Coherent gestures on touchpads and touchscreens

A system comprising:

• a touchscreen;
• a touchpad distinct from the touchscreen;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory, functionally coupled to the processor, the memory having stored thereon instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive, via the touchscreen, a multi-digit touch input that fulfills conditions of a touchscreen gesture operation;
• determine that there is a corresponding touchpad gesture operation to the touchscreen gesture operation;
• identify a joint shell operation for execution of the touchscreen gesture operation and the corresponding touchpad gesture operation;
• identify differing operation elements corresponding to the joint shell operation for execution of the touchscreen gesture operation, wherein the differing operation elements execute differently for the touchscreen gesture operation than for the corresponding touchpad gesture operation;
• and
• execute the touchscreen gesture operation using the joint shell operation and the differing operation elements.

A computer-readable media comprising instructions that, upon execution by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, via a touchscreen, a multi-digit touch input that fulfills conditions of a touchscreen gesture operation;
• determine that there is a corresponding touchpad gesture operation to the touchscreen gesture operation;
• identify a joint shell operation for execution of the touchscreen gesture operation and the corresponding touchpad gesture operation;
• identify differing operation elements corresponding to the joint shell operation for execution of the touchscreen gesture operation, wherein the differing operation elements execute differently for the touchscreen gesture operation than for the corresponding touchpad gesture operation;
• and
• execute the touchscreen gesture operation using the joint shell operation and the differing operation elements.