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Diffstat (limited to 'gdk/gdkdevicemanager.c')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdk/gdkdevicemanager.c b/gdk/gdkdevicemanager.c index 47d0292692..3da434d703 100644 --- a/gdk/gdkdevicemanager.c +++ b/gdk/gdkdevicemanager.c @@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ * it is possible to get the source (slave) device that the event originated * from via gdk_event_get_source_device(). * + * On a standard session, all physical devices are connected by default to + * the "Virtual Core Pointer/Keyboard" master devices, hence routing all events + * through these. This behavior is only modified by device grabs, where the + * slave device is temporarily detached for as long as the grab is held, and + * more permanently by user modifications to the device hierarchy. + * + * On certain application specific setups, it may make sense + * to detach a physical device from its master pointer, and mapping it to + * an specific window. This can be achieved by the combination of + * gdk_device_grab() and gdk_device_set_mode(). + * * In order to listen for events coming from devices * other than a virtual device, gdk_window_set_device_events() must be * called. Generally, this function can be used to modify the event mask |