Launch Ubuntu applications using mouse gestures

This post was written by admin on September 27, 2009
Posted Under: General

Easystroke is tiny GUI tool which you can launch your applications with a simple mouse gesture in anywhere of your screen.
In following picture,I make a T in my desktop and it brings up a terminal window:
easystroke2

1.To install easystroke,go to Applications->Add&Remove….Search”easystroke”(Select all available applications in Show scroll-down menu).Mark easystroke in lists and click Apply to install.
2.Now,launch easystroke from Applications->Universal Access menu.(Click the icon on right top of your screen to see its main window).
easystroke

In Preferences tab,click on Gesture Button.I set it to Ctrl+Button1(Ctrl+mouse left click).Check “Autostart easystroke” if you want this autorun when login.

3.Then in Actions tab,select Add Action.

Name:type a name for your application you want to launch with mouse gesture.

Type:Command,by default.

Details:Type the command to launch this application.
easystroke1

Now,Click Record Stroke.Don’t care the pop up window.Press down Ctrl+Left click(the gesture button) and make a letter (such as T for terminal, S for firefox 3.5).

4.In anywhere of your deaktop,press down the gesture button(Ctrl+Left click in my case) and make a letter as you want.And the matched application will start up.

Related posts:

  1. Frequently-used Keyboard shortcuts in Ubuntu Linux
  2. Ubuntu using Windows key(Super key) to Launch Gnome Main Menu
  3. Quickly Close windows and applications using xkill in Ubuntu
  4. Rotate ubuntu 3D desktop workspace using mouse middle-wheel
  5. Install A drop-down launcher for favorite files and applications in ubuntu

    Add a Comment

    required, use real name
    required, will not be published
    optional, your blog address