[HOLD for payment 2024-01-31] [HOLD for payment 2024-01-24] [$500] Feature Request: Three-finger swipe to go back and forward doesn't work on desktop

[m-natarajan]

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Issue reported by: @rafecolton
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Action Performed:

1. Swipe on the trackpad with three fingers (or whatever you have configured in your system settings - could be two).

Expected Result:

Navigates back and forward like in the browser or when using cmd + [ or cmd + ]

Actual Result:

Does nothing

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Triggered auto assignment to @mallenexpensify (NewFeature), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/14418#:~:text=BugZero%20process%20steps%20for%20feature%20requests for more details.

[gijoe0295]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Feature Request: Three-finger swipe to go back and forward doesn't work on desktop

What is the root cause of that problem?

Feature request.

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Electron now supports swipe event here. We could implement it in desktop/main.js just like we already did here.

browserWindow.on('swipe', (e, direction) => {
    if (direction === 'right') {
        browserWindow.webContents.goBack();
    }
    if (direction === 'left') {
        browserWindow.webContents.goForward();
    }
});

However, as already highlighted in the documentation, in order for swipe to emit:

• The 'Swipe between pages' preference in System Preferences > Trackpad > More Gestures must be set to 'Swipe with two or three fingers'

• User must swipe with three fingers

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

NA

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@mallenexpensify Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

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@mallenexpensify 6 days overdue. This is scarier than being forced to listen to Vogon poetry!

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@mallenexpensify 10 days overdue. Is anyone even seeing these? Hello?

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Triggered auto assignment to Contributor Plus for review of internal employee PR - @shubham1206agra (Internal)