For example, one of my old phones had this feature where you can swipe from a sidebar and quickly access and type notes (not needing to open the notes app), as well as set alarms for them, which helped me a lot with my ADHD.
I think phones could be useful and an aid to everyday life. It is sad that users of this platform are often targetted to extract value at the cost of their well-being.
Is there a distro with this feature, or is there a software for this?
Find out how the interface you are using recognizes the swipes for drawers, app list etc. It should be doable on some level to either add your own gesture or copy how it’s done into separate program that would be running a defined app on that gesture