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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <protocol name="river_xkb_bindings_v1">
3 <copyright>
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25
26 <description summary="xkbcommon-based key bindings">
27 This protocol allows the river-window-management-v1 window manager to
28 define key bindings in terms of xkbcommon keysyms and other configurable
29 properties.
30
31 The key words "must", "must not", "required", "shall", "shall not",
32 "should", "should not", "recommended", "may", and "optional" in this
33 document are to be interpreted as described in IETF RFC 2119.
34 </description>
35
36 <interface name="river_xkb_bindings_v1" version="3">
37 <description summary="xkbcommon bindings global interface">
38 This global interface should only be advertised to the client if the
39 river_window_manager_v1 global is also advertised.
40 </description>
41
42 <enum name="error" since="2">
43 <entry name="object_already_created" value="0" since="2"/>
44 </enum>
45
46 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
47 <description summary="destroy the river_xkb_bindings_v1 object">
48 This request indicates that the client will no longer use the
49 river_xkb_bindings_v1 object.
50 </description>
51 </request>
52
53 <request name="get_xkb_binding">
54 <description summary="define a new xkbcommon key binding">
55 Define a key binding for the given seat in terms of an xkbcommon keysym
56 and other configurable properties.
57
58 The new key binding is not enabled until initial configuration is
59 completed and the enable request is made during a manage sequence.
60 </description>
61 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="zcce_seat_v1"/>
62 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="river_xkb_binding_v1"/>
63 <arg name="keysym" type="uint" summary="an xkbcommon keysym"/>
64 <arg name="modifiers" type="uint" enum="zcce_seat_v1.modifiers"/>
65 </request>
66
67 <request name="get_seat" since="2">
68 <description summary="manage seat-specific state">
69 Create an object to manage seat-specific xkb bindings state.
70
71 It is a protocol error to make this request more than once for a given
72 river_seat_v1 object.
73 </description>
74 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="river_xkb_bindings_seat_v1"/>
75 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="zcce_seat_v1"/>
76 </request>
77 </interface>
78
79 <interface name="river_xkb_binding_v1" version="3">
80 <description summary="configure a xkb key binding, receive trigger events">
81 This object allows the window manager to configure a xkbcommon key binding
82 and receive events when the key binding is triggered.
83
84 The new key binding is not enabled until the enable request is made during
85 a manage sequence.
86
87 Normally, all key events are sent to the surface with keyboard focus by
88 the compositor. Key events that trigger a key binding are not sent to the
89 surface with keyboard focus.
90
91 If multiple key bindings would be triggered by a single physical key event
92 on the compositor side, it is compositor policy which key binding(s) will
93 receive press/release events or if all of the matched key bindings receive
94 press/release events.
95
96 Key bindings might be matched by the same physical key event due to shared
97 keysym and modifiers. The layout override feature may also cause the same
98 physical key event to trigger two key bindings with different keysyms and
99 different layout overrides configured.
100 </description>
101
102 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
103 <description summary="destroy the xkb binding object">
104 This request indicates that the client will no longer use the xkb key
105 binding object and that it may be safely destroyed.
106 </description>
107 </request>
108
109 <request name="set_layout_override">
110 <description summary="override currently active xkb layout">
111 Specify an xkb layout that should be used to translate key events for
112 the purpose of triggering this key binding irrespective of the currently
113 active xkb layout.
114
115 The layout argument is a 0-indexed xkbcommon layout number for the
116 keyboard that generated the key event.
117
118 If this request is never made, the currently active xkb layout of the
119 keyboard that generated the key event will be used.
120
121 This request modifies window management state and may only be made as
122 part of a manage sequence, see the river_window_manager_v1 description.
123 </description>
124 <arg name="layout" type="uint" summary="0-indexed xkbcommon layout"/>
125 </request>
126
127 <request name="enable">
128 <description summary="enable the key binding">
129 This request should be made after all initial configuration has been
130 completed and the window manager wishes the key binding to be able to be
131 triggered.
132
133 This request modifies window management state and may only be made as
134 part of a manage sequence, see the river_window_manager_v1 description.
135 </description>
136 </request>
137
138 <request name="disable">
139 <description summary="disable the key binding">
140 This request may be used to temporarily disable the key binding. It may
141 be later re-enabled with the enable request.
142
143 This request modifies window management state and may only be made as
144 part of a manage sequence, see the river_window_manager_v1 description.
145 </description>
146 </request>
147
148 <event name="pressed">
149 <description summary="the key triggering the binding has been pressed">
150 This event indicates that the physical key triggering the binding has
151 been pressed.
152
153 This event will be followed by a manage_start event after all other new
154 state has been sent by the server.
155
156 The compositor should wait for the manage sequence to complete before
157 processing further input events. This allows the window manager client
158 to, for example, modify key bindings and keyboard focus without racing
159 against future input events. The window manager should of course respond
160 as soon as possible as the capacity of the compositor to buffer incoming
161 input events is finite.
162 </description>
163 </event>
164
165 <event name="released">
166 <description summary="the key triggering the binding has been released">
167 This event indicates that the physical key triggering the binding has
168 been released.
169
170 Releasing the modifiers for the binding without releasing the "main"
171 physical key that produces the bound keysym does not trigger the release
172 event. This event is sent when the "main" key is released, even if the
173 modifiers have changed since the pressed event.
174
175 This event will be followed by a manage_start event after all other new
176 state has been sent by the server.
177
178 The compositor should wait for the manage sequence to complete before
179 processing further input events. This allows the window manager client
180 to, for example, modify key bindings and keyboard focus without racing
181 against future input events. The window manager should of course respond
182 as soon as possible as the capacity of the compositor to buffer incoming
183 input events is finite.
184 </description>
185 </event>
186
187 <event name="stop_repeat" since="2">
188 <description summary="repeating should be stopped">
189 This event indicates that repeating should be stopped for the binding if
190 the window manager has been repeating some action since the pressed
191 event.
192
193 This event is generally sent when some other (possibly unbound) key is
194 pressed after the pressed event is sent and before the released event
195 is sent for this binding.
196
197 This event will be followed by a manage_start event after all other new
198 state has been sent by the server.
199 </description>
200 </event>
201 </interface>
202
203 <interface name="river_xkb_bindings_seat_v1" version="3">
204 <description summary="xkb bindings seat">
205 This object manages xkb bindings state associated with a specific seat.
206 </description>
207
208 <request name="destroy" type="destructor" since="2">
209 <description summary="destroy the object">
210 This request indicates that the client will no longer use the object and
211 that it may be safely destroyed.
212 </description>
213 </request>
214
215 <request name="ensure_next_key_eaten" since="2">
216 <description summary="ensure the next key press event is eaten">
217 Ensure that the next non-modifier key press and corresponding release
218 events for this seat are not sent to the currently focused surface.
219
220 If the next non-modifier key press triggers a binding, the
221 pressed/released events are sent to the river_xkb_binding_v1 object as
222 usual.
223
224 If the next non-modifier key press does not trigger a binding, the
225 ate_unbound_key event is sent instead.
226
227 Rationale: the window manager may wish to implement "chorded"
228 keybindings where triggering a binding activates a "submap" with a
229 different set of keybindings. Without a way to eat the next key
230 press event, there is no good way for the window manager to know that it
231 should error out and exit the submap when a key not bound in the submap
232 is pressed.
233
234 This request modifies window management state and may only be made as
235 part of a manage sequence, see the river_window_manager_v1 description.
236 </description>
237 </request>
238
239 <request name="cancel_ensure_next_key_eaten" since="2">
240 <description summary="cancel an ensure_next_key_eaten request">
241 This requests cancels the effect of the latest ensure_next_key_eaten
242 request if no key has been eaten due to the request yet. This request
243 has no effect if a key has already been eaten or no
244 ensure_next_key_eaten was made.
245
246 Rationale: the window manager may wish cancel an uncompleted "chorded"
247 keybinding after a timeout of a few seconds. Note that since this
248 timeout use-case requires the window manager to trigger a manage sequence
249 with the river_window_manager_v1.manage_dirty request it is possible that
250 the ate_unbound_key key event may be sent before the window manager has
251 a chance to make the cancel_ensure_next_key_eaten request.
252
253 This request modifies window management state and may only be made as
254 part of a manage sequence, see the river_window_manager_v1 description.
255 </description>
256 </request>
257
258 <event name="ate_unbound_key" since="2">
259 <description summary="an unbound key press event was eaten">
260 An unbound key press event was eaten due to the ensure_next_key_eaten
261 request.
262
263 This event will be followed by a manage_start event after all other new
264 state has been sent by the server.
265 </description>
266 </event>
267
268 <request name="modifiers_watch" since="3">
269 <description summary="watch for change in active modifiers">
270 Request that the server send the modifiers_update event whenever a state
271 change occurs for at least one of the modifiers specified by the
272 modifiers argument.
273
274 The window manager should make this request with the modifiers argument
275 set to 0 when it no longer wishes to take action based on a change in
276 modifiers.
277
278 This request modifies window management state and may only be made as
279 part of a manage sequence, see the river_window_manager_v1 description.
280 </description>
281 <arg name="modifiers" type="uint" enum="river_seat_v1.modifiers"/>
282 </request>
283
284 <event name="modifiers_update" since="3">
285 <description summary="active modifiers for the seat changed">
286 The set of currently active modifiers for the seat changed. This event
287 is only sent when there is a change in state for modifiers marked as
288 watched using the modifiers_watch request.
289
290 The old and new arguments convey the set of modifiers active before and
291 after the change. All modifiers are included in the old and new
292 arguments, including modifiers that are not watched.
293
294 Since this event is only sent when there is a change in state for
295 watched modifiers, it follows that at least one watched modifier is
296 active in old but inactive in new or vice-versa.
297
298 This event will be followed by a manage_start event after all other new
299 state has been sent by the server.
300
301 The compositor should wait for the manage sequence to complete before
302 processing further input events. This allows the window manager client
303 to, for example, modify key bindings and keyboard focus without racing
304 against future input events. The window manager should of course respond
305 as soon as possible as the capacity of the compositor to buffer incoming
306 input events is finite.
307 </description>
308 <arg name="old" type="uint" enum="river_seat_v1.modifiers"
309 summary="previously active modifiers"/>
310 <arg name="new" type="uint" enum="river_seat_v1.modifiers"
311 summary="currently active modifiers"/>
312 </event>
313 </interface>
314 </protocol>