Suggestion: Offer smoother touchpad workspace swiping

[goetzc]

Would you consider an optional preset or documented example for continuous, macOS-like touchpad workspace swiping?

The current gesture implementation switches workspaces when the swipe ends, with workspace animations disabled. I'd like to suggest analternative where the workspace follows the fingers and animates into place on release.

Environment

Omarchy 4.5 with the Hyprland version bundled with that release.

Proposed configuration

Use Hyprland's native three-finger workspace gesture in ~/.config/hypr/input.lua, with lower swipe thresholds:

hl.gesture({ fingers = 3, direction = "horizontal", action = "workspace" })

hl.config({
  gestures = {
    workspace_swipe_distance = 120,
    workspace_swipe_min_speed_to_force = 5,
    workspace_swipe_cancel_ratio = 0.3,
  },
})

Enable a workspace animation in ~/.config/hypr/looknfeel.lua:

hl.curve("swipeSettle", {
  type = "bezier",
  points = { { 0.23, 1 }, { 0.32, 1 } },
})

hl.animation({
  leaf = "workspaces",
  enabled = true,
  speed = 5,
  bezier = "swipeSettle",
})

The native horizontal gesture would need to replace the existing three-finger left/right callbacks, rather than be added alongside them. The other gestures could remain unchanged.

Why?

These settings reduce the finger travel needed to switch workspaces, make shorter flicks easier, and let the workspace settle smoothlyon release instead of snapping into place.

The lower thresholds may increase accidental switches on some touchpads, and enabling workspace animations also affects keyboard switching. A documented opt-in example would let users try this without changing everyone's defaults.