[Coachmarks] Tutorial explaining the two finger scroll gesture

[Niklas Wenzel]

I have seen multiple users who weren't able to find out about the two finger scroll gesture. [1][2]

In my opinion there should be a small tutorial explaining this gesture when starting the app for the first time.

[1] One example, even though from the time when scrolling would allow you to scroll the bash history: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-terminal-app/+bug/1452763
[2] One more recent one from the ubuntu-phone mailing list: https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg13744.html

UX Fix:
The design team has created a spec for coach marks/instructional overlays. This can now be applied to the terminal app by development: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ki-b5N2A_R8vkQhGBcY1s_Y-EAooB8j2jrd6NENuUB4/edit

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

This should probably be addressed once bug 1464566 is fixed.

[Niklas Wenzel (nikwen)]

This also applies to the "Tap the screen for TAB key" shortcut.

[Niklas Wenzel (nikwen)]

I raised this bug's importance as I see more and more people who struggle with this, especially after the latest update when the scroll gestures were changed.

[Matthew Exon (ubuntubugs-mexon)]

FWIW I only just now found out that there's a two-finger scroll gesture when I came here to file a bug about there being no way to scroll back in the terminal.

[Niklas Wenzel (nikwen)]

@Matthew I have now kind of given up hoping for some suggestion from the design team after asking them multiple times in the past. So sad...

[Marco Graziotti (graziottimarco)]

I think it's necessary to add a tips when you first run the terminal, advising the user about the available gestures.

I tried several times to hide the keyboard or scroll, without success, so I think it's necessary a tips message, because right now it's not intuitive how to do this.

Thank you

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.