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Thesola10 merged 6 commits into from
Apr 21, 2026
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Fix touch screen drag freezing input #1151

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fix: unstick wayland touch grab with virtual esc key
JaniSoto Apr 10, 2026
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Merge branch 'develop' into fix-touch-grab-wayland
JaniSoto Apr 10, 2026
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Merge branch 'develop' into fix-touch-grab-wayland
Thesola10 Apr 21, 2026
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styling: remove trailing spaces
Thesola10 Apr 21, 2026
49fee53
use only Escape to break Wayland grabs
JaniSoto Apr 21, 2026
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Merge branch 'develop' into fix-touch-grab-wayland
Thesola10 Apr 21, 2026
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29 changes: 20 additions & 9 deletions grab.js
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Expand Up @@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ export function getVirtualPointer() {
return virtualPointer;
}

let virtualKeyboard;
export function getVirtualKeyboard() {
if (!virtualKeyboard) {
virtualKeyboard = Clutter.get_default_backend()
.get_default_seat()
.create_virtual_device(Clutter.InputDeviceType.KEYBOARD_DEVICE);
}
return virtualKeyboard;
}

export class MoveGrab {
constructor(metaWindow, type, space) {
this.window = metaWindow;
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*/
Utils.later_add(Meta.LaterType.IDLE, () => {
if (!global.display.end_grab_op && this.wasTiled) {
// move to current cursor position
let time = Clutter.get_current_event_time();

// For Mouse users: Fakes a mouse click to break Mutter's pointer grab
let [x, y] = global.get_pointer();
getVirtualPointer().notify_absolute_motion(
Clutter.get_current_event_time(),
x, y);

getVirtualPointer().notify_button(Clutter.get_current_event_time(),
Clutter.BUTTON_PRIMARY, Clutter.ButtonState.PRESSED);
getVirtualPointer().notify_button(Clutter.get_current_event_time(),
Clutter.BUTTON_PRIMARY, Clutter.ButtonState.RELEASED);
getVirtualPointer().notify_absolute_motion(time, x, y);
getVirtualPointer().notify_button(time, Clutter.BUTTON_PRIMARY, Clutter.ButtonState.PRESSED);
getVirtualPointer().notify_button(time, Clutter.BUTTON_PRIMARY, Clutter.ButtonState.RELEASED);
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// For Touch users: Fakes an 'Escape' keypress to break Mutter's Wayland touch grab
getVirtualKeyboard().notify_keyval(time, Clutter.KEY_Escape, Clutter.KeyState.PRESSED);
getVirtualKeyboard().notify_keyval(time, Clutter.KEY_Escape, Clutter.KeyState.RELEASED);
}
});
}
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