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Patch for bringing back the MeeGo-style close gesture (swipe from top)

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asked 2019-01-05 14:18:37 +0200

figgis-diggis gravatar image

updated 2019-11-07 12:34:08 +0200

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As the title suggests, after a little digging around I figured out a way to bring back the MeeGo-style closing gesture — swipe from any place of the top edge when there is an application on the foreground closes said application — to the Sailfish 3.

The Top Menu is still there unchanged and can be accessed by any other way (top to bottom swipe on the home screen, notifications area or lockscreen or just a tap on the status bar).

Since I'm too lazy to create openrepos package, I will just post the instructions here. All you need to do is edit /usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml

The first line we're interested in is line 896 for 3.1.0: update for 3.2 line number is 905

topAcceptMargin: Math.max(QtQuick.Screen.pixelDensity * 10, (largeScreen ? (SS.Screen.width - topMenuLayer.exposedArea.width) / 2 : Theme.itemSizeMedium))

What it does is set the areas dragging down from which triggers the closing gesture. So, as quick and dirty solution — just make it equal to the screen width.

topAcceptMargin: SS.Screen.width

And another line is 1279 for 3.1.0: update for 3.2: line 1290

|| appLayerItem.active

If you scroll a bit higher you'll see that it is a single item in the list of possible variants for opening the top menu. Since we don't need it to open when trying to close the running app, that line can be just deleted.

And that's it.

Here are the diff file and the modified compositor.qml (it uploaded as .gz but it's actually .tar.gz). If anybody wants to create a full openrepos or patchmanager patch package — they're welcome.

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thx for your work :) You can create a Patchamanger Patch very easy, no need to create rpms. Just rename your diff, zip it and upload it. Instructions are here: Patchmanager Web

jayki ( 2019-01-05 16:43:18 +0200 )edit
1

Was waiting for that! Thanks!

stephan ( 2019-01-05 21:50:33 +0200 )edit
10

Ah - seems like my OS will become usable again... What a relief. ;)

ossi1967 ( 2019-01-06 12:17:05 +0200 )edit
1

Corresponding lines in Xperia X (F5122) seem to be 793 and 1163.

japsi ( 2019-01-06 14:59:51 +0200 )edit

Errr... I use Xperia X image too but it was exactly the lines i mentioned in my message. Maybe something to do with text wrapping?

Just in case — if you refer to the line numbering in the attached file, please note that the attached archive is actually .tar.gz, not just a .gz. Since tar just jams files together, if you open it as is, you'll just see the diff and the compositor.qml in a single file.

figgis-diggis ( 2019-01-06 15:21:58 +0200 )edit

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answered 2019-01-10 02:15:06 +0200

rozgwi gravatar image

updated 2019-02-09 12:26:17 +0200

Thanks a bunch figgis-diggis!
With a little help from @Edz (yes I saw that comment ;p ) and @coderus I was able to convert this into a patch for PM3. It's been tested on Sailfish X 3.0.1.11 (Xperia X)
Since I don't know when I'll be able to put it up to the web catalog here it is:

patch.json

{
    "name": "close-gesture",
    "display_name": "Close gesture 'revived'",
    "description": "Bring back the classic (MeeGo/SFOS 2) close gesture for SFOS 3.0 with the new Top-Menu available only from Events View and Homescreen.\r\nOriginal work by figgis-diggis@TJC",
    "category": "homescreen",
    "sources":"",
    "version": "0.0.1",
    "compatible": ["3.0.1.11","3.0.1.14"]
}

unified_diff.patch

--- /usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml
+++ /usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@
                             rightEnabled: Desktop.startupWizardRunning
                             topEnabled: !Desktop.startupWizardRunning && !topMenuLayerItem.active
                             // Minimum top accept margin is 10mm
-                            topAcceptMargin: Math.max(QtQuick.Screen.pixelDensity * 10, (largeScreen ? (SS.Screen.width - topMenuLayer.exposedArea.width) / 2 : Theme.itemSizeMedium))
+                            topAcceptMargin: SS.Screen.width
                         }

                         onAboutToShowWindow: {
@@ -1254,7 +1254,6 @@
                              && DeviceLock.state <= DeviceLock.Locked
                              && (topMenuLayerItem.active
                                  || homeLayer.active
-                                 || appLayerItem.active
                                  || alarmLayerItem.inCall
                                  || lockScreenLayerItem.active)
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Possible conflicts on my Xperia X: Volume control settings patch.

eson ( 2019-01-10 10:23:47 +0200 )edit

I have that patch too. Works though, even with Top menu content enabled in addition

rozgwi ( 2019-01-10 12:52:24 +0200 )edit

Yep, works for me to. It was just a notation for possible conflicts.

eson ( 2019-01-10 20:06:32 +0200 )edit

Very nice! Thank you too.

figgis-diggis ( 2019-01-11 06:18:52 +0200 )edit

Thanks for posting this. Apologies if I have overlooked something simple, but I cannot figure out how to apply those files to PM3. Is there a way to apply local patch files to PM3 that I have missed?

Drekkie ( 2019-01-16 19:34:50 +0200 )edit
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answered 2019-05-08 00:17:16 +0200

deloptes gravatar image

3.0.3.9 the patch looks like

--- /usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml.bkp
+++ /usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@
                             rightEnabled: Desktop.startupWizardRunning
                             topEnabled: !Desktop.startupWizardRunning && !topMenuLayerItem.active
                             // Minimum top accept margin is 10mm
-                            topAcceptMargin: Math.max(QtQuick.Screen.pixelDensity * 10, (largeScreen ? (SS.Screen.width - topMenuLayer.exposedArea.width) / 2 : Theme.itemSizeMedium))
+                            topAcceptMargin: SS.Screen.width
                         }

                         onAboutToShowWindow: {
@@ -1277,7 +1277,6 @@
                              && DeviceLock.state <= DeviceLock.Locked
                              && (topMenuLayerItem.active
                                  || homeLayer.active
-                                 || appLayerItem.active
                                  || alarmLayerItem.inCall
                                  || lockScreenLayerItem.active)

and works just as expected

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how to get this working on 3.1 ? XA2 dual sim

peakki ( 2019-07-30 14:39:55 +0200 )edit

Exactly the same way, the relevant lines are 896 and 1279 (I've just updated the OP).

figgis-diggis ( 2019-08-16 23:46:21 +0200 )edit
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answered 2019-11-07 15:21:58 +0200

miau gravatar image

Unified_diff.patch for 3.2:

--- /usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml   2019-10-02 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml   2019-11-07 13:52:16.465103138 +0100
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@
                         rightEnabled: Desktop.startupWizardRunning
                         topEnabled: !Desktop.startupWizardRunning && !topMenuLayerItem.active
                         // Minimum top accept margin is 10mm
 -                            topAcceptMargin: Math.max(QtQuick.Screen.pixelDensity * 10, (largeScreen ? (SS.Screen.width - 
                              topMenuLayer.exposedArea.width) / 2 : Theme.itemSizeMedium))
+                           topAcceptMargin: SS.Screen.width
                     }

                     onAboutToShowWindow: {
@@ -1279,7 +1279,6 @@
                          && DeviceLock.state <= DeviceLock.Locked
                          && (topMenuLayerItem.active
                              || homeLayer.active
-                             || appLayerItem.active
                              || alarmLayerItem.inCall
                              || lockScreenLayerItem.active)
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awesome, thank you!

rozgwi ( 2019-11-07 16:50:55 +0200 )edit
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answered 2019-12-17 22:15:31 +0200

rozgwi gravatar image

updated 2019-12-22 23:40:18 +0200

Updated version for 3.2.1

EA version! - right now PM won't apply this for me, saying it can't find the file to patch. I checked the diff and can't find any issues, maybe it'll work for you.... fixed, works now.

--- /usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml
+++ /usr/share/lipstick-jolla-home-qt5/compositor.qml
@@ -912,9 +912,7 @@
                             rightEnabled: Desktop.startupWizardRunning
                             topEnabled: !Desktop.startupWizardRunning && !topMenuLayerItem.active
                             // Minimum top accept margin is 10mm
-                            topAcceptMargin: Math.max(QtQuick.Screen.pixelDensity * 10,
-                                                      (largeScreen ? (SS.Screen.width - topMenuLayer.exposedArea.width) / 2
-                                                                   : Theme.itemSizeMedium))
+                           topAcceptMargin: SS.Screen.width
                         }

                         onAboutToShowWindow: {
@@ -1299,7 +1297,6 @@
                              && DeviceLock.state <= DeviceLock.Locked
                              && (topMenuLayerItem.active
                                  || homeLayer.active
-                                 || appLayerItem.active
                                  || alarmLayerItem.inCall
                                  || lockScreenLayerItem.active)

and as a 'bonus' an updated patch JSON as well: 

{   "name": "classic-close-gesture",
    "display_name": "Classic close gesture",
    "description": "Bring back the classic (MeeGo) close gesture for SFOS 3\r\nwith the new Top-Menu available only from Events View and Home Screen.\r\nOriginal work by figgis-diggis @ TJC",
    "category": "homescreen",
    "version": "3.2.1",
    "compatible": ["3.2.1.19", "3.2.1.20"],
    "infos": {
        "maintainer": "Sailor community",
    }
    "discussion": "https://together.jolla.com/question/196795/"}
    }
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answered 2019-04-24 15:26:52 +0200

Vincent gravatar image

Maybe i misunderstand what is being solved here, but i recently found a gesture that seems to do out of the box what you want (on 3.0.2.8 on a Gemini). When i edge-swipe down in the top-left corner of an open app, it closes the app.

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Yes, you misunderstood. Maybe you can delete your answer.

Pohli ( 2019-04-24 18:50:09 +0200 )edit

I could, but not on the authority of somone just telling me to. Can you please explain the difference between this solution and what i said?

Vincent ( 2019-04-25 03:33:19 +0200 )edit
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@Vincent You described current behavior of swipe from top after SFOS 3. Top-left and top-right is closing app while top-middle is opening top menu.
The update is returning to functionality before SFOS 3, swipe from top is closing app on whole area (not only top-left or top-right).

sepuka ( 2019-04-25 17:14:25 +0200 )edit

and someone even upvoted this answer - unbelievable! Please, next time clarify before answering - also a comment can be easily converted to an answer if needed

deloptes ( 2019-04-26 11:28:51 +0200 )edit

Alright, so we have the same functionality with the same gesture out of the box. The difference is that in this patch it also works at the top-middle. I think people should be aware of the functionality out of the box, in order to make an educated choice. I for one, do not like to install additional software i do not need, only because i was not aware that the functionality already existed in almost the same form.

Vincent ( 2019-04-26 15:39:13 +0200 )edit
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