Gesture Errors in general.conf (fix provided)

[kaizokuv]

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Oke so after freshly updating the system and the dotfiles, I get prompted with an error that says "Gesture will be overshadowed by a previous gesture: **The given gesture** ". Now I do also have a fix for it which i will make a pull request for but I figured to also raise the issue first. A screenshot of the errors can be found below

<img width="901" height="89" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1a95799a-b560-4c71-a532-af25de865bc9" />

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[kaizokuv]

oke nvm github is annoying heres the screenshot

[kaizokuv]

update, someone help me make a pull request, idk how they work but here's the fix.

1. Go into ~/.config/hypr/custom/general.conf

2. Focus on the 5 "Gesture" lines, to get rid of the errors, cancel them out like below

3. Save the file and it should be fine now, if it doesn't work, you can use 'hyprctl reload' to force it

video for proof

2026-01-11.23-40-36.mp4

again, this is a fix that works for me, if any devs wanna chuck this into the main code go ahead cos idk how

[end-4]

That happens because your custom config also contains gestures. As far as I know hyprland doesn't provide a way to unbind them so for now you'll have to edit the dotfiles' config like that

[kaizokuv]

That happens because your custom config also contains gestures. As far as I know hyprland doesn't provide a way to unbind them so for now you'll have to edit the dotfiles' config like that

the thing is the gestures were part of the config i pulled from the repo, but a small update i suppose, i reenabled them for testing and no errors so it could jus be a small bug on my end that needed a system restart

[kaizokuv]

update, i was wrong rn idk whats wrong anymore, after patching in the latest update the errors came back, below is the fresh general config file from the repo, ill upload it as well for comparisons if needed, as well as the quick diagnose for proof that i had just updated the repo. in addition to that even after commenting our the gesture lines:

gesture = 3, swipe, move,
gesture = 3, pinch, float
gesture = 4, horizontal, workspace
gesture = 4, up, dispatcher, global, quickshell:overviewWorkspacesToggle
gesture = 4, down, dispatcher, global, quickshell:overviewWorkspacesClose

the gestures themselves still work tho the errors ontop are now gone

Quick diagnose

./diagnose

/========================
| Checking git repo info |
========================/

[===diagnose===] git remote get-url origin
https://github.com/end-4/dots-hyprland
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] git rev-parse HEAD
eecc120
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.

Untracked files:
(use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)
arch-packages/
sdist/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] git submodule status --recursive
7f0f0709ec5bbe4c3158c7f5fc68fd890af46618 dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/shapes (heads/main-3-g7f0f070)
[---SUCCESS---]

/=================
| Checking distro |
=================/

[===diagnose===] _check_distro_id
distro ID: arch
distro ID_LIKE:
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] cat os-release
cat: os-release: No such file or directory
[---EXIT 1---]

/====================
| Checking variables |
====================/

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CACHE_HOME
./diagnose: line 36: declare: XDG_CACHE_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_CONFIG_HOME
./diagnose: line 36: declare: XDG_CONFIG_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_DATA_HOME
./diagnose: line 36: declare: XDG_DATA_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p XDG_STATE_HOME
./diagnose: line 36: declare: XDG_STATE_HOME: not found
[---EXIT 1---]

[===diagnose===] declare -p ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV
declare -x ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV="~/.local/state/quickshell/.venv"
[---SUCCESS---]

/============================
| Checking directories/files |
============================/

[===diagnose===] ls -l /home/kaizoku/.local/state/quickshell/.venv
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 kaizoku kaizoku 43 Jan 12 19:39 CACHEDIR.TAG
drwxr-xr-x 2 kaizoku kaizoku 4096 Jan 12 19:39 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 kaizoku kaizoku 4096 Jan 12 19:39 include
drwxr-xr-x 3 kaizoku kaizoku 4096 Jan 12 19:39 lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kaizoku kaizoku 3 Jan 12 19:39 lib64 -> lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 kaizoku kaizoku 193 Jan 12 19:39 pyvenv.cfg
[---SUCCESS---]

/===================
| Checking versions |
===================/

[===diagnose===] Hyprland --version
Hyprland 0.53.1 built from branch v0.53.1 at commit ab1d80f3d6aebd57a0971b53a1993b1c1dfe0b09 clean (version: bump to 0.53.1).
Date: Fri Jan 2 21:20:57 2026
Tag: v0.53.1, commits: 6766

Libraries:
Hyprgraphics: built against 0.5.0, system has 0.5.0
Hyprutils: built against 0.11.0, system has 0.11.0
Hyprcursor: built against 0.1.13, system has 0.1.13
Hyprlang: built against 0.6.7, system has 0.6.8
Aquamarine: built against 0.10.0, system has 0.10.0

Version ABI string: ab1d80f3d6aebd57a0971b53a1993b1c1dfe0b09_aq_0.10_hu_0.11_hg_0.5_hc_0.1_hlg_0.6
no flags were set

[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] _check_quickshell_version
illogical-impulse-quickshell-git 0.1.0.r1-6
qt6-base 6.10.1-1
[---SUCCESS---]

[===diagnose===] _check_PKGBUILD_version
illogical-impulse-audio 1.0-2
illogical-impulse-backlight 1.0-1
illogical-impulse-basic 1.0-2
illogical-impulse-bibata-modern-classic-bin 2.0.6-1
illogical-impulse-fonts-themes 1.0-4
illogical-impulse-hyprland 1.0-4
illogical-impulse-kde 1.0-2
illogical-impulse-microtex-git r494.0e3707f-2
illogical-impulse-microtex-git-debug r494.0e3707f-2
illogical-impulse-portal 1.0-2
illogical-impulse-python 1.1-4
illogical-impulse-quickshell-git 0.1.0.r1-6
illogical-impulse-screencapture 1.0-1
illogical-impulse-toolkit 1.0-2
illogical-impulse-widgets 1.0-6
[---SUCCESS---]

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general.conf

# MONITOR CONFIG
monitor=,preferred,auto,1

gesture = 3, swipe, move,
gesture = 3, pinch, float
gesture = 4, horizontal, workspace
gesture = 4, up, dispatcher, global, quickshell:overviewWorkspacesToggle
gesture = 4, down, dispatcher, global, quickshell:overviewWorkspacesClose
gestures {
    workspace_swipe_distance = 700
    workspace_swipe_cancel_ratio = 0.2
    workspace_swipe_min_speed_to_force = 5
    workspace_swipe_direction_lock = true
    workspace_swipe_direction_lock_threshold = 10
    workspace_swipe_create_new = true
}

general {
    # Gaps and border
    gaps_in = 4
    gaps_out = 5
    gaps_workspaces = 50

    border_size = 1
    col.active_border = rgba(0DB7D455)
    col.inactive_border = rgba(31313600)
    resize_on_border = true

    no_focus_fallback = true

    allow_tearing = true # This just allows the `immediate` window rule to work

    snap {
        enabled = true
        window_gap = 4
        monitor_gap = 5
        respect_gaps = true
    }
}

dwindle {
    preserve_split = true
    smart_split = false
    smart_resizing = false
    # precise_mouse_move = true
}

decoration {
    # 2 = circle, higher = squircle, 4 = very obvious squircle
    # Clear squircles look really off; we use only extra .4 here to make the rounding feel more continuous
    rounding_power = 2.4
    rounding = 18

    blur {
        enabled = true
        xray = true
        special = false
        new_optimizations = true
        size = 10
        passes = 3
        brightness = 1
        noise = 0.05
        contrast = 0.89
        vibrancy = 0.5
        vibrancy_darkness = 0.5
        popups = false
        popups_ignorealpha = 0.6
        input_methods = true
        input_methods_ignorealpha = 0.8
    }

    shadow {
        enabled = true
        ignore_window = true
        range = 50
        offset = 0 4
        render_power = 10
        color = rgba(00000027)
    }

    # Dim
    dim_inactive = true
    dim_strength = 0.05
    dim_special = 0.07
}

animations {
    enabled = true
    # Curves
    bezier = expressiveFastSpatial, 0.42, 1.67, 0.21, 0.90
    bezier = expressiveSlowSpatial, 0.39, 1.29, 0.35, 0.98
    bezier = expressiveDefaultSpatial, 0.38, 1.21, 0.22, 1.00
    bezier = emphasizedDecel, 0.05, 0.7, 0.1, 1
    bezier = emphasizedAccel, 0.3, 0, 0.8, 0.15
    bezier = standardDecel, 0, 0, 0, 1
    bezier = menu_decel, 0.1, 1, 0, 1
    bezier = menu_accel, 0.52, 0.03, 0.72, 0.08
    bezier = stall, 1, -0.1, 0.7, 0.85
    # Configs
    # windows
    animation = windowsIn, 1, 3, emphasizedDecel, popin 80%
    animation = fadeIn, 1, 3, emphasizedDecel
    animation = windowsOut, 1, 2, emphasizedDecel, popin 90%
    animation = fadeOut, 1, 2, emphasizedDecel
    animation = windowsMove, 1, 3, emphasizedDecel, slide
    animation = border, 1, 10, emphasizedDecel
    # layers
    animation = layersIn, 1, 2.7, emphasizedDecel, popin 93%
    animation = layersOut, 1, 2.4, menu_accel, popin 94%
    # fade
    animation = fadeLayersIn, 1, 0.5, menu_decel
    animation = fadeLayersOut, 1, 2.7, stall
    # workspaces
    animation = workspaces, 1, 7, menu_decel, slide
    ## specialWorkspace
    animation = specialWorkspaceIn, 1, 2.8, emphasizedDecel, slidevert
    animation = specialWorkspaceOut, 1, 1.2, emphasizedAccel, slidevert
}

input {
    kb_layout = us
    numlock_by_default = true
    repeat_delay = 250
    repeat_rate = 35

    follow_mouse = 1
    off_window_axis_events = 2

    touchpad {
        natural_scroll = yes
        disable_while_typing = true
        clickfinger_behavior = true
        scroll_factor = 0.7
    }
}

misc {
    disable_hyprland_logo = true
    disable_splash_rendering = true
    vfr = 1
    vrr = 1
    mouse_move_enables_dpms = true
    key_press_enables_dpms = true
    animate_manual_resizes = false
    animate_mouse_windowdragging = false
    enable_swallow = false
    swallow_regex = (foot|kitty|allacritty|Alacritty)
    on_focus_under_fullscreen = 2
    allow_session_lock_restore = true
    session_lock_xray = true
    initial_workspace_tracking = false
    focus_on_activate = true
}

binds {
    scroll_event_delay = 0
    hide_special_on_workspace_change = true
}

cursor {
    zoom_factor = 1
    zoom_rigid = false
    hotspot_padding = 1
}

# Overview
plugin {
    hyprexpo {
        columns = 3
        gap_size = 5
        bg_col = rgb(000000)
        workspace_method = first 1 # [center/first] [workspace] e.g. first 1 or center m+1

        enable_gesture = false # laptop touchpad, 4 fingers
        gesture_distance = 300 # how far is the "max"
        gesture_positive = false
    }
}

@end-4 maybe you or someone else could take a look, ill also try and figure out whats the issue but no promises since im pretty new to this...