Bug 2138109

Summary:	Turn off swipe to switch workspace
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	jigar <jraising>
Component:	gnome-shell-extensions	Assignee:	Florian Müllner <fmuellner>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Michael Boisvert <mboisver>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:	Marek Suchánek <msuchane>
Priority:	medium
Version:	8.6	CC:	casantos, cgarnach, fmuellner, jadahl, mboisver, sbarcomb, tpelka, tpopela
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Triaged
Target Release:	---	Flags:	pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	gnome-shell-extensions-3.32.1-31.el8	Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:	.Disable swipe to switch workspaces Previously, swiping up or down with three fingers always switched the workspace on a touch screen. With this release, you can disable the workspace switching. For details, see link:https://access.redhat.com/solutions/7004784[Disabling swipe to switch workspaces].	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-05-16 08:37:43 UTC	Type:	Bug
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Description jigar 2022-10-27 09:25:05 UTC

Description of problem:

On a touchscreen device with RHEL installed, swiping the screen up leads to workspace switching. The option to turn this gesture off or disable is missing.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 
gnome-shell-3.32.2-44.el8.x86_64

How reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

1) Install RHEL 8 (with gnome) on a touchscreen device

2) Swipe the screen up with three fingers

3) Check if the workspace switches

4) Swipe the screen down and check if the workspace switches back

Actual results: Workspace switches

Expected results: There should be an option to disable workspace switching with swiping gesture

Comment 10 Michael Boisvert 2022-12-17 00:17:56 UTC

Hey Florian, please re-ack. Needed to change the component to not confuse ET.

Comment 11 Florian Müllner 2022-12-17 00:22:34 UTC

Sure, although I'm not sure the flags are still needed after the build was done?

Comment 12 Michael Boisvert 2022-12-17 00:39:20 UTC

(In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #11)
> Sure, although I'm not sure the flags are still needed after the build was
> done?

It's just a formality to get the release+ flag back. It's required to add to an Errata. We likely wont have this issue when we're using Jira.

Comment 15 Michael Boisvert 2022-12-21 14:30:46 UTC

Instructions for inhibiting the touchscreen swipe to change workspace:

1. Install and enable gnome-shell-extension-gesture-inhibitor-3.32.1-31.el8

2. $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.gesture-inhibitor workspace-switch false

Comment 23 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 08:37:43 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (gnome-shell-extensions bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2840