I really like this gesture feature and have been wanting it for ages. The only thing that stops me from using this extension is the requirement that gestures must be performed in the gesture pad instead of directly in the VSCode panels or working area.

I understand there is a good chance this is due to a VSCode API limitation.

As an example, the Vivaldi browser implements this well by allowing gestures anywhere on an open webpage. For VSCode, this would mean performing gestures directly in an open file or even a blank screen. Perhaps gestures could even do different things based on the context of the panel the mouse started in. e.g. in an open file the 'L' gesture could jump to the previous file, while in the explorer panel 'L' could close the explorer panel.