wayland_seat_t - Man Page

enum class wrapper_type { standard, display, foreign, proxy_wrapper }

pointer_t get_pointer ()
return pointer object
keyboard_t get_keyboard ()
return keyboard object
touch_t get_touch ()
return touch object
void release ()
release the seat object
bool can_release () const
Check whether the release function is available with the currently bound version of the protocol.
std::function< void(seat_capability)> & on_capabilities ()
seat capabilities changed
std::function< void(std::string)> & on_name ()
unique identifier for this seat
uint32_t get_id () const
Get the id of a proxy object.
std::string get_class () const
Get the interface name (class) of a proxy object.
uint32_t get_version () const
Get the protocol object version of a proxy object.
wrapper_type get_wrapper_type () const
Get the type of a proxy object.
void set_queue (event_queue_t queue)
Assign a proxy to an event queue.
wl_proxy * c_ptr () const
Get a pointer to the underlying C struct.
bool proxy_has_object () const
Check whether this wrapper actually wraps an object.
operator bool () const
Check whether this wrapper actually wraps an object.
bool operator== (const proxy_t &right) const
Check whether two wrappers refer to the same object.
bool operator!= (const proxy_t &right) const
Check whether two wrappers refer to different objects.
void proxy_release ()
Release the wrapped object (if any), making this an empty wrapper.

static constexpr std::uint32_t get_pointer_since_version = 1
Minimum protocol version required for the get_pointer function.
static constexpr std::uint32_t get_keyboard_since_version = 1
Minimum protocol version required for the get_keyboard function.
static constexpr std::uint32_t get_touch_since_version = 1
Minimum protocol version required for the get_touch function.
static constexpr std::uint32_t release_since_version = 5
Minimum protocol version required for the release function.

Underlying wl_proxy type and properties of a proxy_t that affect construction, destruction, and event handling

Enumerator

standard

C pointer is a standard type compatible with wl_proxy*. Events are dispatched and it is destructed when the proxy_t is destructed. User data is set.

display

C pointer is a wl_display*. No events are dispatched, wl_display_disconnect is called when the proxy_t is destructed. User data is set.

foreign

C pointer is a standard type compatible with wl_proxy*, but another library owns it and it should not be touched in a way that could affect the operation of the other library. No events are dispatched, wl_proxy_destroy is not called when the proxy_t is destructed, user data is not touched. Consequently, there is no reference counting for the proxy_t. Lifetime of such wrappers should preferably be short to minimize the chance that the owning library decides to destroy the wl_proxy.

proxy_wrapper

C pointer is a wl_proxy* that was constructed with wl_proxy_create_wrapper. No events are dispatched, wl_proxy_wrapper_destroy is called when the proxy_t is destroyed. Reference counting is active. A reference to the proxy_t creating this proxy wrapper is held to extend its lifetime until after the proxy wrapper is destroyed.

Definition at line 116 of file wayland-client.hpp.

Get a pointer to the underlying C struct.

Returns

The underlying wl_proxy wrapped by this proxy_t if it exists, otherwise an exception is thrown

Check whether the release function is available with the currently bound version of the protocol.

Definition at line 2875 of file wayland-client-protocol.cpp.

Get the interface name (class) of a proxy object.

Returns

The interface name of the object associated with the proxy

Get the id of a proxy object.

Returns

The id the object associated with the proxy

return keyboard object

Returns

seat keyboard

The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_keyboard interface for this seat.

This request only takes effect if the seat has the keyboard capability, or has had the keyboard capability in the past. It is a protocol violation to issue this request on a seat that has never had the keyboard capability. The missing_capability error will be sent in this case.

Examples egl.cpp, proxy_wrapper.cpp, and shm.cpp.

Definition at line 2856 of file wayland-client-protocol.cpp.

return pointer object

Returns

seat pointer

The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_pointer interface for this seat.

This request only takes effect if the seat has the pointer capability, or has had the pointer capability in the past. It is a protocol violation to issue this request on a seat that has never had the pointer capability. The missing_capability error will be sent in this case.

Examples egl.cpp, and shm.cpp.

Definition at line 2849 of file wayland-client-protocol.cpp.

return touch object

Returns

seat touch interface

The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_touch interface for this seat.

This request only takes effect if the seat has the touch capability, or has had the touch capability in the past. It is a protocol violation to issue this request on a seat that has never had the touch capability. The missing_capability error will be sent in this case.

Definition at line 2863 of file wayland-client-protocol.cpp.

Get the protocol object version of a proxy object. Gets the protocol object version of a proxy object, or 0 if the proxy was created with unversioned API.

A returned value of 0 means that no version information is available, so the caller must make safe assumptions about the object's real version.

display_t will always return version 0.

Returns

The protocol object version of the proxy or 0

Get the type of a proxy object.

Definition at line 302 of file wayland-client.hpp.

seat capabilities changed

Parameters

capabilities capabilities of the seat

This is emitted whenever a seat gains or loses the pointer, keyboard or touch capabilities. The argument is a capability enum containing the complete set of capabilities this seat has.

When the pointer capability is added, a client may create a wl_pointer object using the wl_seat.get_pointer request. This object will receive pointer events until the capability is removed in the future.

When the pointer capability is removed, a client should destroy the wl_pointer objects associated with the seat where the capability was removed, using the wl_pointer.release request. No further pointer events will be received on these objects.

In some compositors, if a seat regains the pointer capability and a client has a previously obtained wl_pointer object of version 4 or less, that object may start sending pointer events again. This behavior is considered a misinterpretation of the intended behavior and must not be relied upon by the client. wl_pointer objects of version 5 or later must not send events if created before the most recent event notifying the client of an added pointer capability.

The above behavior also applies to wl_keyboard and wl_touch with the keyboard and touch capabilities, respectively.

Examples egl.cpp, and shm.cpp.

Definition at line 2881 of file wayland-client-protocol.cpp.

unique identifier for this seat

Parameters

name seat identifier

In a multi-seat configuration the seat name can be used by clients to help identify which physical devices the seat represents.

The seat name is a UTF-8 string with no convention defined for its contents. Each name is unique among all wl_seat globals. The name is only guaranteed to be unique for the current compositor instance.

The same seat names are used for all clients. Thus, the name can be shared across processes to refer to a specific wl_seat global.

The name event is sent after binding to the seat global. This event is only sent once per seat object, and the name does not change over the lifetime of the wl_seat global.

Compositors may re-use the same seat name if the wl_seat global is destroyed and re-created later.

Definition at line 2886 of file wayland-client-protocol.cpp.

Check whether this wrapper actually wraps an object.

Returns

true if there is an underlying object, false if this wrapper is empty

Check whether two wrappers refer to different objects.

Check whether two wrappers refer to the same object.

Check whether this wrapper actually wraps an object.

Returns

true if there is an underlying object, false if this wrapper is empty

Release the wrapped object (if any), making this an empty wrapper. Note that display_t instances cannot be released this way. Attempts to do so are ignored.

Examples foreign_display.cpp.

release the seat object Using this request a client can tell the server that it is not going to use the seat object anymore.

Definition at line 2870 of file wayland-client-protocol.cpp.

Assign a proxy to an event queue.

Parameters

queue The event queue that will handle this proxy

Assign proxy to event queue. Events coming from proxy will be queued in queue instead of the display's main queue.

See also: display_t::dispatch_queue().

Examples proxy_wrapper.cpp.

Minimum protocol version required for the get_keyboard function.

Definition at line 2551 of file wayland-client-protocol.hpp.

Minimum protocol version required for the get_pointer function.

Definition at line 2532 of file wayland-client-protocol.hpp.

Minimum protocol version required for the get_touch function.

Definition at line 2570 of file wayland-client-protocol.hpp.

Minimum protocol version required for the release function.

Definition at line 2582 of file wayland-client-protocol.hpp.