Trackpad Gestures for Window Management

[bigplayer-ai]

Feature Request: Trackpad Gestures for Window Management

Feature Request: Advanced Trackpad Gestures for Rectangle Pro

Enhance Rectangle Pro by incorporating support for trackpad gestures to execute common window management tasks. These gestures, performed on the window border, titlebar, & dock, could trigger actions to enhance window management in Rectangle Pro, I suggest adding these intuitive trackpad gestures:

• Entering/Exiting Full Screen
• Quitting the Application
• Other already implemented rectangle actions
• Haptic Feedback: Tactile confirmation for gesture actions.
• Pinch to Close/Quit: Pinch in on the titlebar to close, double pinch to quit.
• Swipe to Minimize: Swipe down on the titlebar to minimize.
• Pinch/Swipe for Fullscreen: Pinch out or swipe up to toggle fullscreen.
• Double-Tap to Hide: Double-tap to hide all active app windows.

Space & Screen Management:

• Swipe to Switch Spaces: Tap, hold, and swipe to move windows between spaces.
• Swipe to Move Between Screens: Swipe to move windows across screens.

Tab Management:

• Tap and Hold to Detach Tab: Detach a tab into a new window.
• Pinch to Close Tab: Pinch to close a tab.

Snapping & Grid Management:

• Snap to Grid: Gestures for snapping windows to a grid layout.
• Resize Adjacent Windows: Drag to resize multiple snapped windows.

Global Menu & App Management:

• Swipe for App Switcher: Swipe on the menu bar to activate the app switcher.
• Swipe to Minimize/Restore All: Minimize or restore all windows.
• Double Tap to Unsnap All: Double-tap to unsnap all windows.

These additions would align Rectangle Pro with familiar macOS gestures, streamlining the user experience.

[Aaron-Rumpler]

Multitouch supports assigning trackpad gestures to actions, but does window management itself (with a feature set akin to plain Rectangle). You could use URL triggers to get Multitouch to trigger actions from Rectangle Pro. Personally, I'd like to see integration between Multitouch and Rectangle Pro (i.e. Multitouch detects that Rectangle Pro is installed/running and disables its own window management and integrates with Rectangle Pro to let the user easily assign a gesture to a Rectangle Pro action, including the advanced features of Rectangle Pro).

[rxhanson]

Do you have any specific flows or functionality that you'd want to also be in Multitouch? Just looking to gauge copying over functionality from Rectangle Pro into Multitouch vs building out interaction.

[rxhanson]

@bigplayer-ai, do you have specific gestures in mind that are desired here?

[bigplayer-ai]

Feature Request: Advanced Trackpad Gestures for Rectangle Pro

To enhance window management in Rectangle Pro, I suggest adding these intuitive trackpad gestures:

• Haptic Feedback: Tactile confirmation for gesture actions.
• Pinch to Close/Quit: Pinch in on the titlebar to close, double pinch to quit.
• Swipe to Minimize: Swipe down on the titlebar to minimize.
• Pinch/Swipe for Fullscreen: Pinch out or swipe up to toggle fullscreen.
• Double-Tap to Hide: Double-tap to hide all active app windows.

Space & Screen Management:

• Swipe to Switch Spaces: Tap, hold, and swipe to move windows between spaces.
• Swipe to Move Between Screens: Swipe to move windows across screens.

Tab Management:

• Tap and Hold to Detach Tab: Detach a tab into a new window.
• Pinch to Close Tab: Pinch to close a tab.

Snapping & Grid Management:

• Snap to Grid: Gestures for snapping windows to a grid layout.
• Resize Adjacent Windows: Drag to resize multiple snapped windows.

Global Menu & App Management:

• Swipe for App Switcher: Swipe on the menu bar to activate the app switcher.
• Swipe to Minimize/Restore All: Minimize or restore all windows.
• Double Tap to Unsnap All: Double-tap to unsnap all windows.

These additions would align Rectangle Pro with familiar macOS gestures, streamlining the user experience.