[xmonad] MouseGestures and click events reaching apps, again

[Jeff Lasslett]

Thanks Daniel,

I have looked through the MouseGestures code and was starting to suspect
that I would need to modify xmonad core.  Thanks for clarifying things for
me.

I'll start with a closer reading of the xmonad sources and see how far I
get.  I will probably be asking on this list soon, for advice on how to
proceed.  :-)

Jeff




On 16 April 2013 00:21, Daniel Wagner <wagnerdm at seas.upenn.edu> wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> I suspect you're not getting a response because it's not really an easy
> problem to fix in "user-space" (i.e. from within your config). I guess
> what's happening is that because you've added a mouse binding for
> left-mouse clicks (with no modifier), xmonad is grabbing all clicks. It
> then passes them on to whatever handler you have defined, and assumes that
> handler always knows how to do everything.
>
> That is, currently, xmonad core has no way for its mouse bindings to
> signal that they can't actually handle a particular mouse event. (The same
> is true of the key bindings.)
>
> Fixing this likely involves learning enough about X to know how to handle
> this correctly at the X level, then hacking on xmonad core to add the
> appropriate logic. There are likely to be people on-list who can give you
> some pointers to where to start with the X documentation, if that would be
> helpful.
>
> ~d
>
>
> On 2013-04-14 21:21, Jeff Lasslett wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I asked this question a few days ago but haven't seen any replies.  I
>> am trying to setup a kiosk style app, with no keyboard.  I understand
>> that this is not how xmonad is typically used.  Perhaps xmonad is not
>> the right tool for my application but I thought I'd try it as it gets
>> out of the way and is quite light and stable.
>>
>> I need to switch between windows/workspaces with a gesture on a
>> touchscreen, and still interact with my apps through the touchscreen
>> only.  There will be no keyboard,
>>
>> For the most part I have succeeded, with the help of MouseGestures and
>> CycleWS.
>>
>> The trouble is that clicks are no longer reaching the app (a browser
>> for example).  I have read
>> through https://code.google.**com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=**225<https://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=225>[1].  I
>>
>> am using xmonad 0.11 and I have set clickJustFocuses to False, but
>> this hasn't soved my problem.
>>
>> Here's my xmonad.hs file :  https://gist.github.com/**
>> jefflasslett/5360705 <https://gist.github.com/jefflasslett/5360705> [2]
>> Please let me know if using gist.github.com [3] like this is a
>>
>> problem on the list.
>>
>> I want mouse click events (touch screen taps) that are not gestures
>> to go down to the windowed app.  How can I get this to happen?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeff Lasslett
>>
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] https://code.google.com/p/**xmonad/issues/detail?id=225<https://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=225>
>> [2] https://gist.github.com/**jefflasslett/5360705<https://gist.github.com/jefflasslett/5360705>
>> [3] http://gist.github.com
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