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[solved] swm ENABLE_MOUSE issues - tummychow - 17-05-2015
Hey all, I've been experimenting with dcat's swm lately and having problems getting the ENABLE_MOUSE flag to work. I'm using an unmodified config.h, and pressing SUPER+left/right mouse on a window doesn't do anything. The event seems to just go to the window rather than being picked up by swm (eg if I drag SUPER+left mouse in a browser, it selects text, as if the SUPER key wasn't held down). Changing the modifier to one of the other keys doesn't fix the problem.
I banged my head on it for a while, and what I found was that if I set MOD to XCB_MOD_MASK_ANY, then the mouse actually does work (with any modifier combination). So it seems that xcb_grab_button is having issues with my modifier keys.
I'm not really sure what else to try from here. The OS is Arch with this PKGBUILD https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/si/simplewm/PKGBUILD. Any suggestions on how to find the root cause of this issue?
e: By the way, SLOPPY_FOCUS works fine, in case that's relevant. Mouse support in 2bwm also works fine.
RE: swm ENABLE_MOUSE issues - srp - 17-05-2015
all you need is '#define ENABLE_MOUSE' in your config.h
RE: swm ENABLE_MOUSE issues - tummychow - 17-05-2015
All of the testing I mentioned above was with ENABLE_MOUSE defined.
RE: swm ENABLE_MOUSE issues - srp - 17-05-2015
Okay.
Instead of using the AUR PKGBUILD, just compile from source (you only need two libs and it takes _no_ time to do it).
Then try again.
Use my config for testing, just add `#define ENABLE_MOUSE`.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vypr/dottie/master/swmconfig.h
But in all honesty, you should use wmutils with swm, then use something like sxhkd or xbindkeys to set it up.
I have my .sxhkd in my dottie repo on github.
RE: swm ENABLE_MOUSE issues - tummychow - 17-05-2015
Yeah, I've been building directly from source.
Anyway I tried your config with #define ENABLE_MOUSE line added, and still no dice. I can tell it's your config from the window border color, but the mouse resizing doesn't work.
RE: swm ENABLE_MOUSE issues - venam - 18-05-2015
Try with NUMLOCK off, sometimes WMs don't like the NUMLOCK modifier when used with the mouse buttons.
RE: swm ENABLE_MOUSE issues - tummychow - 18-05-2015
Oh my god. That was it. Thanks venam.
RE: [solved] swm ENABLE_MOUSE issues - darthlukan - 14-09-2015
@tummychow - Thanks for asking this question and thanks to @venam for the answer, it didn't dawn on me that I pressed numlock and that's when the mouse went wonky.