[PATCH inputproto 0/5] specs: fix various minor problems in asciidoc source
Gaetan Nadon
memsize at videotron.ca
Wed Jan 25 14:51:54 PST 2012
On 12-01-25 05:30 PM, Chase Douglas wrote:
> On 01/25/2012 11:03 PM, Gaetan Nadon wrote:
>> See the attached html file in the reply to this e-mail.
>>
>> Gaetan Nadon (5):
>> specs: Edit titles for section 3 and 4
>> specs: remove older manually typed in section number
>> specs: fix Appendix A title
>> specs: use subsections to group use cases description
>> specs: replace hard coded number in some "See section" references
> I'm ok with each of these changes. Not having any numbers for sections
> makes references when reading the plain text a bit more cumbersome, but
> anyone who is interested can probably figure it out. We should all move
> to the digital age of HTML by now anyways :).
>
> Reviewed-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas at canonical.com>
>
The attached file is the text output which has the toc and good reference:
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The X Input Extension 2.x
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Table of Contents
1. History
2. Introduction
3. Changes in version 2.1
4. Changes in version 2.2
5. Notations used in this document
6. Interoperability between version 1.x and 2.0
6.1. Limitations resulting from different variable ranges
6.2. Blocking of grabs
6.3. Invisibility of Master Devices
6.4. Smooth scrolling
7. The Master/Slave device hierarchy
7.1. Master devices
7.2. Slave devices
7.3. Event processing for attached slave devices
7.4. The ClientPointer principle
8. Touch device support
8.1. Touch event sequences
8.2. Touch device modes
8.3. Touch event delivery
9. Notations used in this document
10. Data types
11. Errors
12. Requests:
12.1. Requests introduced in version 2.0
13. Events
13.1. Events introduced in version 2.0
13.2. Events introduced in version 2.2
A. XI 2.2 Use-cases
A.1. Client C wants to process touch events from a device D on
window W.
A.1.1. While client I wants to pre-process touch events from
device D on the parent window of W.
A.1.2. While client I wants to process pointer events on
window W???s parent, window Y.
A.2. Driver DRV provides touch support from tracked device D:
This is a work in progress!??Authors:
* Peter Hutterer (Red Hat) <peter.hutterer at redhat.com>
* Daniel Stone (Collabora Ltd.) <daniel at fooishbar.org>
* Chase Douglas (Canonical, Ltd.) <chase.douglas at canonical.com>
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1.??History
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* v2.2, ??: Multitouch support added
* v2.1, December 2011: new raw event behaviour, smooth scrolling
support added
* v2.0, October 2009: Initial release of XI2 protocol
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2.??Introduction
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The X Input Extension version 2.0 (XI2) is the second major release
of the X Input Extension.
XI2 provides a number of enhancements over version 1.5, including:
* use of XGE and GenericEvents. GenericEvents are of flexible
length with a minimum length of 32 bytes.
* explicit device hierarchy of master and slave devices. See
Section The Master/Slave device hierarchy.
* use of multiple independent master devices (Multi-Poiner X or
MPX).
* the ability for devices to change capabilities at runtime.
* raw device events
XI2???s intent is to replace both core input processing and prior
versions of the X Input Extension. Historically, the majority of
applications employed the core protocol requests and events to handle
user input. The core protocol does not provide information about
which device generated the event. The X Input Extension version up to
1.5 requires the differentiation between core and extended devices.
Extended devices may not be core devices and thus cannot be used on
applications employing the core protocol. XI2 addresses both of these
issues by enabling devices to be both extended and core devices and
providing device information in each event (with the exception of
core events).
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3.??Changes in version 2.1
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Changes introduced by version 2.1
* RawEvents are sent regardless of the grab state.
* Addition of the ScrollClass for smooth scrolling
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4.??Changes in version 2.2
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Changes introduced by version 2.2
XI 2.2 introduces support for multi-touch devices. The traditional
pointer/keyboard approach enforced by XI 2.0 with the master/slave
device hierarchy is not always suitable for multi-touch devices that
can provide a dynamic number of touchpoints per physical device; it
is not known without client-specific interpretation whether the
touchpoints must be considered separately or grouped together.
The additions in XI 2.2 aim to:
* support a dynamic number of simultaneous touch points,
* support devices that are both multi-touch and traditional pointer
devices,
* allow touchpoints to be either grouped together or handled
separately,
* while supporting pre-XI 2.2 clients through emulation of XI 2.x/
XI 1.x and core
* be backwards-compatible to pre-XI 2.2 clients through emulation
of XI 2.x/XI 1.x and core pointer events.
XI 2.2 caters for two modes of touch input devices:
* Direct multi-touch input devices such as touchscreens. These
devices provide independent touchpoints that can occur anywhere
on the screen; "direct" here refers to the user manipulating
objects at their screen location, e.g. touching an object and
physically moving it.
* Dependent touch input devices such as multi-touch trackpads and
mice with additional touch surfaces. These devices provide
independent touchpoints that often need to be interpreted
relative to the current position of the cursor on that same
device. Such interactions are usually the result of a gesture
performed on the device, rather than direct manipulation.
Touch events are only available to clients supporting version 2.2 or
later of the X Input Extension. Clients must use the XIQueryVersion
request to announce support for this version. Touch devices may
generate emulated pointer events alongside XI 2.2 touch events to
support older clients; see Section Touch event delivery.
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5.??Notations used in this document
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Notation for requests:
????????????
Name of request
name of request field: type of request field
name of request field: type of request field
???
name of reply field: type of reply field
????????????
Notation for events:
????????????
Name of event
name of field: type of field
name of field: type of field
????????????
Complex fields are specified in the following notation:
name of field: COMPLEXFIELDTYPE
or, if multiple of these fields exist:
name of field: LISTofCOMPLEXFIELDTYPE
COMPLEXFIELDTYPE: { name of subfield: type of subfield,
name of subfield: type of subfield }
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6.??Interoperability between version 1.x and 2.0
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There is little interaction between 1.x and 2.x versions of the X
Input Extension. Clients are requested to avoid mixing XI1.x and XI2
code as much as possible. Several direct incompatibilities are
observable:
6.1.??Limitations resulting from different variable ranges
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XI2 provides a larger range for some fields than XI1. As a result,
XI1 clients may not receive data an XI2 client receives. These fields
include:
* devices with a deviceid of greater than 127 are invisible to XI1
clients.
* key events and key grabs featuring larger than 255 can only be
sent to XI2 clients.
* no subpixel information is available to XI1 clients. If motion
events are in a subpixel range only, the server may omit these
events and an XI 1.x client will not receive events until the
pixel boundary is crossed.
6.2.??Blocking of grabs
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XI1 grabs are different to XI2 grab and a device may not be grabbed
through an XI2 grab if an XI1 grab is currently active on this device
or vice versa. Likewise, a keycode or button already grabbed by an XI
1.x or XI2 client may not be grabbed with the same modifier
combination by an XI2 or XI 1.x client, respectively.
6.3.??Invisibility of Master Devices
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XI 1.x was not designed with support for multiple master devices. As
a result, only the first master pointer and master keyboard are
visible to XI 1.x clients; all other master devices are invisible and
cannot be accessed from XI 1.x calls.
6.4.??Smooth scrolling
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Historically, X implemented scrolling events by using button press
events: button 4 was one ???click??? of the scroll wheel upwards, button
5 was downwards, button 6 was one unit of scrolling left, and button
7 was one unit of scrolling right. This was sufficient for scroll
wheel mice, but not for touchpads which are able to provide scrolling
events through multi-finger drag gestures, or simply dragging your
finger along a designated strip along the side of the touchpad.
Newer X servers may provide scrolling information through valuators
to provide clients with more precision than the legacy button events.
This scrolling information is part of the valuator data in device
events. Scrolling events do not have a specific event type.
Valuators for axes sending scrolling information must have one
ScrollClass for each scrolling axis. If scrolling valuators are
present on a device, the server must provide two-way emulation
between these valuators and the legacy button events for each delta
unit of scrolling.
One unit of scrolling in either direction is considered to be
equivalent to one button event, e.g. for a unit size of 1.0, -2.0 on
an valuator type Vertical sends two button press/release events for
button 4. Likewise, a button press event for button 7 generates an
event on the Horizontal valuator with a value of +1.0. The server may
accumulate deltas of less than one unit of scrolling.
Any server providing this behaviour marks emulated button or valuator
events with the XIPointerEmulated flag for DeviceEvents, and the
XIRawEmulated flag for raw events, to hint at applications which
event is a hardware event.
If more than one scroll valuator of the same type is present on a
device, the valuator marked with Preferred for the same scroll
direction is used to convert legacy button events into scroll
valuator events. If no valuator is marked Preferred or more than one
valuator is marked with Preferred for this scroll direction, this
should be considered a driver bug and the behaviour is
implementation-dependent.
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7.??The Master/Slave device hierarchy
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XI2 introduces a device hierarchy split up into so-called Master
Devices (MD) and Slave Devices (SD).
7.1.??Master devices
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An MD is a virtual device created and managed by the server. MDs may
send core events and XI events. However, an MD does not represent a
physical device and relies on SDs for event generation. MDs come in
two forms: as master pointers or as master keyboards. A master
pointer is represented by a visible cursor on the screen. A master
keyboard is represented by a keyboard focus.
Each master pointer is paired with the respective master keyboard and
vice versa, and this pairing is constant for the lifetime of both
input devices. Clients can use this pairing behaviour to implement
input paradigms that require pointer and keyboard interation (e.g.
SHIFT + Click).
7.2.??Slave devices
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An SD is usually a physical device configured in the server. SDs are
not represented by a cursor or keyboard focus and may be attached to
a master pointer or master keyboard. SDs can only be attached to any
master of the same type (e.g. a physical pointer device can be
attached to any master pointer).
If an event is generated by an SD
* if the SD is attached to a master pointer, it changes the
position and/or button state of the master pointer.
* if the SD is attached to a master keyboard, it sends events to
this keyboard???s focus window (if applicable) and/or changes the
modifier state of this keyboard.
* if the SD is not attached to an MD ("floating"), it does not
change any master device. The SD has its own (invisible) sprite
and its own focus. Both the sprite and the focus must be managed
explicitly by the client program.
7.3.??Event processing for attached slave devices
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Whenever an SD changes its logical state,
* the event is delivered as an XI event to any interested clients.
If the device is floating, event processing stops. Otherwise, if
the device is attached,
* the master device changes its classes to reflect the SD???s
capabilities. All interested clients are notified of this device
change.
* then, the event is delivered as an XI event from the MD to any
interested clients. If the event has been delivered, event
processing stops. Otherwise,
* the event is delivered as a core event to any interested clients.
Given that W is the event window, and P the parent window of W, event
delivery to P is only attempted if neither the XI event, nor the core
event has been delivered on W. Once an event has been delivered as
either XI or core event, event processing stops.
7.4.??The ClientPointer principle
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Many core protocol and some extension requests are ambiguous when
multiple master devices are available (e.g. QueryPointer does not
specify which pointer). The X server does not have the knowledge to
chose the contextually correct master device. For each client, one
master pointer is designated as this clients???s "ClientPointer".
Whenever a client sends an ambiguous request (e.g. QueryPointer), the
ClientPointer or the keyboard paired with the ClientPointer is chosen
to provide the data for this request.
This ClientPointer may be explicitly assigned to a client with the
SetClientPointer call. If no ClientPointer is set when a client
issues an ambiguous request, the server choses one device as the
ClientPointer. The method of chosing a ClientPointer from the
available master pointers is implementation-specific.
If the master pointer currently set as ClientPointer for one or more
clients is removed, the server may either unset the ClientPointer
setting or change the ClientPointer to a different master pointer.
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8.??Touch device support
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Touch event processing differs from normal event processing in a few
ways. The most notable differences are that touch events are
processed partially out-of-band from pointer and keyboard events, and
that touch events may be sent to multiple clients simultaneously. For
more details see Section Touch event delivery.
8.1.??Touch event sequences
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Touch input follows a three-stage cycle:
begin - update - update - ... - end
i.e. ???begin??? the sequence by touching the device, ???update??? the
current touch location or properties any number of times, and finally
???end??? the sequence by ceasing to touch the device. Within this
document, the term "touch sequence" is used to describe the above
sequence of events. In the protocol, the three stages are represented
with the event types TouchBegin, TouchUpdate, and TouchEnd,
respectively. A touch sequence always generates TouchBegin and
TouchEnd events, and may also generate TouchUpdate events. Clients
must select for all three of these events simultaneously.
When a touch starts, clients are sent a TouchBegin event detailing
the position of the touchpoint, as well as the initial properties of
the touchpoint. Note that the logical state of the device (as seen
through the input protocol) may lag the physical state if event
processing is affected by grabs. Multiple touchpoints may be active
on the same device at any time, potentially owned by and/or delivered
to a different set of clients.
Whenever the touch position or any other property of the touchpoint
changes, a TouchUpdate event is sent to all clients listening to
events for that touchpoint with the updated information.
When the touch has physically ended, or a client will otherwise not
receive any more events for a given touchpoint, a TouchEnd event will
be sent to that client.
Passive touch grabs are similar to standard input event grabs in that
they take precedence over event selections and are searched from the
root window to the child window (as opposed to selections, which
start their search at the child window and continue up to the root
window). When a touch grab activates, the client whose grab activates
becomes the ???owner??? of this touch sequence, and must decide what to
do with it, as per Section Ownership of touch sequences. See the
XIPassiveGrabDevice request documentation for more information on
passive grab activation.
Only one client may select for touch events from a given device on a
window.
8.1.1.??Ownership of touch sequences
Once a grabbing client becomes the owner of a touch, it must either
???accept??? or "reject" the touch sequence using the XIAllowEvents
request. If a touch sequence is rejected, a TouchEnd event is sent to
the rejecting client, and it will not receive any more events for
this touch. The server then looks to the next window in the stack for
another passive grab, and attempts to pass ownership on to the next
candidate for a passive grab (i.e. the next window towards the final
child window with a matching grab), or to the first applicable event
selection if there are no more grabs.
If a touch sequence is accepted by its owner, all other clients
receive TouchEnd events, and the touch sequence is exclusively
delivered to the owner from that point on.
If the touch sequence physically ends while the owner of the touch
sequence has not yet accepted or rejected ownership, the owner
receives a TouchEnd event and all other clients receive a TouchUpdate
event with the TouchPendingEnd flag set. The owner must still accept
or reject the sequence nonetheless. If the owner rejects the touch
sequence, the server will still attempt to exhaust all other passive
grabs and/or event selections looking for a final owner.
If the touch sequence has not physically ended yet and the owner of
the touch sequence rejects, the owner receives a TouchEnd event and
ownership is passed to the next client.
Clients may opt for touch events to be delivered before they become
the owner of the touch sequence. In this case, the logical state of
the device (as seen by means of the protocol) always matches the
physical state of the device. Clients must use caution if they opt
for this feature; any action taken must be undone if the touch
sequence ends without the client becoming the owner.
To select for touch events regardless of ownership, a client must set
the TouchOwnership event mask in addition to the TouchBegin,
TouchUpdate and TouchEnd mask. When selected, a client will receive
touch events as they occur on the device without delay. If and when
the client becomes the owner of a touch sequence, a TouchOwnership
event is sent to the client. If the client is the initial owner of
the sequence, the TouchBegin is immediately followed by the
TouchOwnership event. Otherwise, TouchUpdate events may preceed a
TouchOwnership event. A client is not guaranteed to become the owner
of any given touch sequence.
The server delivers touch events to all clients that have selected
for TouchOwnership and to the current owner of the sequence in
parallel.
If a client has selected for TouchOwnership and is not the current
owner of the sequence and the current owner accepts the sequence, the
client receives a TouchEnd event and no further events from this
sequence are sent to this client.
If a client has selected for TouchOwnership and the physical touch
ends before the current owner has accepted or rejected the sequence,
the client receives a TouchUpdate event with the TouchPendingEnd flag
set. No further TouchUpdate events will be sent for this sequence. If
the current owner accepts the sequence, the client receives a
TouchEnd event. Otherwise, if the current owner rejects the sequence,
the client may become the owner of the touch sequence and receive a
TouchOwnership event and a TouchEnd event.
8.2.??Touch device modes
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Touch devices come in many different forms with varying capabilities.
The following device modes are defined for this protocol:
DirectTouch: These devices map their input region to a subset of the
screen region. Touch events are delivered to window at the location
of the touch. An example of a DirectTouch device is a touchscreen.
DependentTouch: These devices do not have a direct correlation
between a touch location and a position on the screen. Touch events
are delivered according to the location of the device???s cursor. An
Example of a DependentTouch device is a trackpad.
A device is identified as only one of the device modes above at any
time, and the touch mode may change at any time. If a device???s touch
mode changes, an XIDeviceChangedEvent is generated.
8.3.??Touch event delivery
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For direct touch devices, the window set for event propagation is the
set of windows from the root window to the topmost window lying at
the co-ordinates of the touch.
For dependent devices, the window set for event propagation is the
set of windows from the root window to the window that contains the
device???s pointer. A dependent device may only have one window set at
a time, for all touches. Any future touch sequence will use the same
window set. The window set is cleared when all touch sequences on the
device end.
A window set is calculated on TouchBegin and remains constant until
the end of the sequence. Modifications to the window hierarchy, new
grabs or changed event selection do not affect the window set.
8.3.1.??Pointer emulation from multitouch events
Touch sequences from direct touch devices may emulate pointer events.
Only one touch sequence from a device may emulate pointer events at a
time; which touch sequence emulates pointer events is implementation
dependent.
Pointer events are emulated as follows:
* A TouchBegin event generates a pointer motion event to the
location of the touch with the same axis values of the touch
event, followed by a button press event for button 1.
* A TouchUpdate event generates a pointer motion event to the
location of the touch and/or to update axis values of the pointer
device. The button state as seen from the protocol includes
button 1 set.
* A TouchEnd event generates a pointer motion event to the location
of the touch and/or to update the axis values if either have
changed, followed by a button release event for button 1. The
button state as seen from the protocol includes button 1 set.
If a touch sequence emulates pointer events and an emulated pointer
event triggers the activation of a passive grab, the grabbing client
becomes the owner of the touch sequence.
The touch sequence is considered to have been accepted if
* the grab mode is asynchronous, or
* the grab mode is synchronous and the device is thawed as a result
of AllowEvents with AsyncPointer or AsyncDevice
Otherwise, if the button press is replayed by the client, the touch
sequence is considered to be rejected.
Touch event delivery precedes pointer event delivery. A touch event
emulating pointer events is delivered:
* as a touch event to the top-most window of the current window set
if a client has a touch grab on this window,
* otherwise, as a pointer event to the top-most window of the
current window set if a client has a pointer grab on this window,
* otherwise, to the next child window in the window set until a
grab has been found.
If no touch or pointer grab on any window is active and the last
window in the window set has been reached, the event is delivered:
* as a touch event to the window if a client has selected for touch
events on this window
* otherwise, as a pointer event to the window if a client has
selected for pointer events.
* otherwise, to the next parent window in the window set until a
selection has been found.
Emulated pointer events will have the PointerEmulated flag set. A
touch event that emulates pointer events has the
TouchEmulatingPointer flag set.
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9.??Notations used in this document
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Notation for requests:
????????????
Name of request
name of request field: type of request field
name of request field: type of request field
???
name of reply field: type of reply field
????????????
Notation for events:
????????????
Name of event
name of field: type of field
name of field: type of field
????????????
Complex fields are specified in the following notation:
name of field: COMPLEXFIELDTYPE
or, if multiple of these fields exist:
name of field: LISTofCOMPLEXFIELDTYPE
COMPLEXFIELDTYPE: { name of subfield: type of subfield,
name of subfield: type of subfield }
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10.??Data types
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BUTTONMASK
A binary mask defined as (1 << button number).
A SETofBUTTONMASK is a binary OR of zero or more BUTTONMASK.
DEVICE { DEVICEID, AllDevices, AllMasterDevices }
A DEVICE specifies either a DEVICEID or AllDevices or
AllMasterDevices.
DEVICEID { CARD16 }
A DEVICEID is a numerical ID for a device currently available in the
server. The server may re-use a device ID after a device's removal.
The device IDs 0 and 1 are reserved.
AllDevices ........ 0
AllMasterDevices .. 1
DEVICEUSE { MasterPointer, MasterKeyboard, SlavePointer,
SlaveKeyboard, FloatingSlave }
A DEVICEUSE field specifies the current use of a device in the MD/SD
device hierarchy. See Section "The Master/Slave device hierarchy"
for more information.
EVENTMASK
An EVENTMASK is a binary mask defined as (1 << event type).
A SETofEVENTMASK is a binary OR of zero or more EVENTMASK.
FP1616
Fixed point decimal in 16.16 format as one INT16 and one CARD16.
The INT16 contains the integral part, the CARD32 the decimal fraction
shifted by 16.
FP3232
Fixed point decimal in 32.32 format as one INT32 and one CARD32.
The INT32 contains the integral part, the CARD32 the decimal fraction
shifted by 32.
VALUATORMASK
A binary mask defined as (1 << valuator number).
A SETofVALUATORMASK is a binary OR of zero or more VALUATORMASK.
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11.??Errors
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Errors are sent using core X error reports.
Device
A value for a DEVICE argument does not specify a valid DEVICE.
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12.??Requests:
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The server does not guarantee that the length of a reply remains
constant in future revisions of XI2. A client must always retrieve
the exact length of the protocol reply from the connection, even if
the reply is longer than defined for the XI2 version supported by the
client. Additional bytes in a request may include data supported in
later versions of XI2. Clients should ignore this data. Padding bytes
in XI2 protocol requests are required to be 0.
12.1.??Requests introduced in version 2.0
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????????????
XIQueryVersion
major_version: CARD16
minor_version: CARD16
???
major_version: CARD16
minor_version: CARD16
????????????
The client sends the highest supported version to the server and the
server sends the highest version it supports, but no higher than the
requested version. Major versions changes can introduce
incompatibilities in existing functionality, minor version changes
introduce only backward compatible changes. It is the client???s
responsibility to ensure that the server supports a version which is
compatible with its expectations.
major_version
Major XI2 version.
minor_version
Minor XI2 version.
If major_version is less than 2, a BadValue error occurs.
????????????
XIQueryDevice
DEVICE deviceid
???
num_devices: CARD16
deviceinfo: LISTofDEVICEINFO
????????????
DEVICEINFO { deviceid: DEVICEID
use: DEVICEUSE
attachment: DEVICEID
enabled: BOOL
num_classes: CARD16
name_len: CARD16
name: LISTofCHAR8
classes: LISTofCLASS }
CLASS { BUTTONCLASS, KEYCLASS, AXISCLASS, SCROLLCLASS, TOUCHCLASS }
BUTTONCLASS { type: ButtonClass
length: CARD16
sourceid: CARD16
buttons_len: CARD16
state: SETofBUTTONMASK
labels: LISTofATOM }
KEYCLASS { type: KeyClass
length: CARD16
sourceid: CARD16
num_keys: CARD16
keys: LISTofCARD32 }
AXISCLASS { type: AxisClass
length: CARD16
sourceid: CARD16
axisnumber: CARD16
label: ATOM
min: FP3232
max: FP3232
value: FP3232
resolution: CARD32
mode: CARD8 }
SCROLLCLASS* {type: ScrollClass
length: CARD16
sourceid: CARD16
axisnumber: CARD16
scroll_type: SCROLLTYPE
flags: SETofSCROLLFLAGS
increment: FP3232 }
SCROLLTYPE { Vertical, Horizontal }
SCROLLFLAGS { NoEmulation, Preferred }
TOUCHCLASS??? { type: TouchClass
length: CARD16
sourceid: CARD16
mode: TOUCHMODE
num_touches: CARD16
num_props: CARD16
props: LISTofATOM }
TOUCHMODE { DirectTouch, DependentTouch }
* since XI 2.1 ??? since XI 2.2
XIQueryDevice details information about the requested input devices.
devices
The device to list. If devices is AllDevices, all enabled and
disabled devices are listed. If devices is AllMasterDevices, all
enabled and disabled master devices are listed. If devices is a
valid DEVICE, only this DEVICE is listed and num_devices is 1.
num_devices
The number of deviceinfos returned.
Each deviceinfo is detailed as follows:
deviceid
The unique ID of the device. Device IDs may get re-used when a device
is removed.
use
If the device is a master pointer, use is MasterPointer.
If the device is a master keyboard, use is MasterKeyboard.
If the device is a slave pointer, use is SlavePointer.
If the device is a slave keyboard, use is SlaveKeyboard.
If the device is a floating slave, use is FloatingSlave.
attachment
If the device is a master pointer or a master keyboard, attachment
specifies the paired master keyboard, or the paired master pointer,
respectively. If the device is a non-floating slave device
attachment specifies the master device this device is attached to.
If the device is a floating slave, attachment is undefined.
enabled
Zero if the device is disabled, non-zero otherwise.
num_classes
Number of classes provided.
name_len
Length of the name in bytes not including padding.
classes
Details the available classes provided by the device in an undefined
order.
name
The device's name. padded to a multiple of 4 bytes.
For all classes, type specifies the device class. Clients are
required to ignore unknown device classes. The length field specifies
the length of the class in 4 byte units. The following classes may
occur only once: ButtonClass, KeyClass
ButtonClass:
type
Always ButtonClass.
length
Length in 4 byte units.
sourceid
The device this class originates from.
num_buttons
Number of buttons provided by the device.
labels
List of Atoms specifying the label for each button. An Atom of None
specifies an unlabeled button. Buttons are listed in the device-native
order regardless of the current button mapping.
state
The current button mask for this device after button mapping is
applied. Each bit representing a button is 1 if this button is
logically down, or 0 otherwise. State is a multiple of 4-byte units
and always contains at least num_buttons bits.
KeyClass:
type
Always KeyClass.
length
Length in 4 byte units.
sourceid
The device this class originates from.
num_keys
Number of keycodes provided by the device.
keys
List of keycodes provided.
AxisClass:
type
Always AxisClass.
length
Length in 4 byte units.
sourceid
The device this class originates from.
axisnumber
Axis number of this axis. The axis number is in device-native
order and potential axis mappings are ignored.
label
Atom specifying the axis name. An Atom of None specifies an unlabeled
axis.
min
Minimum value.
max
Minimum value.
resolution
Resolution in counts/meter.
mode
Relative or Absolute.
value
Last published axis value (if mode is absolute).
An axis in Relative mode may specify min and max as a hint to the
client. If no min and max information is available, both must be 0.
ScrollClass:
type
Always ScrollClass.
axisnumber
Axis number that is referred to. This axis number must be listed in
the ValuatorClassInfo.
scroll_type:
Vertical for a vertical scrolling axis, Horizontal for a horizontal
scrolling axis.
flags:
A set of flags that apply to this scroll axis.
NoEmulation: no legacy scroll button events are generated for events
on this scrolling axis.
Preferred: This axis is the preferred axis for emulating valuator
events from legacy scroll button events.
increment:
The valuator delta equivalent to one positive unit of scrolling.
A ScrollClass may only exist if the device has at least one
ValuatorClass and each axisnumber listed in any ScrollClass. Only one
ScrollClass may exist per ValuatorClass.
TouchClass:
type
Always TouchClass.
length
Length in 4 byte units.
sourceid
The device this class originates from.
mode
The device type of the touch device. This mode may change at runtime.
num_touches
The maximum number of simultaneous touchpoints the device may send.
If num_touches is 0, the number of supported touches is unknown or
unlimited.
num_props:
The number of elements in props.
props
A list of properties to denote extra information about the device.
Devices with a TouchClass emit touch events with the same axes as
pointer events.
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XISelectEvents
window: Window
num_masks: CARD16
masks: LISTofEVENTMASK
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EVENTMASK { deviceid: DEVICE,
mask_len: CARD16,
mask: SETofEVENTMASK
window
The window to select the events on.
num_masks
Number of items in masks.
deviceid
Numerical deviceid, or AllDevices, or AllMasterDevices.
mask_len
Length of mask in 4 byte units.
mask
Event mask. An event mask for an event type T is defined as (1 << T).
XISelectEvents selects for XI2 events on window.
If num_masks is 0, a BadValue error occurs.
Each mask sets the (and overwrites a previous) event mask for the
DEVICE specified through deviceid. The device AllDevices or
AllMasterDevices is treated as a separate device by server. A
client???s event mask is the union of AllDevices, AllMasterDevices and
the per-device event mask. The removal of device from the server
unsets the event masks for the device. If an event mask is set for
AllDevices or AllMasterDevices, the event mask is not cleared on
device removal and affects all future devices.
If mask_len is 0, the event mask for the given device is cleared.
The mask for XIHierarchyEvents may only be selected for XIAllDevices.
Setting it for any other device results in a BadValue error.
A client selecting for any of XI_TouchBegin, XI_TouchUpdate, or
XI_TouchEnd must select for all three events at the same time, else a
BadValue error will be generated. A client selecting for
XI_TouchOwnership must select for all three of the other touch
events. If the selection for these touch events overlaps a current
selection by another client (e.g. selecting for a specific device
when another client has a selection for XIAllDevices), a BadAccess
error occurs.
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XIGetSelectedEvents
window: Window
???
num_masks: CARD16
masks: LISTofEVENTMASK
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window
The window to select the events on.
num_masks
Number of items in masks.
masks
Selected event masks by this client.
Masks are returned on a per-device basis, with masks for AllDevices
and AllMasterDevices returned separately. A client can calculate the
effective mask for a device with a bitwise OR of the AllDevices, the
AllMasterDevices and the device-specific mask.
If num_masks is 0, no events have been selected by this client on the
given window.
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XIQueryPointer
window: Window
deviceid: DEVICEID
???
root: Window
child: Window
root_x: FP1616
root_y: FP1616
win_x: FP1616
win_y: FP1616
same_screen: BOOL
mods: MODIFIERINFO
group: GROUPINFO
buttons_len: CARD16
buttons: SETofBUTTONMASK
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Query a master pointer device for its current position.
root
The root window the pointer is logically on.
child
The child window of window that contains the pointer or None.
root_x
root_y
Pointer position relative to the root window's origin.
win_x
win_y
Pointer position relative to window or 0 if same_screen is false.
same_screen
True if window is on the same screen as the pointer.
mods
XKB modifier state on the paired device.
group
XKB group state on the paired device.
buttons_len
The length of buttons in 4 byte units.
buttons
Button state.
If the device is not a master pointer device or not a floating slave
pointer, a BadDevice error results.
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XIWarpPointer
src_win: Window
dst_win: Window
src_x: FP1616
src_y: FP1616
src_width: INT16
src_height: INT16
dst_x: FP1616
dst_y: FP1616
deviceid: DEVICEID
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WarpPointer moves the pointer of deviceid as if the user had moved
the pointer. WarpPointer can only be called for MasterPointer and
FloatingSlave devices.
src_win
If src_window is not None, the move only takes place if src_window
contains the pointer and the pointer is contained in the specified
rectangle of src_window.
dst_win
If dst_win is None, this request moves the pointer by offsets
dst_x/dst_y relative to the current position of the pointer. If
dst_window is a window, this request moves the pointer to
dst_x/dst_y relative to dst_win's origin.
src_x
src_y
src_width
src_height
Specifies the source window rectangle.
dst_x
dst_y
The relative coordinates to move the pointer if dst_win is None, or
the absolute coordinates if dst_win is a window.
deviceid
The device to warp.
This request cannot be used to move the pointer outside the
confine-to window of an active pointer grab. An attempt will only
move the pointer as far as the closest edge of the confine-to window.
This request will generate events just as if the user had
instantaneously moved the pointer.
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XIChangeCursor
win: Window
cursor: Cursor
deviceid: DEVICEID
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Change a master pointer???s cursor on the specified window.
window
The window.
cursor
The new cursor or None.
deviceid
The master pointer device.
Whenever device enters a window W, the cursor shape is selected in
the following order:
* if the current window has a device cursor C(d) defined for
device, display this cursor C(d).
* otherwise, if the current window has a cursor C(w) defined in the
core protocol???s window attributes, display cursor C(w).
* repeat on parent window until a cursor has been found.
The device cursor for a given window is reset once the window is
destroyed or the device is removed, whichever comes earlier.
If deviceid does not specify a master pointer, a BadDevice error is
returned.
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XIChangeHierarchy
num_changes: CARD8
changes: LISTofHIERARCHYCHANGES
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HIERARCHYCHANGE { ADDMASTER, REMOVEMASTER, ATTACHSLAVE, DETACHSLAVE }
HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE { AddMaster, RemoveMaster, AttachSlave, DetachSlave }
CHANGEMODE { Float, Attach }
ADDMASTER { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE
length: CARD16
name_len: CARD16
send_core: BOOL
enable: BOOL
name: LISTofCHAR8 }
REMOVEMASTER { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE
length: CARD16
deviceid: DEVICEID
return_mode: CHANGEMODE
return_pointer: DEVICEID
return_keyboard: DEVICEID }
ATTACHSLAVE { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE
length: CARD16
deviceid: DEVICEID
master: DEVICEID }
DETACHSLAVE { type: HIERARCHYCHANGETYPE
length: CARD16
deviceid: DEVICEID }
XIChangeHierarchy allows a client to modify the Master/Slave device
hierarchy.
num_changes
The number of changes to apply to the current hierarchy.
changes
The list of changes.
The server processes the changes in the order received from the
client and applies each requested change immediately. If an error
occurs, processing stops at the current change and returns the number
of successfully applied changes in the error.
ADDMASTER creates a pair of master devices.
type
Always AddMaster.
length
Length in 4 byte units.
name_len
Length of name in bytes.
send_core
True if the device should send core events.
enable
True if the device is to be enabled immediately.
name
The name for the new master devices. The master pointer's name is
automatically appended with " pointer", the master keyboard's name is
automatically appended with " keyboard".
REMOVEMASTER removes an existing master device.
type
Always RemoveMaster.
length
Length in 4 byte units.
deviceid
The device to remove.
return_mode
Return mode for attached slave devices.
If return_mode is Float, all slave devices are set to floating.
If return_mode is Attach, slave pointers are attached to
return_pointer and slave keyboards are attached to
return_keyboard.
return_pointer
return_keyboard
The master pointer and master keyboard to attach slave devices to, if
return_mode is Attach. If return_mode is Float, return_pointer
and return_keyboard are undefined.
Removing a master pointer removes the paired master keyboard and vice
versa.
ATTACHSLAVE attaches a slave device to a given master device.
type
Always ChangeAttachment.
length
Length in 4 byte units.
deviceid
Deviceid of the slave device.
master
The new master device to attach this slave device to.
If any clients are selecting for touch events from the slave device,
their selection will be canceled.
DETACHSLAVE detaches a slave device from its current master device.
type
Always ChangeAttachment.
length
Length in 4 byte units.
deviceid
Deviceid of the slave device.
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XISetClientPointer
win: Window
deviceid: DEVICEID
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Set the ClientPointer for the client owning win to the given device.
win
Window or client ID.
deviceid
The master pointer or master keyboard that acts as ClientPointer.
Some protocol requests are ambiguous and the server has to choose a
device to provide data for a request or a reply. By default, the
server will choose a client???s ClientPointer device to provide the
data, unless the client currently has a grab on another device. See
section The ClientPointer principle for more details.
If win is None, the ClientPointer for this client is set to the given
device. Otherwise, if win is a valid window, the ClientPointer for
the client owning this window is set to the given device. Otherwise,
if win is not a valid window but a client with the client mask equal
to win exists, this client???s ClientPointer is set to the given
device.
If deviceid does not specify a master pointer or master keyboard, a
BadDevice error is returned.
If window does not specify a valid window or client ID and is not
None, a BadWindow error is returned.
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XIGetClientPointer
win: Window
???
set: BOOL
deviceid: DEVICEID
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Query the ClientPointer for the client owning win.
win
The window or client ID.
set
True if the client has a ClientPointer set.
deviceid
The master pointer that acts as a ClientPointer if set is True.
No difference is made between a ClientPointer set explicitly through
XISetClientPointer and a ClientPointer implicitly assigned by the
server in response to an ambiguous request.
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XISetFocus
focus: Window
deviceid: DEVICEID
time: Time
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Set the focus for the given device to the given window. Future key
events from this device are sent to this window. This request
generates FocusIn and FocusOut events.
focus
A viewable window or None.
deviceid
The device to modify the focus window for.
time
Specifies the time to change the focus or CurrentTime.
If focus is None, key events from this device are discarded until a
new focus window is set. If focus is a viewable window, key events
from this device are sent to this window. If the window becomes
unviewable, the window???s first viewable ancestor automatically
becomes the focus window and FocusIn and FocusOut events are sent as
if a client had changed the focus window. This is equivalent to
RevertToParent in the core XSetInputFocus window.
This request has no effect if the specified time is earlier than the
current last-focus-change time or is later than the current X server
time. Otherwise, the last-focus-change time is set to the specified
time.
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XIGetFocus
deviceid: DEVICEID
???
focus: Window
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Return the current focus window for the given device.
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XIGrabDevice
deviceid: DEVICEID
grab_window: Window
owner_events: BOOL
grab_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous }
paired_device_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous }
time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime
cursor: Cursor
mask_len: CARD16
masks: SETofEVENTMASK
???
status: Success, AlreadyGrabbed, Frozen, InvalidTime, NotViewable
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This request actively grabs control of the specified input device.
Further input events from this device are reported only to the
grabbing client. This request overides any previous active grab by
this client for this device. This request does not, however, affect
the processing of XI 2.2 touch events.
deviceid
The device to grab.
grab_window
Events are reported relative to the grab window.
owner_events
Specifies whether event will be reported normally or relative to the
grab window.
grab_mode
Specifies if this device will be frozen as a result of the grab.
paired_device_mode
Specifies if the master device paired with this device will be frozen
as a result of the grab.
time
A valid server time or CurrentTime.
cursor
The cursor to display for the duration of the grab or None.
mask_len
Length of mask in 4 byte units.
mask
Event mask. An event mask for an event type T is defined as (1 << T).
status
Success or the reason why the grab could not be established.
The masks parameter specifies which events the client wishes to
receive while the device is grabbed.
If owner-events is False, input events generated from this device are
reported with respect to grab-window, and are only reported if
selected by being included in the event-list. If owner-events is
True, then if a generated event would normally be reported to this
client, it is reported normally, otherwise the event is reported with
respect to the grab-window, and is only reported if selected by being
included in the event-list. For either value of owner-events,
unreported events are discarded.
If grab-mode is Asynchronous, device event processing continues
normally. If the device is currently frozen by this client, then
processing of device events is resumed. If grab-mode is Synchronous,
the state of the grabbed device (as seen by means of the protocol)
appears to freeze, and no further device events are generated by the
server until the grabbing client issues a releasing XIAllowEvents
request or until the device grab is released. Actual device input
events are not lost while the device is frozen; they are simply
queued for later processing.
If the device is a slave device, the paired-device-mode is ignored.
Otherwise, if this device is a master device and paired-device-mode
is Asynchronous, event processing is unaffected by activation of the
grab. If this device is a master device and paired-device-mode is
Synchronous, the state of the master device paired with this device
(as seen by means of the protocol) appears to freeze, and no further
events are generated by the server until the grabbing client issues a
releasing XIAllowEvents request or until the device grab is released.
Actual events are not lost while the devices are frozen; they are
simply queued for later processing.
If the cursor is not None and the device is a master pointer device,
the cursor will be displayed until the device is ungrabbed.
This request fails and returns:
AlreadyGrabbed: If the device is actively grabbed by some other client.
NotViewable: If grab-window is not viewable.
InvalidTime: If the specified time is earlier than the last-grab-time for
the specified device or later than the current X server time.
Otherwise, the last-grab-time for the specified device is set
to the specified time and CurrentTime is replaced by the
current X server time.
Frozen: If the device is frozen by an active grab of another client.
To release a grab of a device, use XIUngrabDevice.
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XIUngrabDevice
deviceid: DEVICEID
time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime
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This request releases the device if this client has it actively
grabbed (from either XIGrabDevice or XIPassiveGrabDevice) and
releases any queued events. If any devices were frozen by the grab,
XIUngrabDevice thaws them.
deviceid
The device to grab.
time
A valid server time or CurrentTime.
The request has no effect if the specified time is earlier than the
last-device-grab time or is later than the current server time. This
request generates FocusIn and FocusOut events. An XIUngrabDevice is
performed automatically if the event window for an active device grab
becomes not viewable.
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XIAllowEvents:
deviceid: DEVICEID
time: TIMESTAMP or CurrentTime
event_mode: { AsyncDevice, SyncDevice,
AsyncPairedDevice, SyncPairedDevice,
ReplayDevice, AsyncPair, SyncPair, AcceptTouch*,
RejectTouch* }
touchid*: CARD32
grab_window*: Window
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* since XI 2.2
The XIAllowEvents request releases some queued events if the client
has caused a device to freeze. It also is used to handle touch grab
and ownership processing.
deviceid
The device to grab.
time
A valid server time or CurrentTime.
event_mode
Specifies whether a device is to be thawed and events are to be
replayed, or how to handle a grabbed touch sequence.
touchid
The ID of the touch sequence to accept or reject. The value is undefined
for event modes other than AcceptTouch and RejectTouch.
grab_window
The window on which to accept or reject a touch sequence grab. The value
is undefined for event modes other than AcceptTouch and RejectTouch.
The request has no effect if the specified time is earlier than the
last-grab time of the most recent active grab for the client, or if
the specified time is later than the current X server time. The time
parameter must be CurrentTime for requests with event modes of
AcceptTouch and RejectTouch.
When event-mode is AcceptTouch, a BadValue error occurs if the touch
ID is invalid. A BadAccess error occurs if this client is not the
current or potential owner of the specified touch ID.
The following describes the processing that occurs depending on what
constant you pass to the event-mode argument:
AsyncDevice:
If the specified device is frozen by the client, event processing for that
device continues as usual. If the device is frozen multiple times by the
client on behalf of multiple separate grabs, AsyncDevice thaws for
all.
AsyncDevice has no effect if the specified device is not frozen by the
client, but the device need not be grabbed by the client.
SyncDevice:
If the specified device is frozen and actively grabbed by the client,
event processing for that device continues normally until the next
event is reported to the client. At this time, the specified device
again appears to freeze. However, if the reported event causes the
grab to be released, the specified device does not freeze.
SyncDevice has no effect if the specified device is not frozen by the
client or is not grabbed by the client.
ReplayDevice:
If the specified device is actively grabbed by the client and is frozen
as the result of an event having been sent to the client (either from
the activation of a XIGrabButton or from a previous XIAllowEvents with
mode SyncDevice, but not from a Grab), the grab is released and
that event is completely reprocessed. This time, however, the request
ignores any passive grabs at or above (towards the root) the
grab-window of the grab just released.
The request has no effect if the specified device is not grabbed by
the client or if it is not frozen as the result of an event.
AsyncPairedDevice
If the paired master device is frozen by the client, event processing
for it continues as usual. If the paired device is frozen multiple
times by the client on behalf of multiple separate grabs,
AsyncPairedDevice thaws for all.
AsyncPairedDevice has no effect if the device is not frozen by the
client, but those devices need not be grabbed by the client.
AsyncPairedDevice has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device.
SyncPairedDevice
If the paired master device is frozen by the client, event processing (for
the paired master device) continues normally until the next button or key
event is reported to the client for the grabbed device (button event for
the grabbed device, key or motion event for the device), at which time
the device again appears to freeze. However, if the reported event causes
the grab to be released, then the device does not freeze.
SyncPairedDevice has no effect if the specified device is not grabbed
by the client or if it is no frozen as the result of an event.
SyncPairedDevice has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device.
SyncPair
If both the device and the paired master device are frozen by the
client, event processing (for both devices) continues normally until
the next XIButtonPress, XIButtonRelease, XIKeyPress, or XIKeyRelease
event is reported to the client for a grabbed device (button event for
a pointer, key event for a keyboard), at which time the devices again
appear to freeze. However, if the reported event causes the grab to be
released, then the devices do not freeze (but if the other device is
still grabbed, then a subsequent event for it will still cause both
devices to freeze).
SyncPair has no effect unless both the device and the paired master
device are frozen by the client. If the device or paired master device
is frozen twice by the client on behalf of two separate grabs,
SyncPair thaws for both (but a subsequent freeze for SyncPair will
only freeze each device once).
SyncPair has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device.
AsyncPair
If the device and the paired master device are frozen by the client,
event processing for both devices continues normally. If a device is
frozen twice by the client on behalf of two separate grabs, AsyncBoth
thaws for both. AsyncPair has no effect unless both the device and the
paired master device frozen by the client.
AsyncPair has no effect if deviceid specifies a slave device.
AcceptTouch
The client is deemed to have taken control of the touch sequence once it
owns the sequence. TouchEnd events will be sent to all clients listening
to the touch sequence that have either grabbed the touch sequence on a
child window of the grab_window or have received events for the touch
sequence through event selection. These clients will no longer receive
any TouchUpdate events.
RejectTouch
The client is no longer interested in the touch sequence, and will
receive a TouchEnd event. If the client is the current owner of the
sequence, ownership will be passed on to the next listener.
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XIPassiveGrabDevice
deviceid: DEVICE
detail: CARD32
grab_type: GRABTYPE
grab_window: Window
cursor: Cursor
owner_events: Bool
grab_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous, Touch* }
paired_device_mode: { Synchronous, Asynchronous }
num_modifiers: INT16
mask_len: CARD16
masks: SETofEVENTMASK
modifiers: CARD32 or GrabAnyModifier
???
num_modifiers_return: INT16
modifiers_return: GRABMODIFIERINFO
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GRABTYPE { GrabtypeButton, GrabtypeKeycode, GrabtypeEnter,
GrabtypeFocusIn, GrabtypeTouchBegin }
GRABMODIFIERINFO { status: Access
modifiers: CARD32 }
* since XI 2.2
Establish an explicit passive grab for a button or keycode on the
specified input device.
cursor
The cursor to display for the duration of the grab. If grab_type
is not GrabtypeButton, this argument is ignored.
deviceid
The device to establish the passive grab on or AllDevices or
AllMasterDevices.
detail
The button number, or key symbol to grab for.
Must be 0 for GrabtypeEnter, GrabtypeFocusIn, and
GrabtypeTouchBegin.
grab_type
The type of grab to establish.
grab_window
Events are reported relative to the grab window.
grab_mode
If grab-mode is Asynchronous, device event processing continues
normally. If the device is currently frozen by this client, then
processing of device events is resumed. If grab-mode is
Synchronous, the state of the grabbed device (as seen by means of
the protocol) appears to freeze, and no further device events are
generated by the server until the grabbing client issues a
releasing XIAllowEvents request or until the device grab is
released. Actual device input events are not lost while the device
is frozen; they are simply queued for later processing. If grab_type
is GrabtypeTouchBegin, grab_mode must be set to Touch.
mask_len
Length of mask in 4 byte units.
mask
Event mask. An event mask for an event type T is defined as (1 << T).
modifiers
XKB modifier state to activate this passive grab.
num_modifiers
Number of elements in modifiers.
owner_events
Specifies whether event will be reported normally or relative to the
grab window.
num_modifiers_return
Number of elements in modifiers_return
modifiers_return
XKB modifier state that could not be grabbed.
If owner-events is False, input events generated from this device are
reported with respect to grab-window, and are only reported if
selected by being included in the event-list. If owner-events is
True, then if a generated event would normally be reported to this
client, it is reported normally, otherwise the event is reported with
respect to the grab-window, and is only reported if selected by being
included in the event-list. For either value of owner-events,
unreported events are discarded.
If deviceid specifies a master pointer, the modifiers of the paired
master keyboard are used. If deviceid specifies a slave pointer the
modifiers of the master keyboard paired with the attached master
pointers are used. If deviceid specifies a slave keyboard, the
modifiers of the attached master keyboard are used. Note that
activating a grab on a slave device detaches the device from its
master. In this case, the modifiers after activation of the grab are
from the slave device only and may be different to the modifier state
when the grab was triggered.
In the future, if grab_type is GrabtypeButton or GrabtypeKeyboard,
the device is actively grabbed if:
* the device is not grabbed, and
* the specified modifier keys are down, and
* the grab_type is GrabtypeButton and the button specified in
detail is logically pressed or the grab_type is GrabtypeKeycode
and the keycode specified in detail is logically pressed, and
* the grab_window contains the pointer, and
* a passive grab on the same button/keycode + modifier combination
does not exist on an ancestor of grab_window.
Otherwise, if grab_type is GrabtypeEnter or GrabtypeFocusIn, the
device is actively grabbed if:
* the device is not actively grabbed, and
* the specified modifier keys are down, and
* the grab_type is GrabtypeEnter and the device???s pointer has moved
into grab_window or a descendant of grab_window, or the grab_type
is GrabtypeFocusIn and the device???s focus has been set to the
grab_window or a descendant of grab_window, and
* a passive grab of the same grab_type + modifier combination does
not does not exist on an ancestor of grab_window.
Otherwise, if grab_type is GrabtypeTouchBegin, a touch grab begins
if:
* the device is not actively grabbed, and
* the specified modifier keys are down
* a touch begins in grab_window or a descendant of grab_window, and
* a passive grab of the same grab_type + modifier combination does
not does not exist on an ancestor of grab_window.
Ownership of the touch sequence is granted to the grabbing client if:
* a TouchBegin or pointer grab for an emulated touch sequence of a
direct touch device with the same modifier set does not exist on
an ancestor of grab_window, or all applicable grabs have released
ownership.
A modifier of GrabAnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request
for all possible modifier combinations (including no modifiers). A
client may request a grab for GrabAnyModifier and explicit modifier
combinations in the same request.
A GrabtypeButton or GrabtypeKeyboard grab is released when all
buttons or keycode are released, independent of the state of modifier
keys. A GrabtypeEnter or GrabtypeFocusIn grab is released when the
pointer or focus leaves the window and all of its descendants,
independent of the state of modifier keys. A GrabtypeTouchBegin grab
is released when the touch sequence ends or the client uses
XIAllowEvents with mode RejectTouch. Note that the logical state of a
device (as seen by means of the protocol) may lag the physical state
if device event processing is frozen.
This request overrides all previous passive grabs by the same client
on the same button/key/enter/focus in + modifier combinations on the
same window.
If some other client already has issued a XIPassiveGrabDevice request
with the same button or keycode and modifier combination, the failed
modifier combinations is returned in modifiers_return. If some other
client already has issued an XIPassiveGrabDevice request of grab_type
XIGrabtypeEnter, XIGrabtypeFocusIn, XIGrabtypeTouchBegin, or
XIGrabtypeTouchBeginInert with the same grab_window and the same
modifier combination, the failed modifier combinations are returned
in modifiers_return. If num_modifiers_return is zero, all passive
grabs have been successful.
If a button grab or enter grab activates, EnterNotify and LeaveNotify
events with mode Grab are generated as if the pointer were to
suddenly warp from its current position some position in the
grab_window. However, the pointer does not warp, and the pointer
position is used as both the initial and final positions for the
events.
If a keycode grab or focus grab activates, FocusIn and FocusOut
events with mode Grab are generated as if the focus were to change
from the current window to the grab_window.
If an enter or focus in grab activates, additional EnterNotify events
with mode XIPassiveGrabNotify are generated as if the pointer or
focus were to suddenly warp from its current position to some
position in the grab window. These events are sent to the grabbing
client only and only if the grab event mask has selected for it. If
such a passive grab deactivates, addional LeaveNotify events with
mode XIPassiveUngrabNotify are generated and sent to the grabbing
client before the grab deactivates.
For GrabtypeTouchBegin, grab_mode must be Touch or a BadValue error
is generated.
See section The ClientPointer principle for additional notes on touch
grabs, as they do not behave like traditional grabs: in particular,
they do not freeze the device, and delivery of touch events continues
even if the device is frozen due to a grab by another client.
????????????
XIPassiveUngrabDevice
deviceid: DEVICEID
detail: CARD32
grab_type: GRABTYPE
grab_window: Window
num_modifiers: INT16
modifiers: MODIFIERINFO
????????????
Release an explicit passive grab on the specified input device.
deviceid
The device to establish the passive grab on.
detail
The button number or key symbol to ungrab.
Must be 0 for GrabtypeEnter, GrabtypeFocusIn, and
GrabtypeTouchBegin.
grab_type
The type of grab to establish.
grab_window
Events are reported relative to the grab window.
modifiers
XKB modifier state to activate this passive grab.
num_modifiers
Number of elements in modifiers.
This request has no effect if the client does not have a passive grab
of the same type, same button or keycode (if applicable) and modifier
combination on the grab_window.
????????????
XIListProperties
deviceid: DEVICEID
???
num_properties: INT16
properties: LISTofATOM
????????????
List the properties associated with the given device.
deviceid
The device to list the properties for.
num_atoms
Number of atoms in the reply
atoms
All properties on the device.
????????????
XIChangeProperty
deviceid: DEVICEID
property: ATOM
type: ATOM
format: { 8, 16, 32 }
mode: { Append, Prepend, Replace }
num_items: CARD32
data: LISTofINT8, or LISTofINT16, or LISTofINT32
????????????
Change the given property on the given device.
deviceid
The device to change the property on.
property
The property to modify.
type
The property's type.
mode
One of Append, Prepend, or Replace
num_items
Number of items following this request.
data
Property data (nitems * format/8 bytes)
The type is uninterpreted by the server. The format specifies whether
the data should be viewed as a list of 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit
quantities so that the server can correctly byte-swap as necessary.
If the mode is Replace, the previous propert y value is discarded. If
the mode is Prepend or Append, then the type and format must match
the existing property value (or a Match error results). If the
property is undefined, it is treated as defined with the correct type
and format with zero-length data. For Prepend, the data is tacked on
to the beginning of the existing data, and for Append, it is tacked
on to the end of the existing data.
The lifetime of a property is not tied to the storing client.
Properties remain until explicitly deleted, until the device is
removed, or until server reset.
A property cannot be deleted by setting nitems to zero. To delete a
property, use XIDeleteProperty.
This request generates an XIPropertyEvent.
????????????
XIDeleteProperty
deviceid: DEVICEID
property: ATOM
????????????
Deletes the given property on the given device.
deviceid
The device to delete the property on.
property
The property to delete.
If the property is deleted, an XIPropertyEvent is generated on the
device. If the property does not exist, this request does nothing.
????????????
XIGetProperty
deviceid: DEVICEID
property: ATOM
type: Atom or AnyPropertyType
offset: CARD32
len: CARD32
delete: BOOL
???
type: Atom
bytes_after: CARD32
num_items: CARD32
format: { 8, 16, 32 }
data: LISTofINT8, or LISTofINT16, or LISTofINT32
????????????
Get the data for the given property on the given device.
deviceid
The device to retrieve the property data from.
property
The property to retrieve the data from..
type
The property type to retrieve or AnyPropertyType
offset
The offset in 4-byte units.
len
Number of bytes to receive in 4-byte units.
delete
Delete the property after retrieving the data.
bytes_after
Number of unread bytes in the stored property
num_items
Number of items in data
format
8, 16, or 32
data
Property data (nitems * format/8 bytes)
If the specified property does not exist for the specified device,
then the return type is None, the format and bytes-after are zero,
and the value is empty. The delete argument is ignored in this case.
If the specified property exists but its type does not match the
specified type, then the return type is the actual type of the
property, the format is the actual format of the property (never
zero), the bytes-after is the length of the property in bytes (even
if the format is 16 or 32), and the value is empty. The delete
argument is ignored in this case. If the specified property exists
and either AnyPropertyType is specified or the specified type matches
the actual type of the property, then the return type is the actual
type of the property, the format is the actual format of the property
(never zero), and the bytes-after and value are as follows, given: N
= actual length of the stored property in bytes (even if the format
is 16 or 32) I = 4 * long-offset T = N???I L = MINIMUM(T, 4 *
long-length) A = N ??? (I + L) The returned value starts at byte index
I in the property (indexing from 0), and its length in bytes is L.
However, it is a Value error if offset is given such that L is
negative. The value of bytes_after is A, giving the number of
trailing unread bytes in the stored property. If delete is True and
the bytes_after is zero, the property is also deleted from the
device, and a XIPropertyNotify event is generated on the device.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
13.??Events
---------------------------------------------------------------------
An event specifies its length in 4-byte units after the initial 32
bytes. Future versions of the protocol may provide additional
information in the same event, thus increasing the event size.
Clients are required to always read the number of bytes specified by
the event, not the size of the event they may have been compiled
against.
The following event types are available in XI2.
Version 2.0:
* HierarchyChanged
* DeviceChanged
* KeyPress
* KeyRelease
* ButtonPress
* ButtonRelease
* Motion
* RawKeyPress
* RawKeyRelease
* RawButtonPress
* RawButtonRelease
* RawMotion
* Enter
* Leave
* FocusIn
* FocusOut
* PropertyEvent
Version 2.2:
* TouchBegin
* TouchUpdate
* TouchOwnership
* TouchEnd
* RawTouchBegin
* RawTouchUpdate
* RawTouchEnd
All events have a set of common fields specified as EVENTHEADER.
EVENTHEADER { type: BYTE
extension: BYTE
sequenceNumber: CARD16
length: CARD32
evtype: CARD16
deviceid: DEVICEID
time: Time }
type
Always GenericEvent.
extension
Always the X Input extension offset.
sequenceNumber
Sequence number of last request processed by the server.
length
Length in 4-byte units after the initial 32 bytes.
evtype
XI-specific event type.
deviceid
Numerical device id for a device.
time
Time in ms when the event occurred.
13.1.??Events introduced in version 2.0
--------------
????????????
HierarchyEvent:
EVENTHEADER
flags: SETofHIERARCHYMASK
num_info: CARD16
info: LISTofHIERARCHYINFO
????????????
HIERARCHYMASK { MasterAdded, MasterRemoved, SlaveAttached, SlaveDetached,
SlaveAdded, SlaveRemoved, DeviceEnabled, DeviceDisabled }
HIERARCHYINFO { deviceid: DEVICEID,
attachment: DEVICEID,
type: DEVICEUSE
enabled: BOOL
flags: SETofHIERARCHYMASK}
flags
Set of the changes that have occured, causing this event.
num_info
The number of device info structs following the request.
info:
The current hierarchy information.
An XIHierarchyEvent is sent whenever the device hierarchy been
changed. The flags specify all types of hierarchy modifiations that
have occured. For all devices, info details the hierarchy information
after the modification of the hierarchy has occured. For each device
specified with deviceid:
* if type is MasterPointer or MasterKeyboard, attachment decribes
the pairing of this device.
* if type is SlavePointer or SlaveKeyboard, attachment describes
the master device this device is attached to.
* if type is FloatingSlave device, attachment is undefined.
enabled
True if the device is enabled and can send events. A disabled master
device will not forward events from an attached, enabled slave
device.
Note: Multiple devices may be affected in one hierarchy change,
deviceid in an XIHierarchyEvent is always the first affected device.
Clients should ignore deviceid and instead use the devices list.
????????????
DeviceChangedEvent:
EVENTHEADER
reason: CHANGEREASON
source: DEVICEID
num_classes: CARD16
classes: LISTofCLASS
????????????
CHANGEREASON { SlaveSwitch, DeviceChange }
A DeviceChangeEvent is sent whenever a device changes it???s
capabilities. This can happen either by a new slave device sending
events through a master device, or by a physical device changing
capabilities at runtime.
reason
The reason for generating this event.
If reason is SlaveSwitch, the slave device sending events through
this device has changed and source specifies the new slave device.
A SlaveSwitch reason can only occur on a master device.
If reason is DeviceChange, the device itself has changed through
other means (e.g. a physical device change) and source is
the device itself.
source
The source of the new classes.
num_classes
Number of classes provided.
classes
Details the available classes provided by the device. The order the
classes are provided in is undefined.
For a detailed description of classes, see the XIQueryDevice request.
????????????
DeviceEvent:
EVENTHEADER
detail: CARD32
root: Window
event: Window
child: Window
root_x: FP1616
root_y: FP1616
event_x: FP1616
event_y: FP1616
buttons_len: CARD16
valuators_len: CARD16
sourceid: DEVICEID
mods: MODIFIERINFO
group: GROUPINFO
flags: DEVICEEEVENTFLAGS
buttons: SETofBUTTONMASK
valuators: SETofVALUATORMASK
axisvalues: LISTofFP3232
????????????
BUTTONBIT { (1 << Button1), (1 << Button2), ... , (1 << ButtonN) }
VALUATORBIT { (1 << 1), ( 1 << 2), ... ( 1 << n) }
MODIFIERINFO { base_mods: CARD32,
latched_mods: CARD32,
locked_mods: CARD32,
effective_mods: CARD32}
GROUPINFO { base_group: CARD8,
latched_group: CARD8,
locked_group: CARD8,
effective_group: CARD8}
DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (all events): none
DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (key events only): { KeyRepeat }
DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (pointer events only): { PointerEmulated }
DEVICEEVENTFLAGS (touch events only): { TouchPendingEnd,
TouchEmulatingPointer }
An XIDeviceEvent is generated whenever the logical state of a device
changes in response to a button press, a button release, a motion, a
key press or a key release. The event type may be one of KeyPress,
KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, Motion.
XI 2.2: The event type may also be TouchBegin, TouchUpdate, or TouchEnd.
detail
The button number, key code, touch ID, or 0.
root
event
child
The root window, event window or subwindow, respectively. See core
protocol specification for more detail.
root_x
root_y
The position of the pointer in screen coordinates (16.16 fixed point).
event_x
event_y
The position of the pointer in screen coordinates relative to the
event window (16.16 fixed point).
buttons_len
The length of buttons in 4 byte units.
valuators_len
The length of valuators in 4 byte units.
sourceid
The source device that originally generated the event.
mods
XKB modifier state before the event occured.
group
XKB group state before the event.
buttons
Button state before the event.
valuators
Bitmask of valuators provided in axisvalues.
axisvalues
Valuator data in device-native resolution.
flags
Miscellaneous information about this event; the union of the
common flag set and either the key or pointer flag set,
depending on the event type.
KeyRepeat means that this event is for repeating purposes, and
the physical state of the key has not changed. This is only
valid for KeyPress events.
PointerEmulated signals that the event has been emulated from another
XI 2.x event for legacy client support, and that this event should
be ignored if the client listens for these events. This flag is
set on scroll ButtonPress and RawButtonPress events (buttons 4, 5, 6
and 7) if a smooth-scrolling event on the Rel Vert Scroll or
Rel Horiz Scroll axes was also generated. It is also set on Motion,
ButtonPress, and ButtonRelease events generated by direct touch devices.
TouchPendingEnd (for touch events only) means that the touch
has physically ended, however another client still holds a grab, so the
touch should be considered alive until all grabbing clients have
accepted or passed on ownership. The touch will not generate any
further TouchUpdate events once an event with TouchPendingEnd has been
received.
TouchEmulatingPointer is set on touch events that emulate pointer
events.
Modifier state in mods is detailed as follows:
base_mods
XKB base modifier state.
latched_mods
XKB latched modifier state.
locked_mods
XKB locked modifier state.
Group state in group is detailed as follows:
base_group
XKB base group state.
latched_group
XKB latched group state.
locked_group
XKB locked group state.
XI 2.2:
A TouchBegin event is generated whenever a new touch sequence
initializes A TouchEnd event is generated whenever a touch sequence
ceases. A TouchUpdate event is generated whenever a valuator value
changes, or a flag flag (e.g. pending end) has changed for that touch
sequence; this may result in a TouchUpdate event being sent with zero
valuators. A TouchOwnership event is sent when a client becomes the
owner of a touch.
The average finger size is significantly larger than one pixel. The
selection of the hotspot of a touchpoint is implementation dependent
and may not be the logical center of the touch.
Touch tracking IDs are provided in the detail field of touch events.
Its value is always provided in every touch event. Tracking IDs are
represented as unsigned 32-bit values and increase strictly
monotonically in value for each new touch, wrapping back to 0 upon
reaching the numerical limit of IDs. The increment between two touch
IDs is indeterminate. Clients may not assume that any future touches
will have specific touch IDs. IDs are globally unique.
The button state in touch events represents the state of the device???s
physical buttons only, even if that sequence is emulating pointer
events.
Touch events do not generate enter/leave events.
????????????
RawEvent
EVENTHEADER
detail: CARD32
sourceid*: DEVICEID
flags: DEVICEEVENTFLAGS
valuators_len: CARD16
valuators: SETofVALUATORMASK
axisvalues: LISTofFP3232
axisvalues_raw: LISTofFP3232
????????????
* since XI 2.1
A RawEvent provides the information provided by the driver to the
client. RawEvent provides both the raw data as supplied by the driver
and transformed data as used in the server. Transformations include,
but are not limited to, axis clipping and acceleration. Transformed
valuator data may be equivalent to raw data. In this case, both raw
and transformed valuator data is provided. RawEvents are sent
exclusively to all root windows. Clients supporting XI 2.0 receive
raw events when the device is not grabbed, or when the device is
grabbed by the client but not when the device is grabbed by another
client. Clients supporting XI 2.1 or later receive raw events at all
times, even when the device is grabbed by another client.
eventtype
The type of event that occured on the device.
detail
The button number, keycode or touch ID*.
sourceid
The source device that originally generated the event. The sourceid
is undefined for clients not supporting XI 2.1.
flags
Flags as described in DeviceEvent.
valuators_len
The length of valuators in 4 byte units.
valuators
Bitmask of valuators provided in axisvalues and axisvalues_raw.
axisvalues
Valuator data in device-native resolution.
axisvalues_raw
Untransformed valuator data in device-native resolution.
* since XI 2.2
????????????
Enter or Leave or FocusIn or FocusOut
EVENTHEADER
root: Window
event: Window
child: Window
sourceid: DEVICEID
root_x: FP1616
root_y: FP1616
event_x FP1616
event_y: FP1616
mode: NOTIFYMODE
detail: NOTIFYDETAIL
same_screen: BOOL
focus: BOOL
mods: MODIFIERINFO
group: GROUPINFO
buttons_len: CARD16
buttons: SETofBUTTONMASK
????????????
NOTIFYMODE { Normal, Grab, Ungrab }
NOTIFYDETAIL { Ancestor, Virtual, Inferior, Nonlinear, NonlinearVirtual,
Pointer, PointerRoot, None }
Enter or Leave events are sent whenever a device???s pointer enters or
leaves a window. FocusIn or FocusOut events are sent whenever a
device???s focus is set to or away from a window. The enter/leave and
focus in/out model is described in the core protocol specification,
Section 11. (EnterNotify, LeaveNotify events).
For enter and leave events, the modifier and group state is the state
of the paired master device if the device is a master device, or the
state of the attached master keyboard if the device is an attached
slave device, or zero if the device is a floating slave device.
For focus in and out events, the button state is the state of the
paired master device if the device is a master device, or the state
of the attached master keyboard if the device is an attached slave
device, or zero if the device is a floating slave device.
root
event
child
The root window, event window, and child window, respectively. See the
core protocol specification for more detail.
sourceid
The device that caused the pointer to move.
root_x
root_y
The pointer coordinates relative to the root window.
event_x
event_y
The pointer coordinates relative to the event window.
mode
Normal pointer motion events have mode Normal. Pseudo-motion events
when a grab activates have mode Grab, and pseudo-motion events when a
grab deactivates have mode Ungrab. Pseudo-motion events caused by the
activation or deactivation of a passive enter or focus in grab have mode
XIPassiveGrabNotify or XIPassiveUngrabNotify.
detail
Specifies the relation of the event window to the window the pointer
entered or left. See the core protocol spec for details.
same_screen
True if the event window is on the same screen as the pointer's root
window.
focus
If the event window is the focus window or an inferior of the focus
window, then focus is True. Otherwise, focus is False. This field is
unspecified for focus in/out events.
mods
XKB modifier state before the event occured.
group
XKB group state before the event.
buttons_len
The length of buttons in 4 byte units.
buttons
Button state before the event.
????????????
XIPropertyEvent
EVENTHEADER
property: ATOM
what: { PropertyCreated, PropertyDeleted, PropertyModified }
????????????
XIPropertyEvents are sent whenever a device property is created,
deleted or modified by a client.
property
The property that has been created, deleted, or modified
what
Specifies what has been changed.
13.2.??Events introduced in version 2.2
--------------
????????????
TouchOwnershipEvent (since XI 2.2):
EVENTHEADER
touchid: CARD32
root: Window
event: Window
child: Window
sourceid: DEVICEID
flags: SETofTOUCHOWNERSHIPFLAGS
????????????
TOUCHOWNERSHIPFLAGS: (none currently defined)
A TouchOwnershipEvent indicates that ownership has changed, and the
client is now the owner of the touch sequence specified by touchid.
touchid
The identifier of the touch sequence.
root
event
child
The root window, event window, and child window, respectively. See the
core protocol specification for more detail.
sourceid
The source device that originally generated the event.
flags
A bitmask of flags for this event.
A.??XI 2.2 Use-cases
All use-cases that include the receiving and processing of touch
events require the client to announce XI 2.2 support in the
XIQueryVersion request.
A.1.??Client C wants to process touch events from a device D on window
W.
* C calls XISelectEvent for XI_Touch{Begin|Update|End} from D on W.
* C receives TouchBegin whenever a touch sequence starts within W???s
borders.
* C receives TouchUpdate events whenever an axis valuator value
changes for a touch sequence it received a TouchBegin event for.
* C receives TouchEnd whenever a touch it received a TouchBegin
event for ceases.
A.1.1.??While client I wants to pre-process touch events from device D
on the parent window of W.
* C calls XISelectEvent for XI_Touch{Begin|Update|Ownership|End}
from D on W.
* I calls XIPassiveGrab for XI_Touch{Begin|Update|Ownership|End}
from D on a parent window of W.
* I receives TouchBegin whenever a touch begins within window W, as
well as a TouchOwnership event indicating that it currently owns
the touch sequence. C receives a TouchBegin event as well, but
without TouchOwnership.
* When an axis valuator changes in this touch sequence, both I and
C receive a TouchUpdate event. I may process the event to
determine if it is going to accept or reject the touch, whereas C
may perform reversible processing.
* If I decides it is going to claim the touch sequence for its
exclusive processing, it calls XIAllowEvents with an event mode
of XIAcceptTouch; at this point, C receives a TouchEnd event, and
undoes any processing it has already performed due to the touch
sequence. Further TouchUpdate events are delivered only to I.
* Alternatively, if I decides it does not want to receive further
events from this touch sequence, it calls XIAllowEvents with an
event mode of XIRejectTouch; at this point, I receives a TouchEnd
event confirming that it has rejected the touch. C receives a
TouchOwnership event confirming that it is now the new owner of
the touch, and further TouchUpdate events are delivered only to
C. As C now owns the touch, it is free to perform irreversible
processing of the sequence.
* When the touch physically ceases, a TouchEnd event is sent to C.
A.1.2.??While client I wants to process pointer events on window W???s
parent, window Y.
* I calls XIPassiveGrab for XI_
{ButtonPress,MotionNotify,ButtonRelease} to create a synchronous
pointer grab from D on Y.
* C calls XISelectEvent for XI_Touch{Begin|Update|Ownership|End}
from D on W.
* I receives a ButtonPress event whenever a touch begins within W,
and is considered the owner of the event. C receives a TouchBegin
event, but does not receive a TouchOwnership event.
* When the touchpoint moves, C will receive a TouchUpdate event.
Event delivery to I is subject to the synchronous delivery
mechanism. The emulated motion notify event is queued in the
server while the device is frozen.
* I may assert ownership by calling XIAllowEvents on Y with any
mode other than ReplayDevice, which will cause all further events
to be sent only to I, with a TouchEnd event being sent to C.
* Alternatively, I may reject the touch sequence by calling
XIAllowEvents on Y with mode ReplayDevice, which will cause no
further events from that touch to be sent to I, and a
TouchOwnership event to be sent to C, with subsequent motion
events being sent as TouchUpdate events.
A.2.??Driver DRV provides touch support from tracked device D:
* DRV initializes a TouchClass for the device.
* DRV parses D???s device protocol and selects one touch sequence to
be emulated as pointer event.
* DRV calls the respective input driver API with the touch sequence
data. The touch sequence emulating a pointer has the respective
flag set. DRV does not submit pointer data for any touchpoint.
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