Marking Gestures

Name: Marking Gestures
Author: @rebind

@rebind / marking-gesturesv0.1.5Public

Hold a key, move in one of four directions and release to invoke a shortcut.

Hold a key, move the mouse left, right, up, or down, and release to use a shortcut. Small or unclear movements do nothing.

Needs Rebind 3.5.1 or newer on Windows or macOS and Rebind Link, with the mouse and keyboard forwarded through hardware mode. Run only one mouse-movement script at a time. Live hardware use remains unverified.

Set up

Open the package in Rebind, select Options to review the keys and settings below, and start it from the editor toolbar.

Controls

Key	Action
Hold F6	Start a gesture. The mouse movement does not move the pointer.
Release F6	Perform the chosen shortcut
Escape	Cancel the gesture
1 / 2 / 3 while holding F6	Use the Editing / Browsing / Media shortcuts for this gesture

Direction	Editing	Browsing	Media
Left	Undo	Back	Previous track
Right	Redo	Forward	Next track
Up	Copy	Previous tab	Volume up
Down	Paste	Next tab	Volume down

Settings

Initial bank chooses the shortcuts each new gesture starts with.
Minimum stroke sets how far you must move. Your mouse's sensitivity (DPI) changes how much hand movement that takes.
Required axis dominance sets how clearly horizontal or vertical the movement must be. Higher values reject more diagonal gestures.
The Controls tab changes the five keys. Choose distinct letters, digits, F1 to F12, Space, Escape, CapsLock, or Menu, then restart the package. Other choices stop it from starting.

Limits

Holding a mouse button, Ctrl, Alt, Shift, or Cmd/Win prevents or cancels a gesture. So does a change of app or window title, though not instantly. A cancelled gesture never replays the hidden movement.
Invalid settings make the package inactive, with a warning, until you correct them.
Apps must support the shortcuts. On Windows: Ctrl+Z/Y/C/V, Alt+Left/Right, and Ctrl+Shift+Tab/Ctrl+Tab. On macOS: Cmd+Z, Cmd+Shift+Z, Cmd+C/V, Cmd+[ / ], and Ctrl+Shift+Tab/Ctrl+Tab. Media actions use media keys. With Rebind Link they go through your computer and need Rebind 3.9 or newer. On macOS, the Media bank needs Rebind 3.10 or newer.

Stop

Stop the package from the editor toolbar, or press Left Ctrl + Left Alt + K (Left Control + Left Option + K on macOS) to stop all scripts. Stopping cancels any gesture in progress.

Version

Older release. Installs get 0.1.5.

rebind.toml450 B

[package]
name = "marking-gestures"
version = "0.1.2"
min_sdk = "3.5.1"

[runtime]
hardware_only = true
mouse_block = true
mouse_mode = "relative"
instance = "single"
tick_rate = 1000
permissions = []
platforms = ["windows", "macos"]

[marketplace]
title = "Marking Gestures"
summary = "Hold a key, move in one of four directions and release to invoke a shortcut."
category = "mouse"
icon = "assets/icon.png"
media = ["assets/cover.png"]
drm = false

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Marking Gestures

Readme

Set up

Controls

Settings

Limits

Stop

Files

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