ClutterInputDevice

ClutterInputDevice — An input device managed by Clutter

Functions

gint clutter_input_device_get_device_id ()
ClutterInputDeviceType clutter_input_device_get_device_type ()
const gchar * clutter_input_device_get_device_name ()
ClutterInputMode clutter_input_device_get_device_mode ()
gboolean clutter_input_device_get_has_cursor ()
void clutter_input_device_set_enabled ()
gboolean clutter_input_device_get_enabled ()
ClutterInputDevice * clutter_input_device_get_associated_device ()
GList * clutter_input_device_get_slave_devices ()
ClutterModifierType clutter_input_device_get_modifier_state ()
gboolean clutter_input_device_keycode_to_evdev ()
const gchar * clutter_input_device_get_vendor_id ()
const gchar * clutter_input_device_get_product_id ()
guint clutter_input_device_get_n_keys ()
void clutter_input_device_set_key ()
gboolean clutter_input_device_get_key ()
guint clutter_input_device_get_n_axes ()
ClutterInputAxis clutter_input_device_get_axis ()
gboolean clutter_input_device_get_axis_value ()
gboolean clutter_input_device_get_coords ()
void clutter_input_device_get_device_coords ()
ClutterActor * clutter_input_device_get_pointer_actor ()
ClutterStage * clutter_input_device_get_pointer_stage ()
void clutter_input_device_grab ()
void clutter_input_device_ungrab ()
ClutterActor * clutter_input_device_get_grabbed_actor ()
void clutter_input_device_sequence_grab ()
void clutter_input_device_sequence_ungrab ()
ClutterActor * clutter_input_device_sequence_get_grabbed_actor ()
void clutter_input_device_update_from_event ()

Properties

ClutterBackend * backend Read / Write / Construct Only
ClutterDeviceManager * device-manager Read / Write / Construct Only
ClutterInputMode device-mode Read / Write / Construct Only
ClutterInputDeviceType device-type Read / Write / Construct Only
gboolean enabled Read / Write
gboolean has-cursor Read / Write / Construct Only
gint id Read / Write / Construct Only
guint n-axes Read
gchar * name Read / Write / Construct Only
gchar * product-id Read / Write / Construct Only
gchar * vendor-id Read / Write / Construct Only

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── ClutterInputDevice

Description

ClutterInputDevice represents an input device known to Clutter.

The ClutterInputDevice class holds the state of the device, but its contents are usually defined by the Clutter backend in use.

Functions

clutter_input_device_get_device_id ()

gint
clutter_input_device_get_device_id (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the unique identifier of device

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

the identifier of the device

Since: 1.0


clutter_input_device_get_device_type ()

ClutterInputDeviceType
clutter_input_device_get_device_type (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the type of device

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

the type of the device

Since: 1.0


clutter_input_device_get_device_name ()

const gchar *
clutter_input_device_get_device_name (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the name of the device

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

the name of the device, or NULL. The returned string is owned by the ClutterInputDevice and should never be modified or freed

Since: 1.2


clutter_input_device_get_device_mode ()

ClutterInputMode
clutter_input_device_get_device_mode (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the ClutterInputMode of device .

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

the device mode

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_has_cursor ()

gboolean
clutter_input_device_get_has_cursor (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves whether device has a pointer that follows the device motion.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

TRUE if the device has a cursor

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_set_enabled ()

void
clutter_input_device_set_enabled (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                                  gboolean enabled);

Enables or disables a ClutterInputDevice.

Only devices with a “device-mode” property set to CLUTTER_INPUT_MODE_SLAVE or CLUTTER_INPUT_MODE_FLOATING can be disabled.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

enabled

TRUE to enable the device

 

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_enabled ()

gboolean
clutter_input_device_get_enabled (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves whether device is enabled.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

TRUE if the device is enabled

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_associated_device ()

ClutterInputDevice *
clutter_input_device_get_associated_device
                               (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves a pointer to the ClutterInputDevice that has been associated to device .

If the “device-mode” property of device is set to CLUTTER_INPUT_MODE_MASTER, this function will return NULL.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

a ClutterInputDevice, or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_slave_devices ()

GList *
clutter_input_device_get_slave_devices
                               (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the slave devices attached to device .

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

a list of ClutterInputDevice, or NULL. The contents of the list are owned by the device. Use g_list_free() when done.

[transfer container][element-type Clutter.InputDevice]

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_modifier_state ()

ClutterModifierType
clutter_input_device_get_modifier_state
                               (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the current modifiers state of the device, as seen by the last event Clutter processed.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

the last known modifier state

Since: 1.16


clutter_input_device_keycode_to_evdev ()

gboolean
clutter_input_device_keycode_to_evdev (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                                       guint hardware_keycode,
                                       guint *evdev_keycode);

Translates a hardware keycode from a ClutterKeyEvent to the equivalent evdev keycode. Note that depending on the input backend used by Clutter this function can fail if there is no obvious mapping between the key codes. The hardware keycode can be taken from the ClutterKeyEvent.hardware_keycode member of ClutterKeyEvent.

Parameters

device

A ClutterInputDevice

 

hardware_keycode

The hardware keycode from a ClutterKeyEvent

 

evdev_keycode

The return location for the evdev keycode

 

Returns

TRUE if the conversion succeeded, FALSE otherwise.

Since: 1.10


clutter_input_device_get_vendor_id ()

const gchar *
clutter_input_device_get_vendor_id (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Gets the vendor ID of this device.

Parameters

device

a slave ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

the vendor ID

Since: 1.22


clutter_input_device_get_product_id ()

const gchar *
clutter_input_device_get_product_id (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Gets the product ID of this device.

Parameters

device

a slave ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

the product ID

Since: 1.22


clutter_input_device_get_n_keys ()

guint
clutter_input_device_get_n_keys (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the number of keys registered for device .

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

the number of registered keys

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_set_key ()

void
clutter_input_device_set_key (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                              guint index_,
                              guint keyval,
                              ClutterModifierType modifiers);

Sets the keyval and modifiers at the given index_ for device .

Clutter will use the keyval and modifiers set when filling out an event coming from the same input device.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

index_

the index of the key

 

keyval

the keyval

 

modifiers

a bitmask of modifiers

 

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_key ()

gboolean
clutter_input_device_get_key (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                              guint index_,
                              guint *keyval,
                              ClutterModifierType *modifiers);

Retrieves the key set using clutter_input_device_set_key()

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

index_

the index of the key

 

keyval

return location for the keyval at index_ .

[out]

modifiers

return location for the modifiers at index_ .

[out]

Returns

TRUE if a key was set at the given index

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_n_axes ()

guint
clutter_input_device_get_n_axes (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the number of axes available on device .

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

the number of axes on the device

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_axis ()

ClutterInputAxis
clutter_input_device_get_axis (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                               guint index_);

Retrieves the type of axis on device at the given index.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

index_

the index of the axis

 

Returns

the axis type

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_axis_value ()

gboolean
clutter_input_device_get_axis_value (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                                     gdouble *axes,
                                     ClutterInputAxis axis,
                                     gdouble *value);

Extracts the value of the given axis of a ClutterInputDevice from an array of axis values.

An example of typical usage for this function is:

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ClutterInputDevice *device = clutter_event_get_device (event);
gdouble *axes = clutter_event_get_axes (event, NULL);
gdouble pressure_value = 0;

clutter_input_device_get_axis_value (device, axes,
                                     CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_PRESSURE,
                                     &pressure_value);

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

axes

an array of axes values, typically coming from clutter_event_get_axes().

[array]

axis

the axis to extract

 

value

return location for the axis value.

[out]

Returns

TRUE if the value was set, and FALSE otherwise

Since: 1.6


clutter_input_device_get_coords ()

gboolean
clutter_input_device_get_coords (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                                 ClutterEventSequence *sequence,
                                 ClutterPoint *point);

Retrieves the latest coordinates of a pointer or touch point of device .

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

sequence

a ClutterEventSequence, or NULL if the device is not touch-based.

[allow-none]

point

return location for the pointer or touch point.

[out caller-allocates]

Returns

FALSE if the device's sequence hasn't been found, and TRUE otherwise.

Since: 1.12


clutter_input_device_get_device_coords ()

void
clutter_input_device_get_device_coords
                               (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                                gint *x,
                                gint *y);

clutter_input_device_get_device_coords has been deprecated since version 1.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use clutter_input_device_get_coords() instead.

Retrieves the latest coordinates of the pointer of device

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice of type CLUTTER_POINTER_DEVICE

 

x

return location for the X coordinate.

[out]

y

return location for the Y coordinate.

[out]

Since: 1.2


clutter_input_device_get_pointer_actor ()

ClutterActor *
clutter_input_device_get_pointer_actor
                               (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the ClutterActor underneath the pointer of device

Parameters

Returns

a pointer to the ClutterActor or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 1.2


clutter_input_device_get_pointer_stage ()

ClutterStage *
clutter_input_device_get_pointer_stage
                               (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves the ClutterStage underneath the pointer of device

Parameters

Returns

a pointer to the ClutterStage or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 1.2


clutter_input_device_grab ()

void
clutter_input_device_grab (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                           ClutterActor *actor);

Acquires a grab on actor for the given device .

Any event coming from device will be delivered to actor , bypassing the usual event delivery mechanism, until the grab is released by calling clutter_input_device_ungrab().

The grab is client-side: even if the windowing system used by the Clutter backend has the concept of "device grabs", Clutter will not use them.

Only ClutterInputDevice of types CLUTTER_POINTER_DEVICE and CLUTTER_KEYBOARD_DEVICE can hold a grab.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

actor

a ClutterActor

 

Since: 1.10


clutter_input_device_ungrab ()

void
clutter_input_device_ungrab (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Releases the grab on the device , if one is in place.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Since: 1.10


clutter_input_device_get_grabbed_actor ()

ClutterActor *
clutter_input_device_get_grabbed_actor
                               (ClutterInputDevice *device);

Retrieves a pointer to the ClutterActor currently grabbing all the events coming from device .

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

Returns

a ClutterActor, or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 1.10


clutter_input_device_sequence_grab ()

void
clutter_input_device_sequence_grab (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                                    ClutterEventSequence *sequence,
                                    ClutterActor *actor);

Acquires a grab on actor for the given device and the given touch sequence .

Any touch event coming from device and from sequence will be delivered to actor , bypassing the usual event delivery mechanism, until the grab is released by calling clutter_input_device_sequence_ungrab().

The grab is client-side: even if the windowing system used by the Clutter backend has the concept of "device grabs", Clutter will not use them.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

sequence

a ClutterEventSequence

 

actor

a ClutterActor

 

Since: 1.12


clutter_input_device_sequence_ungrab ()

void
clutter_input_device_sequence_ungrab (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                                      ClutterEventSequence *sequence);

Releases the grab on the device for the given sequence , if one is in place.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

sequence

a ClutterEventSequence

 

Since: 1.12


clutter_input_device_sequence_get_grabbed_actor ()

ClutterActor *
clutter_input_device_sequence_get_grabbed_actor
                               (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                                ClutterEventSequence *sequence);

Retrieves a pointer to the ClutterActor currently grabbing the touch events coming from device given the sequence .

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

sequence

a ClutterEventSequence

 

Returns

a ClutterActor, or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 1.12


clutter_input_device_update_from_event ()

void
clutter_input_device_update_from_event
                               (ClutterInputDevice *device,
                                ClutterEvent *event,
                                gboolean update_stage);

Forcibly updates the state of the device using a ClutterEvent

This function should never be used by applications: it is meant for integration with embedding toolkits, like clutter-gtk

Embedding toolkits that disable the event collection inside Clutter need to use this function to update the state of input devices depending on a ClutterEvent that they are going to submit to the event handling code in Clutter though clutter_do_event(). Since the input devices hold the state that is going to be used to fill in fields like the ClutterButtonEvent click count, or to emit synthesized events like CLUTTER_ENTER and CLUTTER_LEAVE, it is necessary for embedding toolkits to also be responsible of updating the input device state.

For instance, this might be the code to translate an embedding toolkit native motion notification into a Clutter ClutterMotionEvent and ask Clutter to process it:

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ClutterEvent c_event;

translate_native_event_to_clutter (native_event, &c_event);

clutter_do_event (&c_event);

Before letting clutter_do_event() process the event, it is necessary to call clutter_input_device_update_from_event():

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ClutterEvent c_event;
ClutterDeviceManager *manager;
ClutterInputDevice *device;

translate_native_event_to_clutter (native_event, &c_event);

// get the device manager
manager = clutter_device_manager_get_default ();

// use the default Core Pointer that Clutter backends register by default
device = clutter_device_manager_get_core_device (manager, %CLUTTER_POINTER_DEVICE);

// update the state of the input device
clutter_input_device_update_from_event (device, &c_event, FALSE);

clutter_do_event (&c_event);

The update_stage boolean argument should be used when the input device enters and leaves a ClutterStage; it will use the ClutterStage field of the passed event to update the stage associated to the input device.

Parameters

device

a ClutterInputDevice

 

event

a ClutterEvent

 

update_stage

whether to update the ClutterStage of the device using the stage of the event

 

Since: 1.2

Types and Values

enum ClutterInputDeviceType

The types of input devices available.

The ClutterInputDeviceType enumeration can be extended at later date; not every platform supports every input device type.

Members

CLUTTER_POINTER_DEVICE

A pointer device

 

CLUTTER_KEYBOARD_DEVICE

A keyboard device

 

CLUTTER_EXTENSION_DEVICE

A generic extension device

 

CLUTTER_JOYSTICK_DEVICE

A joystick device

 

CLUTTER_TABLET_DEVICE

A tablet device

 

CLUTTER_TOUCHPAD_DEVICE

A touchpad device

 

CLUTTER_TOUCHSCREEN_DEVICE

A touch screen device

 

CLUTTER_PEN_DEVICE

A pen device

 

CLUTTER_ERASER_DEVICE

An eraser device

 

CLUTTER_CURSOR_DEVICE

A cursor device

 

CLUTTER_N_DEVICE_TYPES

The number of device types

 

Since: 1.0


enum ClutterInputAxis

The type of axes Clutter recognizes on a ClutterInputDevice

Members

CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_IGNORE

Unused axis

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_X

The position on the X axis

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_Y

The position of the Y axis

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_PRESSURE

The pressure information

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_XTILT

The tilt on the X axis

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_YTILT

The tile on the Y axis

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_WHEEL

A wheel

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_DISTANCE

Distance (Since 1.12)

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_AXIS_LAST

Last value of the enumeration; this value is useful when iterating over the enumeration values (Since 1.12)

 

Since: 1.6


enum ClutterInputMode

The mode for input devices available.

Members

CLUTTER_INPUT_MODE_MASTER

A master, virtual device

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_MODE_SLAVE

A slave, physical device, attached to a master device

 

CLUTTER_INPUT_MODE_FLOATING

A slave, physical device, not attached to a master device

 

Since: 1.6


ClutterInputDevice

typedef struct _ClutterInputDevice ClutterInputDevice;

Generic representation of an input device. The actual contents of this structure depend on the backend used.

Property Details

The “backend” property

  “backend”                  ClutterBackend *

The ClutterBackend that created the device.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Since: 1.6


The “device-manager” property

  “device-manager”           ClutterDeviceManager *

The ClutterDeviceManager instance which owns the device

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Since: 1.6


The “device-mode” property

  “device-mode”              ClutterInputMode

The mode of the device.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: CLUTTER_INPUT_MODE_FLOATING


The “device-type” property

  “device-type”              ClutterInputDeviceType

The type of the device

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: CLUTTER_POINTER_DEVICE

Since: 1.2


The “enabled” property

  “enabled”                  gboolean

Whether the device is enabled.

A device with the “device-mode” property set to CLUTTER_INPUT_MODE_MASTER cannot be disabled.

A device must be enabled in order to receive events from it.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since: 1.6


The “has-cursor” property

  “has-cursor”               gboolean

Whether the device has an on screen cursor following its movement.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: FALSE

Since: 1.6


The “id” property

  “id”                       gint

The unique identifier of the device

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: 0

Since: 1.2


The “n-axes” property

  “n-axes”                   guint

The number of axes of the device.

Flags: Read

Default value: 0

Since: 1.6


The “name” property

  “name”                     gchar *

The name of the device

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL

Since: 1.2


The “product-id” property

  “product-id”               gchar *

Product ID of this device.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL

Since: 1.22


The “vendor-id” property

  “vendor-id”                gchar *

Vendor ID of this device.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL

Since: 1.22