Feature request: add keyboard and mouse sharing like Barrier

AWHubGit · April 6, 2023, 4:59pm

flatpak run com.github.debauchee.barrier works only under X11.

Please add a component to GNOME similar to macOS Universal Control: Use a single keyboard and mouse between Mac and iPad

This is very handy

jfrancis · April 6, 2023, 7:41pm

See these PRs for progress on that:

github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal

Add a InputCapture portal

flatpak:main ← whot:wip/capture-input

opened 04:16AM - 24 Feb 22 UTC

whot

+3382 -5

This portal is aimed at allowing applications to capture input from physical de…vices, the prime use case is the server component of a Barrier/Synergy setup where local devices are used to control a remote (Barrier/Synergy client) display. The general flow for a `InputCapture` session is: - application queries the "zones" available (usually representing the desktop) - application sets up "pointer barriers" at the edges - application requests a libei-compatible handle for the actual input events - when a cursor moves against/across a pointer barrier, the compositor notifies the client and re-routes input events from libinput to libei instead of controlling the local cursor Notable: the actual input events are not part of the portal here, they're handled by the direct libei connection between compositor and application. The compositor is in charge of everything - it can restrict some screens from showing up in the zones, it can deny pointer barriers at locations, it decides when a pointer barrier is crossed, it can stop capturing (or filter events) at any time, etc. This requires active/passive libei contexts, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libei/-/merge_requests/80 - libportal PR: https://github.com/flatpak/libportal/pull/96 cc @jadahl, @ofourdan, @p12tic

system · May 21, 2023, 7:41pm

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