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authorMatt Mayfield <mdmayfield@users.noreply.github.com>2018-08-07 09:34:28 -0500
committerMatt Mayfield <mdmayfield@users.noreply.github.com>2018-08-08 00:40:22 -0500
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doc/user: add 90-degree scroll behavior
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@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ movements will translate into tiny scroll movements.
Scrolling in both directions at once is possible by meeting the required
distance thresholds to enable each direction separately.
+When a scroll gesture remains close to perfectly straight, it will be held to
+exact 90-degree angles; but if the gesture moves diagonally, it is free to
+scroll in any direction.
+
Two-finger scrolling requires the touchpad to track both touch points with
reasonable precision. Unfortunately, some so-called "semi-mt" touchpads can
only track the bounding box of the two fingers rather than the actual