Hi,

using Cachyos kde I’ve been making a python script that will move the mouse to a position -> click -> move mouse back to the original position. I can get this working with x11, but it fails with wayland.

Do you know any way to programatically move the mouse and click that works with wayland?

Thanks

  • edinbruh@feddit.itEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    The proper way to programmatically move a cursor on Linux is using uinput.

    Anything you were doing that worked in xorg and not in wayland was more akin to a weird remnant from the 80s than to an actual solution.

    However, there will likely be full featured applications that already do whatever you were trying to do.

    • Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      uinput is not the proper way, it’s emulating a hardware device.

      The remote desktop portal is the proper way. Even xdotool works through that.

      • edinbruh@feddit.itEnglish
        2·
        17 hours ago

        Interesting, I didn’t know you could do that through the portal directly.

        I was only familiar with uinput because I have used it before to use a wiimote as a mouse, and for that you’d actually want to emulate a mouse.