpad: tap to click, nautural scrolling, two finger scroll
Touchscreen - long press delay

An initial review of some of the options to be provided by this panel:

Action	Options
Action	Touchpad	Touchscreen
Tap to click - Single tap	On/Off	Don't include
Secondary click - Long press	On/Off, sensitivity slider	Sensitivity slider
Scrolling - Two finger scrolling	On/Off	Don't include
Zoom - Move two fingers together	On/Off	On/Off
Rotate - Move two fingers in a circle	On/Off	On/Off
Switch Application - Swipe left or right with three fingers	On/Off	On/Off
Switch Workspace - Swipe up or down with three fingers	On/Off	On/Off
Activities Overview - Swipe down with four fingers?	On/Off	On/Off
Messaging Tray - Swipe up with four fingers?	On/Off	On/Off