1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <protocol name="wayland">
5 Copyright © 2008-2011 Kristian Høgsberg
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30 <interface name="wl_display" version="1">
31 <description summary="core global object">
32 The core global object. This is a special singleton object. It
33 is used for internal Wayland protocol features.
37 <description summary="asynchronous roundtrip">
38 The sync request asks the server to emit the 'done' event
39 on the provided wl_callback object. Since requests are
40 handled in-order, this can be used as a barrier to ensure all
41 previous requests have been handled.
43 <arg name="callback" type="new_id" interface="wl_callback"/>
46 <request name="get_registry">
47 <arg name="callback" type="new_id" interface="wl_registry"/>
51 <description summary="fatal error event">
52 The error event is sent out when a fatal (non-recoverable)
55 <arg name="object_id" type="object"/>
56 <arg name="code" type="uint"/>
57 <arg name="message" type="string"/>
61 <description summary="global error values">
62 These errors are global and can be emitted in response to any
65 <entry name="invalid_object" value="0"
66 summary="server couldn't find object"/>
67 <entry name="invalid_method" value="1"
68 summary="method doesn't exist on the specified interface"/>
69 <entry name="no_memory" value="2"
70 summary="server is out of memory"/>
73 <event name="delete_id">
74 <description summary="acknowledge object id deletion">
75 Server has deleted the id and client can now reuse it.
77 <arg name="id" type="uint" />
81 <interface name="wl_registry" version="1">
83 <description summary="bind an object to the display">
84 Binds a new, client-created object to the server using @name as
87 <arg name="name" type="uint" summary="unique number id for object"/>
88 <arg name="id" type="new_id"/>
92 <description summary="announce global object">
93 Notify the client of global objects. These are objects that
94 are created by the server. Globals are published on the
95 initial client connection sequence, upon device hotplugs,
96 device disconnects, reconfiguration or other events. A client
97 can 'bind' to a global object by using the bind request. This
98 creates a client side handle that lets the object emit events
99 to the client and lets the client invoke requests on the
102 <arg name="name" type="uint"/>
103 <arg name="interface" type="string"/>
104 <arg name="version" type="uint"/>
107 <event name="global_remove">
108 <description summary="announce removal of global object">
109 Notify the client of removed global objects.
111 <arg name="name" type="uint"/>
115 <interface name="wl_callback" version="1">
117 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
121 <interface name="wl_compositor" version="1">
122 <description summary="the compositor singleton">
123 A compositor. This object is a singleton global. The
124 compositor is in charge of combining the contents of multiple
125 surfaces into one displayable output.
128 <request name="create_surface">
129 <description summary="create new surface">
130 Ask the compositor to create a new surface.
132 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_surface"/>
135 <request name="create_region">
136 <description summary="create new region">
137 Ask the compositor to create a new region.
139 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_region"/>
143 <interface name="wl_shm_pool" version="1">
144 <description summary="a shared memory pool">
145 The wl_shm_pool object encapsulates a piece of memory shared
146 between the compositor and client. Through the wl_shm_pool
147 object, the client can allocate shared memory wl_buffer objects.
148 The objects will share the same underlying mapped memory.
149 Reusing the mapped memory avoids the setup/teardown overhead and
150 is useful when interactively resizing a surface or for many
154 <request name="create_buffer">
155 <description summary="create wl_buffer from pool">
156 Create a wl_buffer from the pool. The buffer is created a
157 offset bytes into the pool and has width and height as
158 specified. The stride arguments specifies the number of bytes
159 from beginning of one row to the beginning of the next. The
160 format is the pixel format of the buffer and must be one of
161 those advertised through the wl_shm.format event.
163 A buffer will keep a reference to the pool it was created from
164 so it is valid to destroy the pool immediately after creating
168 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_buffer"/>
169 <arg name="offset" type="int"/>
170 <arg name="width" type="int"/>
171 <arg name="height" type="int"/>
172 <arg name="stride" type="int"/>
173 <arg name="format" type="uint"/>
176 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
177 <description summary="destroy the pool">
182 <request name="resize">
183 <description summary="change the size of the pool mapping">
184 This request will cause the server to remap the backing memory
185 for the pool from the fd passed when the pool was creating but
189 <arg name="size" type="int"/>
193 <interface name="wl_shm" version="1">
194 <description summary="shared memory support">
195 Support for shared memory buffers.
199 <entry name="invalid_format" value="0"/>
200 <entry name="invalid_stride" value="1"/>
201 <entry name="invalid_fd" value="2"/>
205 <entry name="argb8888" value="0"/>
206 <entry name="xrgb8888" value="1"/>
209 <request name="create_pool">
210 <description summary="create a shm pool">
211 This creates wl_shm_pool object, which can be used to create
212 shared memory based wl_buffer objects. The server will mmap
213 size bytes of the passed fd, to use as backing memory for then
217 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_shm_pool"/>
218 <arg name="fd" type="fd"/>
219 <arg name="size" type="int"/>
222 <event name="format">
223 <arg name="format" type="uint"/>
227 <interface name="wl_buffer" version="1">
228 <description summary="content for a wl_surface">
229 A buffer provides the content for a wl_surface. Buffers are
230 created through factory interfaces such as wl_drm, wl_shm or
231 similar. It has a width and a height and can be attached to a
232 wl_surface, but the mechanism by which a client provides and
233 updates the contents is defined by the buffer factory interface
236 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
237 <description summary="destroy a buffer">
238 Destroy a buffer. This will invalidate the object id.
240 For possible side-effects to a surface, see wl_surface.attach.
244 <event name="release">
245 <description summary="compositor releases buffer">
246 Sent when this wl_buffer is no longer used by the compositor.
248 If a client does not get a release event before the frame callback
249 requested in the same wl_surface.commit that attaches this wl_buffer
250 to a surface, then the client may assume, that the compositor will
251 be using this wl_buffer until the client attaches another wl_buffer.
252 Therefore the client will need a second wl_buffer to update the
253 surface contents again.
255 Otherwise, if a release event arrives before the frame callback, the
256 client is immediately free to re-use the buffer and its backing
257 storage, and does not necessarily need a second buffer. Typically
258 this is possible, when the compositor maintains a copy of the
259 wl_surface contents, e.g. as a GL texture. This is an important
260 optimization for GL(ES) compositors with wl_shm clients.
266 <interface name="wl_data_offer" version="1">
267 <request name="accept">
268 <description summary="accept one of the offered mime-types">
269 Indicate that the client can accept the given mime-type, or
270 NULL for not accepted. Use for feedback during drag and drop.
273 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
274 <arg name="type" type="string" allow-null="true"/>
277 <request name="receive">
278 <arg name="mime_type" type="string"/>
279 <arg name="fd" type="fd"/>
282 <request name="destroy" type="destructor"/>
285 <description summary="advertise offered mime-type">
286 Sent immediately after creating the wl_data_offer object. One
287 event per offered mime type.
290 <arg name="type" type="string"/>
294 <interface name="wl_data_source" version="1">
295 <request name="offer">
296 <description summary="add an offered mime type">
297 This request adds a mime-type to the set of mime-types
298 advertised to targets. Can be called several times to offer
301 <arg name="type" type="string"/>
304 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
305 <description summary="destroy the data source">
306 Destroy the data source.
310 <event name="target">
311 <description summary="a target accepts an offered mime-type">
312 Sent when a target accepts pointer_focus or motion events. If
313 a target does not accept any of the offered types, type is NULL.
316 <arg name="mime_type" type="string" allow-null="true"/>
320 <description summary="send the data">
321 Request for data from another client. Send the data as the
322 specified mime-type over the passed fd, then close the fd.
325 <arg name="mime_type" type="string"/>
326 <arg name="fd" type="fd"/>
329 <event name="cancelled">
330 <description summary="selection was cancelled">
331 Another selection became active.
337 <interface name="wl_data_device" version="1">
338 <request name="start_drag">
339 <description summary="start drag and drop operation">
340 This request asks the compositor to start a drag and drop
341 operation on behalf of the client.
343 The source argument is the data source that provides the data
344 for the eventual data transfer. If source is NULL, enter, leave
345 and motion events are sent only to the client that initiated the
346 drag and the client is expected to handle the data passing
349 The origin surface is the surface where the drag originates and
350 the client must have an active implicit grab that matches the
353 The icon surface is an optional (can be nil) surface that
354 provides an icon to be moved around with the cursor. Initially,
355 the top-left corner of the icon surface is placed at the cursor
356 hotspot, but subsequent wl_surface.attach request can move the
357 relative position. Attach requests must be confirmed with
358 wl_surface.commit as usual.
360 The current and pending input regions of the wl_surface are
361 cleared, and wl_surface.set_input_region is ignored until the
362 wl_surface is destroyed.
364 <arg name="source" type="object" interface="wl_data_source" allow-null="true"/>
365 <arg name="origin" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
366 <arg name="icon" type="object" interface="wl_surface" allow-null="true"/>
367 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
370 <request name="set_selection">
371 <arg name="source" type="object" interface="wl_data_source" allow-null="true"/>
372 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
375 <event name="data_offer">
376 <description summary="introduce a new wl_data_offer">
377 The data_offer event introduces a new wl_data_offer object,
378 which will subsequently be used in either the
379 data_device.enter event (for drag and drop) or the
380 data_device.selection event (for selections). Immediately
381 following the data_device_data_offer event, the new data_offer
382 object will send out data_offer.offer events to describe the
383 mime-types it offers.
386 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_data_offer"/>
390 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
391 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
392 <arg name="x" type="fixed"/>
393 <arg name="y" type="fixed"/>
394 <arg name="id" type="object" interface="wl_data_offer" allow-null="true"/>
397 <event name="leave"/>
399 <event name="motion">
400 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
401 <arg name="x" type="fixed"/>
402 <arg name="y" type="fixed"/>
407 <event name="selection">
408 <description summary="advertise new selection">
409 The selection event is sent out to notify the client of a new
410 wl_data_offer for the selection for this device. The
411 data_device.data_offer and the data_offer.offer events are
412 sent out immediately before this event to introduce the data
413 offer object. The selection event is sent to a client
414 immediately before receiving keyboard focus and when a new
415 selection is set while the client has keyboard focus. The
416 data_offer is valid until a new data_offer or NULL is received
417 or until the client loses keyboard focus.
419 <arg name="id" type="object" interface="wl_data_offer" allow-null="true"/>
423 <interface name="wl_data_device_manager" version="1">
424 <request name="create_data_source">
425 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_data_source"/>
428 <request name="get_data_device">
429 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_data_device"/>
430 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
434 <interface name="wl_shell" version="1">
435 <request name="get_shell_surface">
436 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_shell_surface"/>
437 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
441 <interface name="wl_shell_surface" version="1">
443 <description summary="desktop style meta data interface">
444 An interface implemented by a wl_surface. On server side the
445 object is automatically destroyed when the related wl_surface is
446 destroyed. On client side, wl_shell_surface_destroy() must be
447 called before destroying the wl_surface object.
450 <request name="pong">
451 <description summary="respond to a ping event">
452 A client must respond to a ping event with a pong request or
453 the client may be deemed unresponsive.
455 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
458 <request name="move">
459 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
460 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
464 <entry name="none" value="0"/>
465 <entry name="top" value="1"/>
466 <entry name="bottom" value="2"/>
467 <entry name="left" value="4"/>
468 <entry name="top_left" value="5"/>
469 <entry name="bottom_left" value="6"/>
470 <entry name="right" value="8"/>
471 <entry name="top_right" value="9"/>
472 <entry name="bottom_right" value="10"/>
475 <request name="resize">
476 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
477 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
478 <arg name="edges" type="uint"/>
481 <request name="set_toplevel">
482 <description summary="make the surface a top level surface">
483 Make the surface a toplevel window.
487 <enum name="transient">
488 <entry name="inactive" value="0x1" summary="do not set keyboard focus"/>
491 <request name="set_transient">
492 <description summary="make the surface a transient surface">
493 Map the surface relative to an existing surface. The x and y
494 arguments specify the locations of the upper left corner of
495 the surface relative to the upper left corner of the parent
496 surface. The flags argument controls overflow/clipping
497 behaviour when the surface would intersect a screen edge,
498 panel or such. And possibly whether the offset only
499 determines the initial position or if the surface is locked to
500 that relative position during moves.
503 <arg name="parent" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
504 <arg name="x" type="int"/>
505 <arg name="y" type="int"/>
506 <arg name="flags" type="uint"/>
509 <request name="set_fullscreen">
510 <description summary="make the surface a fullscreen surface">
511 Map the surface as a fullscreen surface. If an output parameter is
512 given then the surface will be made fullscreen on that output. If the
513 client does not specify the output then the compositor will apply its
514 policy - usually choosing the output on which the surface has the
515 biggest surface area.
517 The client may specify a method to resolve a size conflict between the
518 output size and the surface size - this is provided through the
519 fullscreen_method parameter.
521 The framerate parameter is used only when the fullscreen_method is set
522 to "driver", to indicate the preferred framerate. framerate=0 indicates
523 that the app does not care about framerate. The framerate is
524 specified in mHz, that is framerate of 60000 is 60Hz.
526 The compositor must reply to this request with a configure event with
527 the dimensions for the output on which the surface will be made fullscreen.
529 <arg name="method" type="uint"/>
530 <arg name="framerate" type="uint"/>
531 <arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output" allow-null="true"/>
534 <enum name="fullscreen_method">
535 <description summary="different method to set the surface fullscreen">
536 Hints to indicate compositor how to deal with a conflict between the
537 dimensions for the surface and the dimensions of the output. As a hint
538 the compositor is free to ignore this parameter.
540 "default" The client has no preference on fullscreen behavior,
541 policies are determined by compositor.
543 "scale" The client prefers scaling by the compositor. Scaling would
544 always preserve surface's aspect ratio with surface centered on the
547 "driver" The client wants to switch video mode to the smallest mode
548 that can fit the client buffer. If the sizes do not match the
549 compositor must add black borders.
551 "fill" The surface is centered on the output on the screen with no
552 scaling. If the surface is of insufficient size the compositor must
555 <entry name="default" value="0"/>
556 <entry name="scale" value="1"/>
557 <entry name="driver" value="2"/>
558 <entry name="fill" value="3"/>
561 <request name="set_popup">
562 <description summary="make the surface a popup surface">
563 Popup surfaces. Will switch an implicit grab into
564 owner-events mode, and grab will continue after the implicit
565 grab ends (button released). Once the implicit grab is over,
566 the popup grab continues until the window is destroyed or a
567 mouse button is pressed in any other clients window. A click
568 in any of the clients surfaces is reported as normal, however,
569 clicks in other clients surfaces will be discarded and trigger
572 TODO: Grab keyboard too, maybe just terminate on any click
573 inside or outside the surface?
576 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat"/>
577 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
578 <arg name="parent" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
579 <arg name="x" type="int"/>
580 <arg name="y" type="int"/>
581 <arg name="flags" type="uint"/>
584 <request name="set_maximized">
585 <description summary="make the surface a maximized surface">
586 A request from the client to notify the compositor the maximized
587 operation. The compositor will reply with a configure event telling
588 the expected new surface size. The operation is completed on the
589 next buffer attach to this surface.
590 A maximized client will fill the fullscreen of the output it is bound
591 to, except the panel area. This is the main difference between
592 a maximized shell surface and a fullscreen shell surface.
594 <arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output" allow-null="true"/>
597 <request name="set_title">
598 <description summary="set surface title">
600 <arg name="title" type="string"/>
603 <request name="set_class">
604 <description summary="set surface class">
605 The surface class identifies the general class of applications
606 to which the surface belongs. The class is the file name of
607 the applications .desktop file (absolute path if non-standard
610 <arg name="class_" type="string"/>
614 <description summary="ping client">
615 Ping a client to check if it is receiving events and sending
616 requests. A client is expected to reply with a pong request.
618 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
621 <event name="configure">
622 <description summary="suggest resize">
623 The configure event asks the client to resize its surface.
624 The size is a hint, in the sense that the client is free to
625 ignore it if it doesn't resize, pick a smaller size (to
626 satisfy aspect ratio or resize in steps of NxM pixels). The
627 client is free to dismiss all but the last configure event it
631 <arg name="edges" type="uint"/>
632 <arg name="width" type="int"/>
633 <arg name="height" type="int"/>
636 <event name="popup_done">
637 <description summary="popup interaction is done">
638 The popup_done event is sent out when a popup grab is broken,
639 that is, when the users clicks a surface that doesn't belong
640 to the client owning the popup surface.
645 <interface name="wl_surface" version="1">
646 <description summary="an onscreen surface">
647 A surface. This is an image that is displayed on the screen.
648 It has a location, size and pixel contents.
651 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
652 <description summary="delete surface">
653 Deletes the surface and invalidates its object id.
657 <request name="attach">
658 <description summary="set the surface contents">
659 Set the contents of a buffer into this surface. The x and y
660 arguments specify the location of the new pending buffer's upper
661 left corner, relative to the current buffer's upper left corner. In
662 other words, the x and y, and the width and height of the wl_buffer
663 together define in which directions the surface's size changes.
665 Surface contents are double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
667 The initial surface contents are void; there is no content.
668 wl_surface.attach assigns the given wl_buffer as the pending wl_buffer.
669 wl_surface.commit applies the pending wl_buffer as the new
670 surface contents, and the size of the surface becomes the size of
671 the wl_buffer. The wl_buffer is also kept as pending, until
672 changed by wl_surface.attach or the wl_buffer is destroyed.
674 Committing a pending wl_buffer allows the compositor to read the
675 pixels in the wl_buffer. The compositor may access the pixels at any
676 time after the wl_surface.commit request. When the compositor will
677 not access the pixels anymore, it will send the wl_buffer.release
678 event. Only after receiving wl_buffer.release, the client may re-use
681 Destroying the wl_buffer after wl_buffer.release does not change the
682 surface contents, even if the wl_buffer is still pending for the
683 next commit. In such case, the next commit does not change the
684 surface contents. However, if the client destroys the wl_buffer
685 before receiving wl_buffer.release, the surface contents become
686 undefined immediately.
688 Only if wl_surface.attach is sent with a nil wl_buffer, the
689 following wl_surface.commit will remove the surface content.
692 <arg name="buffer" type="object" interface="wl_buffer" allow-null="true"/>
693 <arg name="x" type="int"/>
694 <arg name="y" type="int"/>
697 <request name="damage">
698 <description summary="mark part of the surface damaged">
699 This request is used to describe the regions where the pending
700 buffer (or if pending buffer is none, the current buffer as updated
701 in-place) on the next wl_surface.commit will be different from the
702 current buffer, and needs to be repainted. The pending buffer can be
703 set by wl_surface.attach. The compositor ignores the parts of the
704 damage that fall outside of the surface.
706 Damage is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
708 The initial value for pending damage is empty: no damage.
709 wl_surface.damage adds pending damage: the new pending damage is the
710 union of old pending damage and the given rectangle.
711 wl_surface.commit assigns pending damage as the current damage, and
712 clears pending damage. The server will clear the current damage as
713 it repaints the surface.
716 <arg name="x" type="int"/>
717 <arg name="y" type="int"/>
718 <arg name="width" type="int"/>
719 <arg name="height" type="int"/>
722 <request name="frame">
723 <description summary="request repaint feedback">
724 Request notification when the next frame is displayed. Useful
725 for throttling redrawing operations, and driving animations.
726 The frame request will take effect on the next wl_surface.commit.
727 The notification will only be posted for one frame unless
730 A server should avoid signalling the frame callbacks if the
731 surface is not visible in any way, e.g. the surface is off-screen,
732 or completely obscured by other opaque surfaces.
734 A client can request a frame callback even without an attach,
735 damage, or any other state changes. wl_surface.commit triggers a
736 repaint, so the callback event will arrive after the next output
737 refresh where the surface is visible.
740 <arg name="callback" type="new_id" interface="wl_callback"/>
743 <request name="set_opaque_region">
744 <description summary="set opaque region">
745 This request sets the region of the surface that contains
746 opaque content. The opaque region is an optimization hint for
747 the compositor that lets it optimize out redrawing of content
748 behind opaque regions. Setting an opaque region is not
749 required for correct behaviour, but marking transparent
750 content as opaque will result in repaint artifacts.
751 The compositor ignores the parts of the opaque region that fall
752 outside of the surface.
754 Opaque region is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
756 wl_surface.set_opaque_region changes the pending opaque region.
757 wl_surface.commit copies the pending region to the current region.
758 Otherwise the pending and current regions are never changed.
760 The initial value for opaque region is empty. Setting the pending
761 opaque region has copy semantics, and the wl_region object can be
762 destroyed immediately. A nil wl_region causes the pending opaque
763 region to be set to empty.
766 <arg name="region" type="object" interface="wl_region" allow-null="true"/>
769 <request name="set_input_region">
770 <description summary="set input region">
771 This request sets the region of the surface that can receive
772 pointer and touch events. Input events happening outside of
773 this region will try the next surface in the server surface
774 stack. The compositor ignores the parts of the input region that
775 fall outside of the surface.
777 Input region is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
779 wl_surface.set_input_region changes the pending input region.
780 wl_surface.commit copies the pending region to the current region.
781 Otherwise the pending and current regions are never changed,
782 except cursor and icon surfaces are special cases, see
783 wl_pointer.set_cursor and wl_data_device.start_drag.
785 The initial value for input region is infinite. That means the whole
786 surface will accept input. Setting the pending input region has copy
787 semantics, and the wl_region object can be destroyed immediately. A
788 nil wl_region causes the input region to be set to infinite.
791 <arg name="region" type="object" interface="wl_region" allow-null="true"/>
794 <request name="commit">
795 <description summary="commit pending surface state">
796 Surface state (input, opaque, and damage regions, attached buffers,
797 etc.) is double-buffered. Protocol requests modify the pending
798 state, as opposed to current state in use by the compositor. Commit
799 request atomically applies all pending state, replacing the current
800 state. After commit, the new pending state is as documented for each
803 On commit, a pending wl_buffer is applied first, all other state
804 second. This means that all coordinates in double-buffered state are
805 relative to the new wl_buffer coming into use, except for
806 wl_surface.attach itself. If the pending wl_buffer is none, the
807 coordinates are relative to the current surface contents.
809 All requests that need a commit to become effective are documented
810 to affect double-buffered state.
812 Other interfaces may add further double-buffered surface state.
817 <description summary="surface enters an output">
818 This is emitted whenever a surface's creation, movement, or resizing
819 results in some part of it being within the scanout region of an
822 <arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output"/>
826 <description summary="surface leaves an output">
827 This is emitted whenever a surface's creation, movement, or resizing
828 results in it no longer having any part of it within the scanout region
831 <arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output"/>
835 <interface name="wl_seat" version="1">
836 <description summary="seat">
837 A group of keyboards, pointer (mice, for example) and touch
838 devices . This object is published as a global during start up,
839 or when such a device is hot plugged. A seat typically has a
840 pointer and maintains a keyboard_focus and a pointer_focus.
843 <enum name="capability">
844 <description summary="seat capability bitmask">
845 This is a bitmask of capabilities this seat has; if a member is
846 set, then it is present on the seat.
848 <entry name="pointer" value="1" summary="wl_pointer"/>
849 <entry name="keyboard" value="2" summary="wl_keyboard"/>
850 <entry name="touch" value="4" summary="wl_touch"/>
854 <event name="capabilities">
855 <description summary="seat capabilities changed">
856 This is emitted whenever a seat gains or loses the pointer,
857 keyboard or touch capabilities. The argument is a wl_seat_caps_mask
858 enum containing the complete set of capabilities this seat has.
860 <arg name="capabilities" type="uint"/>
863 <request name="get_pointer">
864 <description summary="return pointer object">
865 The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_pointer interface
868 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_pointer"/>
871 <request name="get_keyboard">
872 <description summary="return pointer object">
873 The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_keyboard interface
876 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_keyboard"/>
879 <request name="get_touch">
880 <description summary="return pointer object">
881 The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_touch interface
884 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_touch"/>
888 <interface name="wl_pointer" version="1">
889 <request name="set_cursor">
890 <description summary="set the pointer surface">
891 Set the pointer surface, i.e., the surface that contains the
892 pointer image. This request only takes effect if the pointer
893 focus for this device is one of the requesting client surfaces
894 or the surface parameter is the current pointer surface. If
895 there was a previous surface set with this request it is
896 replaced. If surface is NULL, the pointer image is hidden.
898 The parameters hotspot_x and hotspot_y define the position of
899 the pointer surface relative to the pointer location. Its
900 top-left corner is always at (x, y) - (hotspot_x, hotspot_y),
901 where (x, y) are the coordinates of the pointer location.
903 On surface.attach requests to the pointer surface, hotspot_x
904 and hotspot_y are decremented by the x and y parameters
905 passed to the request. Attach must be confirmed by
906 wl_surface.commit as usual.
908 The hotspot can also be updated by passing the current set
909 pointer surface to this request with new values for hotspot_x
912 The current and pending input regions of the wl_surface are
913 cleared, and wl_surface.set_input_region is ignored until the
914 wl_surface is destroyed.
917 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
918 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" allow-null="true"/>
919 <arg name="hotspot_x" type="int"/>
920 <arg name="hotspot_y" type="int"/>
924 <description summary="enter event">
925 Notification that this seat's pointer is focused on a certain
926 surface. When an seat's focus enters a surface, the pointer image
927 is undefined and a client should respond to this event by setting
928 an appropriate pointer image.
931 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
932 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
933 <arg name="surface_x" type="fixed"/>
934 <arg name="surface_y" type="fixed"/>
938 <description summary="leave event">
940 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
941 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
944 <event name="motion">
945 <description summary="pointer motion event">
946 Notification of pointer location change. The arguments surface_[xy]
947 are the location relative to the focused surface.
950 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
951 <arg name="surface_x" type="fixed"/>
952 <arg name="surface_y" type="fixed"/>
955 <enum name="button_state">
956 <description summary="physical button state">
957 Describes the physical state of a button which provoked the button
960 <entry name="released" value="0" summary="button is not pressed"/>
961 <entry name="pressed" value="1" summary="button is pressed"/>
964 <event name="button">
965 <description summary="pointer button event">
966 Mouse button click and release notifications. The location
967 of the click is given by the last motion or pointer_focus event.
970 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
971 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
972 <arg name="button" type="uint"/>
973 <arg name="state" type="uint"/>
977 <description summary="axis types"/>
978 <entry name="vertical_scroll" value="0"/>
979 <entry name="horizontal_scroll" value="1"/>
983 <description summary="axis event">
984 Scroll and other axis notifications.
987 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
988 <arg name="axis" type="uint"/>
989 <arg name="value" type="fixed"/>
993 <interface name="wl_keyboard" version="1">
994 <description summary="keyboard input device">
997 <enum name="keymap_format">
998 <description summary="keyboard mapping format">
999 This enum specifies the format of the keymap provided to the client
1000 with the wl_keyboard::keymap event.
1002 <entry name="xkb_v1" value="1" description="libxkbcommon compatible"/>
1005 <event name="keymap">
1006 <description summary="keyboard mapping">
1007 This event provides a file descriptor to the client which can be
1008 memory-mapped to provide a keyboard mapping description.
1010 <arg name="format" type="uint"/>
1011 <arg name="fd" type="fd"/>
1012 <arg name="size" type="uint"/>
1015 <event name="enter">
1016 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
1017 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
1018 <arg name="keys" type="array"/>
1021 <event name="leave">
1022 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
1023 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
1026 <enum name="key_state">
1027 <description summary="physical key state">
1028 Describes the physical state of a key which provoked the key event.
1030 <entry name="released" value="0" summary="key is not pressed"/>
1031 <entry name="pressed" value="1" summary="key is pressed"/>
1035 <description summary="key event">
1036 A key was pressed or released.
1039 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
1040 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
1041 <arg name="key" type="uint"/>
1042 <arg name="state" type="uint"/>
1045 <event name="modifiers">
1046 <description summary="modifier and group state">
1047 Notifies clients that the modifier and/or group state has
1048 changed, and it should update its local state.
1051 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
1052 <arg name="mods_depressed" type="uint"/>
1053 <arg name="mods_latched" type="uint"/>
1054 <arg name="mods_locked" type="uint"/>
1055 <arg name="group" type="uint"/>
1059 <interface name="wl_touch" version="1">
1060 <description summary="touch screen input device">
1064 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
1065 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
1066 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"/>
1067 <arg name="id" type="int" />
1068 <arg name="x" type="fixed" />
1069 <arg name="y" type="fixed" />
1073 <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
1074 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
1075 <arg name="id" type="int" />
1078 <event name="motion">
1079 <arg name="time" type="uint"/>
1080 <arg name="id" type="int" />
1081 <arg name="x" type="fixed" />
1082 <arg name="y" type="fixed" />
1085 <event name="frame">
1086 <description summary="end of touch frame event">
1087 Indicates the end of a contact point list.
1091 <event name="cancel">
1092 <description summary="touch session cancelled">
1093 Sent if the compositor decides the touch stream is a global
1094 gesture. No further events are sent to the clients from that
1101 <interface name="wl_output" version="1">
1102 <description summary="compositor output region">
1103 An output describes part of the compositor geometry. The
1104 compositor work in the 'compositor coordinate system' and an
1105 output corresponds to rectangular area in that space that is
1106 actually visible. This typically corresponds to a monitor that
1107 displays part of the compositor space. This object is published
1108 as global during start up, or when a screen is hot plugged.
1111 <enum name="subpixel">
1112 <entry name="unknown" value="0"/>
1113 <entry name="none" value="1"/>
1114 <entry name="horizontal_rgb" value="2"/>
1115 <entry name="horizontal_bgr" value="3"/>
1116 <entry name="vertical_rgb" value="4"/>
1117 <entry name="vertical_bgr" value="5"/>
1120 <enum name="transform">
1121 <description summary="transform from framebuffer to output">
1122 This describes the transform that a compositor will apply to a
1123 surface to compensate for the rotation or mirroring of an
1126 The flipped values correspond to an initial flip around a
1127 vertical axis followed by rotation.
1129 The purpose is mainly to allow clients render accordingly and
1130 tell the compositor, so that for fullscreen surfaces, the
1131 compositor will still be able to scan out directly from client
1135 <entry name="normal" value="0"/>
1136 <entry name="90" value="1"/>
1137 <entry name="180" value="2"/>
1138 <entry name="270" value="3"/>
1139 <entry name="flipped" value="4"/>
1140 <entry name="flipped_90" value="5"/>
1141 <entry name="flipped_180" value="6"/>
1142 <entry name="flipped_270" value="7"/>
1145 <event name="geometry">
1146 <description summary="properties of the output"/>
1147 <arg name="x" type="int"
1148 summary="x position within the global compositor space"/>
1149 <arg name="y" type="int"
1150 summary="y position within the global compositor space"/>
1151 <arg name="physical_width" type="int"
1152 summary="width in millimeters of the output"/>
1153 <arg name="physical_height" type="int"
1154 summary="height in millimeters of the output"/>
1155 <arg name="subpixel" type="int"
1156 summary="subpixel orientation of the output"/>
1157 <arg name="make" type="string"
1158 summary="textual description of the manufacturer"/>
1159 <arg name="model" type="string"
1160 summary="textual description of the model"/>
1161 <arg name="transform" type="int"
1162 summary="transform that maps framebuffer to output"/>
1166 <description summary="values for the flags bitfield in the mode event"/>
1167 <entry name="current" value="0x1"
1168 summary="indicates this is the current mode"/>
1169 <entry name="preferred" value="0x2"
1170 summary="indicates this is the preferred mode"/>
1174 <description summary="advertise available modes for the output">
1175 The mode event describes an available mode for the output.
1176 The event is sent when binding to the output object and there
1177 will always be one mode, the current mode. The event is sent
1178 again if an output changes mode, for the mode that is now
1179 current. In other words, the current mode is always the last
1180 mode that was received with the current flag set.
1182 <arg name="flags" type="uint" summary="mask of wl_output_mode flags"/>
1183 <arg name="width" type="int" summary="width of the mode in pixels"/>
1184 <arg name="height" type="int" summary="height of the mode in pixels"/>
1185 <arg name="refresh" type="int" summary="vertical refresh rate in mHz"/>
1189 <interface name="wl_region" version="1">
1190 <description summary="region interface">
1194 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
1195 <description summary="destroy region">
1196 Destroy the region. This will invalidate the object id.
1200 <request name="add">
1201 <description summary="add rectangle to region">
1202 Add the specified rectangle to the region
1205 <arg name="x" type="int"/>
1206 <arg name="y" type="int"/>
1207 <arg name="width" type="int"/>
1208 <arg name="height" type="int"/>
1211 <request name="subtract">
1212 <description summary="subtract rectangle from region">
1213 Subtract the specified rectangle from the region
1216 <arg name="x" type="int"/>
1217 <arg name="y" type="int"/>
1218 <arg name="width" type="int"/>
1219 <arg name="height" type="int"/>