InputSynth: Libinputsynth Reference Manual

InputSynth

InputSynth

Functions

InputSynth *	input_synth_new ()
void	input_synth_move_cursor ()
void	input_synth_click ()
void	input_synth_character ()
GString *	input_synth_get_backend_name ()

Types and Values

	InputSynth
#define	INPUT_TYPE_SYNTH

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── InputSynth

Includes

#include <inputsynth.h>

Description

Functions

input_synth_new ()

InputSynth *
input_synth_new (InputSynthBackend backend);

input_synth_move_cursor ()

void
input_synth_move_cursor (InputSynth *self,
                         int x,
                         int y);

Parameters

self	The InputSynth
x	The x coordinate to move to
y	The y coordinate to move to

input_synth_click ()

void
input_synth_click (InputSynth *self,
                   int x,
                   int y,
                   int button,
                   gboolean press);

Parameters

self	The InputSynth
x	The x coordinate to click at (may have no effect depending on backend)
y	The y coordinate to click at (may have no effect depending on backend)
button	The button to click. The usual bindings are: Button 1: Left Click Button 2: Right Click Button 3: Middle (Mouse Wheel) Click Button 4: Scroll Up Button 5: Scroll Down Button 6: Scroll Left Button 7: Scroll right
press	Whether to press or release the button

input_synth_character ()

void
input_synth_character (InputSynth *self,
                       char character);

Parameters

self	The InputSynth
character	A single ASCII character to synthesize. Does not support unicode.

input_synth_get_backend_name ()

GString *
input_synth_get_backend_name (InputSynth *self);

Parameters

self

Returns

A purely informational descriptive name for the backend currently in use. Useful when testing backend loading.

Types and Values

InputSynth

typedef struct _InputSynth InputSynth;

INPUT_TYPE_SYNTH

#define INPUT_TYPE_SYNTH input_synth_get_type()