1. An electronic system, comprising: a multipoint sensing device that provides a multipoint sensing area for receiving inputs detecting one or more contacts corresponding to one or more touches in the multipoint sensing area from one or more objects; and a gesture module configured to perform gesture operations by: determining a first gesture set in response to the one or more contacts detected within the multipoint sensing area of the multipoint sensing device, the first gesture set based on either a number of the contacts or a specific arrangement of the contacts within the sensing area, monitoring the one or more contacts for one or more gesture events included in the first gesture set, performing a first gesture operation associated with a gesture event in the first gesture set when the gesture event is recognized, determining whether at least one of the one or more contacts have paused, and in response to a determination that at least one of the one or more contacts have paused: terminating the first gesture operation, detecting a new arrangement of contacts, determining a second gesture set based on the new arrangement of contacts, and performing a second gesture operation.