Wayland Interaction

Wayland Interaction — Wayland backend-specific functions

Functions

struct wl_keyboard * gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_keyboard ()
struct wl_pointer * gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_pointer ()
struct wl_seat * gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_seat ()
struct wl_compositor * gdk_wayland_display_get_wl_compositor ()
struct wl_display * gdk_wayland_display_get_wl_display ()
struct xdg_shell * gdk_wayland_display_get_xdg_shell ()
struct wl_surface * gdk_wayland_window_get_wl_surface ()
void gdk_wayland_window_set_use_custom_surface ()

Includes

#include <gdk/gdkwayland.h>

Description

The functions in this section are specific to the GDK Wayland backend. To use them, you need to include the <gdk/gdkwayland.h> header and use the Wayland-specific pkg-config files to build your application (either gdk-wayland-3.0 or gtk+-wayland-3.0).

To make your code compile with other GDK backends, guard backend-specific calls by an ifdef as follows. Since GDK may be built with multiple backends, you should also check for the backend that is in use (e.g. by using the GDK_IS_WAYLAND_DISPLAY() macro).

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#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_WAYLAND
  if (GDK_IS_WAYLAND_DISPLAY (display))
    {
      // make Wayland-specific calls here
    }
  else
#endif
#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11
  if (GDK_IS_X11_DISPLAY (display))
    {
      // make X11-specific calls here
    }
  else
#endif
  g_error ("Unsupported GDK backend");

Functions

gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_keyboard ()

struct wl_keyboard *
gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_keyboard (GdkDevice *device);

Returns the Wayland wl_keyboard of a GdkDevice

Parameters

device

a GdkDevice.

[type GdkWaylandDevice]

Returns

a Wayland wl_keyboard.

[transfer none]

Since 3.10


gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_pointer ()

struct wl_pointer *
gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_pointer (GdkDevice *device);

Returns the Wayland wl_pointer of a GdkDevice

Parameters

device

a GdkDevice.

[type GdkWaylandDevice]

Returns

a Wayland wl_pointer.

[transfer none]

Since 3.10


gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_seat ()

struct wl_seat *
gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_seat (GdkDevice *device);

Returns the Wayland wl_seat of a GdkDevice

Parameters

device

a GdkDevice.

[type GdkWaylandDevice]

Returns

a Wayland wl_seat.

[transfer none]

Since 3.10


gdk_wayland_display_get_wl_compositor ()

struct wl_compositor *
gdk_wayland_display_get_wl_compositor (GdkDisplay *display);

Returns the Wayland global singleton compositor of a GdkDisplay

Parameters

display

a GdkDisplay.

[type GdkWaylandDisplay]

Returns

a Wayland wl_compositor.

[transfer none]

Since 3.8


gdk_wayland_display_get_wl_display ()

struct wl_display *
gdk_wayland_display_get_wl_display (GdkDisplay *display);

Returns the Wayland wl_display of a GdkDisplay

Parameters

display

a GdkDisplay.

[type GdkWaylandDisplay]

Returns

a Wayland wl_display.

[transfer none]

Since 3.8


gdk_wayland_display_get_xdg_shell ()

struct xdg_shell *
gdk_wayland_display_get_xdg_shell (GdkDisplay *display);

Returns the Wayland global singleton shell of a GdkDisplay

Parameters

display

a GdkDisplay.

[type GdkWaylandDisplay]

Returns

a Wayland xdg_shell.

[transfer none]

Since 3.8


gdk_wayland_window_get_wl_surface ()

struct wl_surface *
gdk_wayland_window_get_wl_surface (GdkWindow *window);

Returns the Wayland surface of a GdkWindow

Parameters

window

a GdkWindow.

[type GdkWaylandWindow]

Returns

a Wayland wl_surface.

[transfer none]

Since 3.8


gdk_wayland_window_set_use_custom_surface ()

void
gdk_wayland_window_set_use_custom_surface
                               (GdkWindow *window);

Marks a GdkWindow as a custom Wayland surface. The application is expected to register the surface as some type of surface using some Wayland interface.

A good example would be writing a panel or on-screen-keyboard as an out-of-process helper - as opposed to having those in the compositor process. In this case the underlying surface isn’t an xdg_shell surface and the panel or OSK client need to identify the wl_surface as a panel or OSK to the compositor. The assumption is that the compositor will expose a private interface to the special client that lets the client identify the wl_surface as a panel or such.

This function should be called before a GdkWindow is shown. This is best done by connecting to the “realize” signal:

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static void
widget_realize_cb (GtkWidget *widget)
{
  GdkWindow *window;
  struct wl_surface *surface;
  struct input_panel_surface *ip_surface;

  window = gtk_widget_get_window (widget);
  gdk_wayland_window_set_custom_surface (window);

  surface = gdk_wayland_window_get_wl_surface (window);
  ip_surface = input_panel_get_input_panel_surface (input_panel, surface);
  input_panel_surface_set_panel (ip_surface);
}

static void
setup_window (GtkWindow *window)
{
  g_signal_connect (window, "realize", G_CALLBACK (widget_realize_cb), NULL);
}

Parameters

window

a GdkWindow.

[type GdkWaylandWindow]

Since 3.10

Types and Values