4 finger scroll

Feature Requests
1

Hey everyone, really love BTT
I wonder if it is possible to have a 4 finger scroll.
Coming form windows 11, it was possible to adjust volume by 4 finger scrolling up and down, really convinient.
I tried to trigger vol+/- by 4-finger swipe down, but it will only inc/dec by 1 for each swipe but not in a continious fashion.
I then implemented the popular turning knob gesture, which works continuous as I would like it to, but i find the gesture to be a bit awkward.

Is it possible to implement this gesture with "cycle through action" or would it be necesarry to implement a "4 finger scroll" gesture all together?

Thanks in advance!

2

Hi @wonderer440 ,

Try with the "Repeat assigned action":

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3

Thanks for your reply.
I already tried that, but even at repeat rate 2 (max) and setting the sensitivity for 4 finger swipe to as low as possible, it will decrease volume only by two when swiping the whole length of the trackpad. :confused:

4

actually it needs to be small not high, and it doesn't depend on the length of the swipe but the duration of the touch :slight_smile:

5

Thanks, I highly appreciate your taking your time for this.
Good to know, but unfortunately even if I set it very low, it still is far too slow to work conveniently. Would it be possible to make it faster or to make it dependent on the distance travelled instead of the duration of the swipe?

Much obliged!

6

Unfortunately currently not, however you should be able to set it to only a few miliseconds (e.g 0.05) then it will repeat super fast as long as you don't remove all fingers from the trackpad.

7

Thanks again, now I could get it to work repeatedly. Unfortunately, it feels a bit awkward still and I cant change direction midway through. So if I want to reduce the volume it works but if I then change direction to increase, it will continue decreasing as my fingers didn´t leave the trackpad.

I don´t know how difficult it is to implement the function to be dependent on distance instead of time but I think it would make a great addition.

But nonetheless, I highly appreciate your replys!

8

I use the mouse to move the cursor to the top left corner of the screen, which triggers the following actions (activated only when the cursor is at the top left corner):

  • The mouse scroll wheel adjusts the volume very smoothly; at this point, the scroll wheel functions like a tone control (or it can also adjust brightness).
  • A single left-click pauses the music, while a double left-click skips to the next song.

The touchpad is not suitable for continuous interaction due to physical limitations.

On a Mac, the mouse remains the best option, rather than the touchpad.