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# Gestures

> Mouse, touchpad, and touchscreen gestures for navigating niri

There are several gestures in niri for different input devices.

<Tip>
  Also see the gestures configuration page for customizing these behaviors.
</Tip>

## Mouse

### Interactive Move

<Note>
  Available since version 0.1.10
</Note>

You can move windows by holding `Mod` and the left mouse button.

You can customize the look of the window insertion preview in the `insert-hint` layout config.

<Info>
  **Since version 25.01:** Right click while moving to toggle between floating and tiling layout to put the window into.
</Info>

### Interactive Resize

<Note>
  Available since version 0.1.6
</Note>

You can resize windows by holding `Mod` and the right mouse button.

### Reset Window Height

<Note>
  Available since version 0.1.6
</Note>

If you double-click on a top or bottom tiled window resize edge, the window height will reset to automatic.

<Info>
  This works with both:

  * Window-initiated resizes (when using client-side decorations)
  * Niri-initiated `Mod` + right click resizes
</Info>

### Toggle Full Width

<Note>
  Available since version 0.1.6
</Note>

If you double-click on a left or right tiled window resize edge, the column will expand to the full workspace width.

<Info>
  This works with both:

  * Window-initiated resizes (when using client-side decorations)
  * Niri-initiated `Mod` + right click resizes
</Info>

### Horizontal View Movement

<Note>
  Available since version 0.1.6
</Note>

Move the view horizontally by holding `Mod` and the middle mouse button (or the wheel) and dragging the mouse horizontally.

### Workspace Switch

<Note>
  Available since version 0.1.7
</Note>

Switch workspaces by holding `Mod` and the middle mouse button (or the wheel) and dragging the mouse vertically.

## Touchpad

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Workspace Switch" icon="arrows-up-down">
    Switch workspaces with three-finger vertical swipes
  </Card>

  <Card title="Horizontal View Movement" icon="arrows-left-right">
    Move the view horizontally with three-finger horizontal swipes
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Open and Close the Overview

<Note>
  Available since version 25.05
</Note>

Open and close the overview with a four-finger vertical swipe.

## All Pointing Devices

<Accordion title="Drag-and-Drop Edge View Scroll">
  <Note>
    Available since version 25.02
  </Note>

  Scroll the tiling view when moving the mouse cursor against a monitor edge during drag-and-drop (DnD).
  Also works on a touchscreen.
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Drag-and-Drop Edge Workspace Switch">
  <Note>
    Available since version 25.05
  </Note>

  Scroll the workspaces up/down when moving the mouse cursor against a monitor edge during drag-and-drop (DnD) while in the overview.
  Also works on a touchscreen.
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Drag-and-Drop Hold to Activate">
  <Note>
    Available since version 25.05
  </Note>

  While drag-and-dropping, hold your mouse over a window to activate it.
  This will bring a floating window to the top for example.

  In the overview, you can also hold the mouse over a workspace to switch to it.
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Hot Corner to Toggle the Overview">
  <Note>
    Available since version 25.05
  </Note>

  Put your mouse at the very top-left corner of a monitor to toggle the overview.
  Also works during drag-and-dropping something.
</Accordion>