Bug 2154358

Summary:	Turn off swipe to switch workspace
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Reporter:	Florian Müllner <fmuellner>
Component:	gnome-shell-extensions	Assignee:	Florian Müllner <fmuellner>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Michael Boisvert <mboisver>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:	Marek Suchánek <msuchane>
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	9.1	CC:	jadahl, pasik, rstrode, tpelka
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Triaged
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Fixed In Version:	gnome-shell-extensions-40.7-4.el9	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:	2023-05-09 07:46:31 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Florian Müllner 2022-12-16 17:09:39 UTC

This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #2138109

I am copying this bug because: The 'gesture-inhibitor' extension is included in RHEL 9 as well, it is reasonable to expect that new features added in RHEL 8 are available in the later version as well.



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 3 Michael Boisvert 2022-12-22 16:13:55 UTC

Instructions on how to inhibit the touchscreen swipe to change workspace gesture on RHEL9:

1. Install gnome-shell-extension-gesture-inhibitor-40.7-4.el9
2. $ gnome-extensions enable gesture-inhibitor.github.com
2. $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.gesture-inhibitor workspace-switch false

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 07:46:31 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-2023:2328