# Multi-finger touchpad gestures like Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Brainstorm\ **Tags:** plasma, wayland\ **Created:** [August 3, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534 "2024-08-03T07:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cleanerspam](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/cleanerspam/32/12635_2.png) [@cleanerspam](https://discuss.kde.org/u/cleanerspam)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/1 "2024-08-03T07:01:31Z")
Swipe three fingers down to minimize all windows , Swipe three fingers right or left to change active windows Swipe three fingers up to restore all minimized windows These kind of gestures are supported by nearly all touchpads on every distro after tinkering and adding 3rd party packages like https://github\_com/JoseExposito/touchegg Can we get these features inbuilt inside kde-plasma and enabled by default like other two finger gestures? ![Demo](https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg/raw/master/.github/images/Ubuntu.gif) ---
**Author:** ![player\_one](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/player_one/32/5919_2.png) [@player\_one](https://discuss.kde.org/u/player_one)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/2 "2024-08-03T11:00:13Z")
I think there is some progress, but it is quite difficult for developers to add this functionality so that it works well for everyone. Also touchegg doesn’t work on wayland. And the main direction of kde is wayland. ---
**Author:** ![cleanerspam](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/cleanerspam/32/12635_2.png) [@cleanerspam](https://discuss.kde.org/u/cleanerspam)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/3 "2024-08-03T11:04:29Z")
Yes, Touchegg is finnicky on wayland ---
**Author:** ![player\_one](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/player_one/32/5919_2.png) [@player\_one](https://discuss.kde.org/u/player_one)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/4 "2024-08-03T11:09:49Z")
I use fusuma (kdotool, wmctrl) for wayland. But it isn’t good experience. ---
**Author:** ![cleanerspam](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/cleanerspam/32/12635_2.png) [@cleanerspam](https://discuss.kde.org/u/cleanerspam)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/5 "2024-08-03T11:15:16Z")
Nice , I think it will take long time to develop that for wayland ---
**Author:** ![tgilgien](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@tgilgien](https://discuss.kde.org/u/tgilgien)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/6 "2024-08-04T11:37:25Z")
Touchpad gestures have been added to Plasma Wayland in version 5.25 ([Plasma 5.25 - KDE Community](https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.25.0/)) and have been slightly reworked in Plasma 6. Unfortunately, they aren’t yet configurable. ---
**Author:** ![cleanerspam](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/cleanerspam/32/12635_2.png) [@cleanerspam](https://discuss.kde.org/u/cleanerspam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/7 "2024-08-05T04:42:57Z")
Hoping to see customizations and defaults usaully found on other major OS ---
**Author:** ![spacecase](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@spacecase](https://discuss.kde.org/u/spacecase)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/8 "2024-08-09T02:51:57Z")
Asking for specific gestures is not the solution. 3 and 4 finger gestures already exist in Plasma. The problem is that, at this time, there is no way to configure what these gestures do. Gesture settings are long over due 😦 ---
**Author:** ![obliv](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/e95f7d/32.png) [@obliv](https://discuss.kde.org/u/obliv)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/9 "2025-06-08T10:23:49Z")
+1 to have this configuration available ! ---
**Author:** ![ApolloRoboto](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/apolloroboto/32/23013_2.png) [@ApolloRoboto](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ApolloRoboto)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/10 "2025-07-03T05:51:41Z")
I used to adjust the volume all the time with 4 finger up and down, I would love to have a similar option ---
**Author:** ![neilfarted](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/neilfarted/32/24219_2.png) [@neilfarted](https://discuss.kde.org/u/neilfarted)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/11 "2025-08-16T10:29:37Z")
Is making these settings configurable a technical issue? ---
**Author:** ![Samuele](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/samuele/32/10571_2.png) [@Samuele](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Samuele)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/12 "2025-08-16T10:41:10Z")
I think the point is making them gestures 1:1. When you open the Overview, zoom or change virtual desktop, the animation follows precisely what you do while you do it; maybe they are trying to generalize this behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![the-entropyst](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/the-entropyst/32/24331_2.png) [@the-entropyst](https://discuss.kde.org/u/the-entropyst)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/13 "2025-08-16T12:06:28Z")
If it may help ther has been a blog post about 2 months ago > **[Gesture customization mini-sprint](https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/12/gesture-customization-mini-sprint/?utm_source=atom_feed)** > > To briefly recap, Natalie Clarius and I applied for an NLnet grant to improve gesture support in Plasma, and they accepted our project proposal. We thought it would be a good idea to meet in person and workshop this topic from morning to evening for... ---
**Author:** ![NewtonChutney](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/newtonchutney/32/38085_2.png) [@NewtonChutney](https://discuss.kde.org/u/NewtonChutney)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/multi-finger-touchpad-gestures-like-windows/19534/14 "2026-11-04T07:04:29Z")
Hey KDE devs, Are touchpad gestures planned to be implemented? Is there any place users can upvote for features? 😅 Thanks a lot for Plasma! ❤ I might have not been able to make the switch away from Windows without this DE..