Horizontal swipes are sometimes detected as vertical

[katzelad]

Describe the bug

I tried to use 3 finger vertical swipes to switch apps, and I use 3 finger horizontal swipes to navigate back/forward. The horizontal swipes are detected as vertical when there is a slight tilt, I think it would be good to check the angle of the swipe in addition to the distance.

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Set gesture to three finger vertical swipe
2. Make some natural three finger horizontal swipes
3. Some of them trigger the app switcher

Your environment

• AltTab version: 7.14.0
• macOS version: Sonoma

[lwouis]

Hi,

The native app-switcher also allows some leeway in the gesture. If you think about it, only robots would be able to swipe perfectly on one axis. Thus some leeway is always required. Now the question is how much leeway is too much?

I've tested the native switcher, and tuned the amount of acceptable motion in the other axis to match. There is also a feature that after you move too far in the other axis, it will refuse any swipe until you release your fingers and try again.

I'm afraid I can't tune things better. It's a tradeoff between not recognizing the swipe because the leeway is too small, and people are not machines so they will always not make perfect lines; and between recognizing swipes on motions that are barely going in the correct axis.

I've tuned to mimic the native app switcher as much as I could.

Thank you 🙇