Sending Alt+Left/Right to OC

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Adam Verner

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Oct 11, 2025, 1:10:28 PMOct 11
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Just started using OC and love it, but I'm struggling to get mouse gestures to work with it. I usually use a small program called StrokeIt to send mouse gestures to programs, but I can't get it to work with OC. I'm able to send certain commands (for example, holding right-click and dragging a "C" shape on the window will close it), but I can can't get it to send an Alt+Left or Alt+Right command. Ultimately I just want to be able to go back/forth with mouse gestures. Any ideas?

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Oct 11, 2025, 1:13:15 PMOct 11
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Alt+Right should be working but the window itself eats the Alt+Left hotkey (because of the window library that I am using)
Try unchecking
Settings>Advanced>Replace system Titlebar buttons
then restart the program from system tray
V4 will be using my own window library and won't have this issue, but it is not ready yet for public release

Adam Verner

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Oct 14, 2025, 10:05:36 AMOct 14
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Thanks - yes, I can get Alt+Left and Alt+Right working via the keyboard, just not passing a mouse gesture to trigger it.
Here's a video showing what I'm trying to do.

Adam Verner

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Oct 14, 2025, 10:27:44 AMOct 14
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Nevermind, figured something out!
Just sending the command "Left" and "Right" works! I'm not sure why....but I'll take it!

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Oct 14, 2025, 11:13:32 PMOct 14
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That just opens parent on Left, or opens selected folder on right arrow; while alt+left/rigth go back in tab history.  Also, left/right just moves item focus in grid view. If you want to actually open parent, then Backspace does it in all views

Adam Verner

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Oct 15, 2025, 3:24:51 PMOct 15
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Welp, it's a good workaround for now, as I can't get it to accept the Alt commands!

Adam

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