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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: grab mouse wheel with XI2
From:       Jonathan Michalon <johndescs () gmail ! com>
Date:       2019-11-25 8:56:43
Message-ID: 20191125095643.10ace216 () FlyingPenguin
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Le Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:53:40 +1000,
Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> a écrit :
> Since you can't passive grab on specific axis, the
> window-manager-like sync grab is out. So basically - I don't see any
> options here.
>
> […]
>
> There may be a use-case for grabbing specific axis events, but the
> devil's in the detail and this is a massive amount of work. So "a
> patch somehow" is more likely 6 man-months of full-time work. I would
> recommend against that...

Hi, 

Thanks for your very detailed answer. FTR, we decided consequently to
just use the GDK_CORE_DEVICE_EVENTS=1 environment variable for now, it's
enough for our reduced use-case and in any case in the next 2 years
things may change a lot.

Best Regards,

-- 
Jonathan Michalon
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