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| 1 | +# Tap + Gesture Combining (Step One) |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +LeanType can optionally accept a tap from one finger and a simultaneous gesture from another finger as part of the same current word. This is a small first step toward two-thumb typing support. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +The feature is intentionally conservative: it does not keep a word open after all fingers leave the keyboard, and it does not add spacing, grace timers, or delayed commit behavior. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +## Enable it |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +Open **Settings → Gesture Typing** and enable: |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +1. **Combine simultaneous tapping and additional gestures** |
| 12 | +2. Optional: **Draw taps and gestures** |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +Both settings default to off. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## How it works |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +With the combine setting enabled: |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +- A gesture may bypass the rapid-typing suppression only when another pointer is still active. |
| 21 | +- The previous input must have been a letter. |
| 22 | +- The normal upstream word boundary remains unchanged: once all fingers are lifted, the next gesture starts a new word. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +This means overlapping multi-pointer input is allowed, but a later single-finger tap → swipe sequence is not treated as part of the same word. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +## Example |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +A supported sequence is: |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +1. Press or tap a letter with one thumb. |
| 31 | +2. While at least one finger is still active, start a gesture with another finger. |
| 32 | +3. Lift normally to finish the gesture. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +An out-of-scope sequence is: |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +1. Tap a word. |
| 37 | +2. Lift all fingers. |
| 38 | +3. Tap space. |
| 39 | +4. Start a new single-finger gesture. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +That remains normal gesture typing for the next word and keeps the usual rapid-typing guard. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +## Debug drawing |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +The optional **Draw taps and gestures** setting draws a lightweight diagnostic overlay: |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +- tap points are shown as points |
| 48 | +- gesture samples are drawn as a simple path |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +The overlay is for manual testing and debugging only. It does not affect committed text or suggestions. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +The overlay clears when a new pointer sequence starts, when gesture input is cancelled, and when debug drawing is disabled. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## Scope limits |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +This step deliberately avoids the larger two-thumb model from downstream forks: |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +- no phantom spaces |
| 59 | +- no grace timers |
| 60 | +- no delayed commit after all fingers lift |
| 61 | +- no re-recognition of prior taps |
| 62 | +- no custom spacing behavior |
| 63 | +- no synthetic point insertion |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +Those can be evaluated separately after the minimal mixed-input gate has proven useful. |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +## Implementation notes |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +The feature adds two cached settings in `SettingsValues` and a small `TapGestureDrawingPreview`. `PointerTracker` passes a new `ignoreFastTypingCooldown` flag to `BatchInputArbiter` only when overlapping multi-pointer tap+gesture input is active. |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +`BatchInputArbiter` keeps the original five-argument `addDownEventPoint` as the default path, so existing callers preserve upstream behavior. |
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