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XTEST fake input API #178

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matanster opened this issue Sep 28, 2020 · 1 comment
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XTEST fake input API #178

matanster opened this issue Sep 28, 2020 · 1 comment
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@matanster
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@matanster matanster commented Sep 28, 2020

I'm probably doing something wrong, but unlike older versions of the API of this library still implied out there, in the latest version, the fake_input method requires a self argument, implying a slightly contrived usage like the one I implemented below:

from Xlib import X
from Xlib.display import Display
from Xlib.ext import xtest  

class GlobalMouseClickSender(object):

    def __init__(self):
        self.disp = Display()
        self.display = self.disp.display # oddly necessary inside the API method fake_input

    def send_mouse_click(self):
        pointer_data = self.disp.screen().root.query_pointer()
        pprint(pointer_data)

        xtest.fake_input(
            self,
            event_type = X.ButtonPress,
            detail = X.Button1,
            x = pointer_data.root_x, y = pointer_data.root_y)

        xtest.fake_input(
            self,
            event_type = X.ButtonRelease,
            detail = X.Button1,
            x = pointer_data.root_x, y = pointer_data.root_y)

        self.disp.flush()


g = GlobalMouseClickSender()
g.send_mouse_click()

Or at least, that's how I wired a self object for the function call, one having self.display be what fake_input expects it to be.

This works, but I wonder whether there is a simpler way intended.
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@petli petli commented Sep 28, 2020

The idea with extensions is that they should add methods to the X objects they extend, so it ought to be possible to do this:

self.disp.fake_input(
            event_type = X.ButtonPress,
            detail = X.Button1,
            x = pointer_data.root_x, y = pointer_data.root_y)
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