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so, I have an idea for my project and

the can only do single clicks and swipes, right??

well.... there is a power button and two volume buttons....

you see where I'm going with this? :blobowo:

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@grainloom Most touchscreens in phones will be able to detect 2-3 fingers or more...

@grainloom there's also hold.

Depending on hardware there's also pinch to zoom/unzoom.

Other gestures are more uncommon and less used.

with a button to modify the input you could probably come up with all sorts of stuff

@grainloom also I wish most touchscreens had a mode wherein it became more like a touchpad and had a cursor on the screen. So if I pushed upwards on the screen I'd move the cursor upwards. This is good when you need a little more accuracy.

Newer androids actually do show a mouse cursor when a mouse is attached to the device so maybe one day we'll see that happen.

@grainloom

> there is a power button and two volume buttons....
> you see where I'm going with this

Please, don't.

If you want to do a right-click, do hold. If you want to do right-drag or something, do double-finger drag or something.

@drequivalent you can't chord with multi-touch :blobsad:

i will fight god and use Acme on my phone