1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <protocol name="wayland">
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31 <interface name="wl_display" version="1">
32 <description summary="core global object">
33 The core global object. This is a special singleton object. It
34 is used for internal Wayland protocol features.
38 <description summary="asynchronous roundtrip">
39 The sync request asks the server to emit the 'done' event
40 on the returned wl_callback object. Since requests are
41 handled in-order and events are delivered in-order, this can
42 be used as a barrier to ensure all previous requests and the
43 resulting events have been handled.
45 The object returned by this request will be destroyed by the
46 compositor after the callback is fired and as such the client must not
47 attempt to use it after that point.
49 The callback_data passed in the callback is the event serial.
51 <arg name="callback" type="new_id" interface="wl_callback"
52 summary="callback object for the sync request"/>
55 <request name="get_registry">
56 <description summary="get global registry object">
57 This request creates a registry object that allows the client
58 to list and bind the global objects available from the
61 <arg name="registry" type="new_id" interface="wl_registry"
62 summary="global registry object"/>
66 <description summary="fatal error event">
67 The error event is sent out when a fatal (non-recoverable)
68 error has occurred. The object_id argument is the object
69 where the error occurred, most often in response to a request
70 to that object. The code identifies the error and is defined
71 by the object interface. As such, each interface defines its
72 own set of error codes. The message is a brief description
73 of the error, for (debugging) convenience.
75 <arg name="object_id" type="object" summary="object where the error occurred"/>
76 <arg name="code" type="uint" summary="error code"/>
77 <arg name="message" type="string" summary="error description"/>
81 <description summary="global error values">
82 These errors are global and can be emitted in response to any
85 <entry name="invalid_object" value="0"
86 summary="server couldn't find object"/>
87 <entry name="invalid_method" value="1"
88 summary="method doesn't exist on the specified interface"/>
89 <entry name="no_memory" value="2"
90 summary="server is out of memory"/>
93 <event name="delete_id">
94 <description summary="acknowledge object ID deletion">
95 This event is used internally by the object ID management
96 logic. When a client deletes an object, the server will send
97 this event to acknowledge that it has seen the delete request.
98 When the client receives this event, it will know that it can
99 safely reuse the object ID.
101 <arg name="id" type="uint" summary="deleted object ID"/>
105 <interface name="wl_registry" version="1">
106 <description summary="global registry object">
107 The singleton global registry object. The server has a number of
108 global objects that are available to all clients. These objects
109 typically represent an actual object in the server (for example,
110 an input device) or they are singleton objects that provide
111 extension functionality.
113 When a client creates a registry object, the registry object
114 will emit a global event for each global currently in the
115 registry. Globals come and go as a result of device or
116 monitor hotplugs, reconfiguration or other events, and the
117 registry will send out global and global_remove events to
118 keep the client up to date with the changes. To mark the end
119 of the initial burst of events, the client can use the
120 wl_display.sync request immediately after calling
121 wl_display.get_registry.
123 A client can bind to a global object by using the bind
124 request. This creates a client-side handle that lets the object
125 emit events to the client and lets the client invoke requests on
129 <request name="bind">
130 <description summary="bind an object to the display">
131 Binds a new, client-created object to the server using the
132 specified name as the identifier.
134 <arg name="name" type="uint" summary="unique numeric name of the object"/>
135 <arg name="id" type="new_id" summary="bounded object"/>
138 <event name="global">
139 <description summary="announce global object">
140 Notify the client of global objects.
142 The event notifies the client that a global object with
143 the given name is now available, and it implements the
144 given version of the given interface.
146 <arg name="name" type="uint" summary="numeric name of the global object"/>
147 <arg name="interface" type="string" summary="interface implemented by the object"/>
148 <arg name="version" type="uint" summary="interface version"/>
151 <event name="global_remove">
152 <description summary="announce removal of global object">
153 Notify the client of removed global objects.
155 This event notifies the client that the global identified
156 by name is no longer available. If the client bound to
157 the global using the bind request, the client should now
160 The object remains valid and requests to the object will be
161 ignored until the client destroys it, to avoid races between
162 the global going away and a client sending a request to it.
164 <arg name="name" type="uint" summary="numeric name of the global object"/>
168 <interface name="wl_callback" version="1">
169 <description summary="callback object">
170 Clients can handle the 'done' event to get notified when
171 the related request is done.
175 <description summary="done event">
176 Notify the client when the related request is done.
178 <arg name="callback_data" type="uint" summary="request-specific data for the callback"/>
182 <interface name="wl_compositor" version="4">
183 <description summary="the compositor singleton">
184 A compositor. This object is a singleton global. The
185 compositor is in charge of combining the contents of multiple
186 surfaces into one displayable output.
189 <request name="create_surface">
190 <description summary="create new surface">
191 Ask the compositor to create a new surface.
193 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_surface" summary="the new surface"/>
196 <request name="create_region">
197 <description summary="create new region">
198 Ask the compositor to create a new region.
200 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_region" summary="the new region"/>
204 <interface name="wl_shm_pool" version="1">
205 <description summary="a shared memory pool">
206 The wl_shm_pool object encapsulates a piece of memory shared
207 between the compositor and client. Through the wl_shm_pool
208 object, the client can allocate shared memory wl_buffer objects.
209 All objects created through the same pool share the same
210 underlying mapped memory. Reusing the mapped memory avoids the
211 setup/teardown overhead and is useful when interactively resizing
212 a surface or for many small buffers.
215 <request name="create_buffer">
216 <description summary="create a buffer from the pool">
217 Create a wl_buffer object from the pool.
219 The buffer is created offset bytes into the pool and has
220 width and height as specified. The stride argument specifies
221 the number of bytes from the beginning of one row to the beginning
222 of the next. The format is the pixel format of the buffer and
223 must be one of those advertised through the wl_shm.format event.
225 A buffer will keep a reference to the pool it was created from
226 so it is valid to destroy the pool immediately after creating
229 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_buffer" summary="buffer to create"/>
230 <arg name="offset" type="int" summary="buffer byte offset within the pool"/>
231 <arg name="width" type="int" summary="buffer width, in pixels"/>
232 <arg name="height" type="int" summary="buffer height, in pixels"/>
233 <arg name="stride" type="int" summary="number of bytes from the beginning of one row to the beginning of the next row"/>
234 <arg name="format" type="uint" enum="wl_shm.format" summary="buffer pixel format"/>
237 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
238 <description summary="destroy the pool">
239 Destroy the shared memory pool.
241 The mmapped memory will be released when all
242 buffers that have been created from this pool
247 <request name="resize">
248 <description summary="change the size of the pool mapping">
249 This request will cause the server to remap the backing memory
250 for the pool from the file descriptor passed when the pool was
251 created, but using the new size. This request can only be
252 used to make the pool bigger.
254 <arg name="size" type="int" summary="new size of the pool, in bytes"/>
258 <interface name="wl_shm" version="1">
259 <description summary="shared memory support">
260 A singleton global object that provides support for shared
263 Clients can create wl_shm_pool objects using the create_pool
266 At connection setup time, the wl_shm object emits one or more
267 format events to inform clients about the valid pixel formats
268 that can be used for buffers.
272 <description summary="wl_shm error values">
273 These errors can be emitted in response to wl_shm requests.
275 <entry name="invalid_format" value="0" summary="buffer format is not known"/>
276 <entry name="invalid_stride" value="1" summary="invalid size or stride during pool or buffer creation"/>
277 <entry name="invalid_fd" value="2" summary="mmapping the file descriptor failed"/>
281 <description summary="pixel formats">
282 This describes the memory layout of an individual pixel.
284 All renderers should support argb8888 and xrgb8888 but any other
285 formats are optional and may not be supported by the particular
288 The drm format codes match the macros defined in drm_fourcc.h.
289 The formats actually supported by the compositor will be
290 reported by the format event.
292 <entry name="argb8888" value="0" summary="32-bit ARGB format, [31:0] A:R:G:B 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
293 <entry name="xrgb8888" value="1" summary="32-bit RGB format, [31:0] x:R:G:B 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
294 <entry name="c8" value="0x20203843" summary="8-bit color index format, [7:0] C"/>
295 <entry name="rgb332" value="0x38424752" summary="8-bit RGB format, [7:0] R:G:B 3:3:2"/>
296 <entry name="bgr233" value="0x38524742" summary="8-bit BGR format, [7:0] B:G:R 2:3:3"/>
297 <entry name="xrgb4444" value="0x32315258" summary="16-bit xRGB format, [15:0] x:R:G:B 4:4:4:4 little endian"/>
298 <entry name="xbgr4444" value="0x32314258" summary="16-bit xBGR format, [15:0] x:B:G:R 4:4:4:4 little endian"/>
299 <entry name="rgbx4444" value="0x32315852" summary="16-bit RGBx format, [15:0] R:G:B:x 4:4:4:4 little endian"/>
300 <entry name="bgrx4444" value="0x32315842" summary="16-bit BGRx format, [15:0] B:G:R:x 4:4:4:4 little endian"/>
301 <entry name="argb4444" value="0x32315241" summary="16-bit ARGB format, [15:0] A:R:G:B 4:4:4:4 little endian"/>
302 <entry name="abgr4444" value="0x32314241" summary="16-bit ABGR format, [15:0] A:B:G:R 4:4:4:4 little endian"/>
303 <entry name="rgba4444" value="0x32314152" summary="16-bit RBGA format, [15:0] R:G:B:A 4:4:4:4 little endian"/>
304 <entry name="bgra4444" value="0x32314142" summary="16-bit BGRA format, [15:0] B:G:R:A 4:4:4:4 little endian"/>
305 <entry name="xrgb1555" value="0x35315258" summary="16-bit xRGB format, [15:0] x:R:G:B 1:5:5:5 little endian"/>
306 <entry name="xbgr1555" value="0x35314258" summary="16-bit xBGR 1555 format, [15:0] x:B:G:R 1:5:5:5 little endian"/>
307 <entry name="rgbx5551" value="0x35315852" summary="16-bit RGBx 5551 format, [15:0] R:G:B:x 5:5:5:1 little endian"/>
308 <entry name="bgrx5551" value="0x35315842" summary="16-bit BGRx 5551 format, [15:0] B:G:R:x 5:5:5:1 little endian"/>
309 <entry name="argb1555" value="0x35315241" summary="16-bit ARGB 1555 format, [15:0] A:R:G:B 1:5:5:5 little endian"/>
310 <entry name="abgr1555" value="0x35314241" summary="16-bit ABGR 1555 format, [15:0] A:B:G:R 1:5:5:5 little endian"/>
311 <entry name="rgba5551" value="0x35314152" summary="16-bit RGBA 5551 format, [15:0] R:G:B:A 5:5:5:1 little endian"/>
312 <entry name="bgra5551" value="0x35314142" summary="16-bit BGRA 5551 format, [15:0] B:G:R:A 5:5:5:1 little endian"/>
313 <entry name="rgb565" value="0x36314752" summary="16-bit RGB 565 format, [15:0] R:G:B 5:6:5 little endian"/>
314 <entry name="bgr565" value="0x36314742" summary="16-bit BGR 565 format, [15:0] B:G:R 5:6:5 little endian"/>
315 <entry name="rgb888" value="0x34324752" summary="24-bit RGB format, [23:0] R:G:B little endian"/>
316 <entry name="bgr888" value="0x34324742" summary="24-bit BGR format, [23:0] B:G:R little endian"/>
317 <entry name="xbgr8888" value="0x34324258" summary="32-bit xBGR format, [31:0] x:B:G:R 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
318 <entry name="rgbx8888" value="0x34325852" summary="32-bit RGBx format, [31:0] R:G:B:x 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
319 <entry name="bgrx8888" value="0x34325842" summary="32-bit BGRx format, [31:0] B:G:R:x 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
320 <entry name="abgr8888" value="0x34324241" summary="32-bit ABGR format, [31:0] A:B:G:R 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
321 <entry name="rgba8888" value="0x34324152" summary="32-bit RGBA format, [31:0] R:G:B:A 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
322 <entry name="bgra8888" value="0x34324142" summary="32-bit BGRA format, [31:0] B:G:R:A 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
323 <entry name="xrgb2101010" value="0x30335258" summary="32-bit xRGB format, [31:0] x:R:G:B 2:10:10:10 little endian"/>
324 <entry name="xbgr2101010" value="0x30334258" summary="32-bit xBGR format, [31:0] x:B:G:R 2:10:10:10 little endian"/>
325 <entry name="rgbx1010102" value="0x30335852" summary="32-bit RGBx format, [31:0] R:G:B:x 10:10:10:2 little endian"/>
326 <entry name="bgrx1010102" value="0x30335842" summary="32-bit BGRx format, [31:0] B:G:R:x 10:10:10:2 little endian"/>
327 <entry name="argb2101010" value="0x30335241" summary="32-bit ARGB format, [31:0] A:R:G:B 2:10:10:10 little endian"/>
328 <entry name="abgr2101010" value="0x30334241" summary="32-bit ABGR format, [31:0] A:B:G:R 2:10:10:10 little endian"/>
329 <entry name="rgba1010102" value="0x30334152" summary="32-bit RGBA format, [31:0] R:G:B:A 10:10:10:2 little endian"/>
330 <entry name="bgra1010102" value="0x30334142" summary="32-bit BGRA format, [31:0] B:G:R:A 10:10:10:2 little endian"/>
331 <entry name="yuyv" value="0x56595559" summary="packed YCbCr format, [31:0] Cr0:Y1:Cb0:Y0 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
332 <entry name="yvyu" value="0x55595659" summary="packed YCbCr format, [31:0] Cb0:Y1:Cr0:Y0 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
333 <entry name="uyvy" value="0x59565955" summary="packed YCbCr format, [31:0] Y1:Cr0:Y0:Cb0 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
334 <entry name="vyuy" value="0x59555956" summary="packed YCbCr format, [31:0] Y1:Cb0:Y0:Cr0 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
335 <entry name="ayuv" value="0x56555941" summary="packed AYCbCr format, [31:0] A:Y:Cb:Cr 8:8:8:8 little endian"/>
336 <entry name="nv12" value="0x3231564e" summary="2 plane YCbCr Cr:Cb format, 2x2 subsampled Cr:Cb plane"/>
337 <entry name="nv21" value="0x3132564e" summary="2 plane YCbCr Cb:Cr format, 2x2 subsampled Cb:Cr plane"/>
338 <entry name="nv16" value="0x3631564e" summary="2 plane YCbCr Cr:Cb format, 2x1 subsampled Cr:Cb plane"/>
339 <entry name="nv61" value="0x3136564e" summary="2 plane YCbCr Cb:Cr format, 2x1 subsampled Cb:Cr plane"/>
340 <entry name="yuv410" value="0x39565559" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, 4x4 subsampled Cb (1) and Cr (2) planes"/>
341 <entry name="yvu410" value="0x39555659" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, 4x4 subsampled Cr (1) and Cb (2) planes"/>
342 <entry name="yuv411" value="0x31315559" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, 4x1 subsampled Cb (1) and Cr (2) planes"/>
343 <entry name="yvu411" value="0x31315659" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, 4x1 subsampled Cr (1) and Cb (2) planes"/>
344 <entry name="yuv420" value="0x32315559" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, 2x2 subsampled Cb (1) and Cr (2) planes"/>
345 <entry name="yvu420" value="0x32315659" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, 2x2 subsampled Cr (1) and Cb (2) planes"/>
346 <entry name="yuv422" value="0x36315559" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, 2x1 subsampled Cb (1) and Cr (2) planes"/>
347 <entry name="yvu422" value="0x36315659" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, 2x1 subsampled Cr (1) and Cb (2) planes"/>
348 <entry name="yuv444" value="0x34325559" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, non-subsampled Cb (1) and Cr (2) planes"/>
349 <entry name="yvu444" value="0x34325659" summary="3 plane YCbCr format, non-subsampled Cr (1) and Cb (2) planes"/>
352 <request name="create_pool">
353 <description summary="create a shm pool">
354 Create a new wl_shm_pool object.
356 The pool can be used to create shared memory based buffer
357 objects. The server will mmap size bytes of the passed file
358 descriptor, to use as backing memory for the pool.
360 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_shm_pool" summary="pool to create"/>
361 <arg name="fd" type="fd" summary="file descriptor for the pool"/>
362 <arg name="size" type="int" summary="pool size, in bytes"/>
365 <event name="format">
366 <description summary="pixel format description">
367 Informs the client about a valid pixel format that
368 can be used for buffers. Known formats include
369 argb8888 and xrgb8888.
371 <arg name="format" type="uint" enum="format" summary="buffer pixel format"/>
375 <interface name="wl_buffer" version="1">
376 <description summary="content for a wl_surface">
377 A buffer provides the content for a wl_surface. Buffers are
378 created through factory interfaces such as wl_drm, wl_shm or
379 similar. It has a width and a height and can be attached to a
380 wl_surface, but the mechanism by which a client provides and
381 updates the contents is defined by the buffer factory interface.
384 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
385 <description summary="destroy a buffer">
386 Destroy a buffer. If and how you need to release the backing
387 storage is defined by the buffer factory interface.
389 For possible side-effects to a surface, see wl_surface.attach.
393 <event name="release">
394 <description summary="compositor releases buffer">
395 Sent when this wl_buffer is no longer used by the compositor.
396 The client is now free to reuse or destroy this buffer and its
399 If a client receives a release event before the frame callback
400 requested in the same wl_surface.commit that attaches this
401 wl_buffer to a surface, then the client is immediately free to
402 reuse the buffer and its backing storage, and does not need a
403 second buffer for the next surface content update. Typically
404 this is possible, when the compositor maintains a copy of the
405 wl_surface contents, e.g. as a GL texture. This is an important
406 optimization for GL(ES) compositors with wl_shm clients.
411 <interface name="wl_data_offer" version="3">
412 <description summary="offer to transfer data">
413 A wl_data_offer represents a piece of data offered for transfer
414 by another client (the source client). It is used by the
415 copy-and-paste and drag-and-drop mechanisms. The offer
416 describes the different mime types that the data can be
417 converted to and provides the mechanism for transferring the
418 data directly from the source client.
422 <entry name="invalid_finish" value="0"
423 summary="finish request was called untimely"/>
424 <entry name="invalid_action_mask" value="1"
425 summary="action mask contains invalid values"/>
426 <entry name="invalid_action" value="2"
427 summary="action argument has an invalid value"/>
428 <entry name="invalid_offer" value="3"
429 summary="offer doesn't accept this request"/>
432 <request name="accept">
433 <description summary="accept one of the offered mime types">
434 Indicate that the client can accept the given mime type, or
435 NULL for not accepted.
437 For objects of version 2 or older, this request is used by the
438 client to give feedback whether the client can receive the given
439 mime type, or NULL if none is accepted; the feedback does not
440 determine whether the drag-and-drop operation succeeds or not.
442 For objects of version 3 or newer, this request determines the
443 final result of the drag-and-drop operation. If the end result
444 is that no mime types were accepted, the drag-and-drop operation
445 will be cancelled and the corresponding drag source will receive
446 wl_data_source.cancelled. Clients may still use this event in
447 conjunction with wl_data_source.action for feedback.
449 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the accept request"/>
450 <arg name="mime_type" type="string" allow-null="true" summary="mime type accepted by the client"/>
453 <request name="receive">
454 <description summary="request that the data is transferred">
455 To transfer the offered data, the client issues this request
456 and indicates the mime type it wants to receive. The transfer
457 happens through the passed file descriptor (typically created
458 with the pipe system call). The source client writes the data
459 in the mime type representation requested and then closes the
462 The receiving client reads from the read end of the pipe until
463 EOF and then closes its end, at which point the transfer is
466 This request may happen multiple times for different mime types,
467 both before and after wl_data_device.drop. Drag-and-drop destination
468 clients may preemptively fetch data or examine it more closely to
469 determine acceptance.
471 <arg name="mime_type" type="string" summary="mime type desired by receiver"/>
472 <arg name="fd" type="fd" summary="file descriptor for data transfer"/>
475 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
476 <description summary="destroy data offer">
477 Destroy the data offer.
482 <description summary="advertise offered mime type">
483 Sent immediately after creating the wl_data_offer object. One
484 event per offered mime type.
486 <arg name="mime_type" type="string" summary="offered mime type"/>
489 <!-- Version 3 additions -->
491 <request name="finish" since="3">
492 <description summary="the offer will no longer be used">
493 Notifies the compositor that the drag destination successfully
494 finished the drag-and-drop operation.
496 Upon receiving this request, the compositor will emit
497 wl_data_source.dnd_finished on the drag source client.
499 It is a client error to perform other requests than
500 wl_data_offer.destroy after this one. It is also an error to perform
501 this request after a NULL mime type has been set in
502 wl_data_offer.accept or no action was received through
503 wl_data_offer.action.
507 <request name="set_actions" since="3">
508 <description summary="set the available/preferred drag-and-drop actions">
509 Sets the actions that the destination side client supports for
510 this operation. This request may trigger the emission of
511 wl_data_source.action and wl_data_offer.action events if the compositor
512 needs to change the selected action.
514 This request can be called multiple times throughout the
515 drag-and-drop operation, typically in response to wl_data_device.enter
516 or wl_data_device.motion events.
518 This request determines the final result of the drag-and-drop
519 operation. If the end result is that no action is accepted,
520 the drag source will receive wl_drag_source.cancelled.
522 The dnd_actions argument must contain only values expressed in the
523 wl_data_device_manager.dnd_actions enum, and the preferred_action
524 argument must only contain one of those values set, otherwise it
525 will result in a protocol error.
527 While managing an "ask" action, the destination drag-and-drop client
528 may perform further wl_data_offer.receive requests, and is expected
529 to perform one last wl_data_offer.set_actions request with a preferred
530 action other than "ask" (and optionally wl_data_offer.accept) before
531 requesting wl_data_offer.finish, in order to convey the action selected
532 by the user. If the preferred action is not in the
533 wl_data_offer.source_actions mask, an error will be raised.
535 If the "ask" action is dismissed (e.g. user cancellation), the client
536 is expected to perform wl_data_offer.destroy right away.
538 This request can only be made on drag-and-drop offers, a protocol error
539 will be raised otherwise.
541 <arg name="dnd_actions" type="uint" summary="actions supported by the destination client"/>
542 <arg name="preferred_action" type="uint" summary="action preferred by the destination client"/>
545 <event name="source_actions" since="3">
546 <description summary="notify the source-side available actions">
547 This event indicates the actions offered by the data source. It
548 will be sent right after wl_data_device.enter, or anytime the source
549 side changes its offered actions through wl_data_source.set_actions.
551 <arg name="source_actions" type="uint" summary="actions offered by the data source"/>
554 <event name="action" since="3">
555 <description summary="notify the selected action">
556 This event indicates the action selected by the compositor after
557 matching the source/destination side actions. Only one action (or
558 none) will be offered here.
560 This event can be emitted multiple times during the drag-and-drop
561 operation in response to destination side action changes through
562 wl_data_offer.set_actions.
564 This event will no longer be emitted after wl_data_device.drop
565 happened on the drag-and-drop destination, the client must
566 honor the last action received, or the last preferred one set
567 through wl_data_offer.set_actions when handling an "ask" action.
569 Compositors may also change the selected action on the fly, mainly
570 in response to keyboard modifier changes during the drag-and-drop
573 The most recent action received is always the valid one. Prior to
574 receiving wl_data_device.drop, the chosen action may change (e.g.
575 due to keyboard modifiers being pressed). At the time of receiving
576 wl_data_device.drop the drag-and-drop destination must honor the
577 last action received.
579 Action changes may still happen after wl_data_device.drop,
580 especially on "ask" actions, where the drag-and-drop destination
581 may choose another action afterwards. Action changes happening
582 at this stage are always the result of inter-client negotiation, the
583 compositor shall no longer be able to induce a different action.
585 Upon "ask" actions, it is expected that the drag-and-drop destination
586 may potentially choose a different action and/or mime type,
587 based on wl_data_offer.source_actions and finally chosen by the
588 user (e.g. popping up a menu with the available options). The
589 final wl_data_offer.set_actions and wl_data_offer.accept requests
590 must happen before the call to wl_data_offer.finish.
592 <arg name="dnd_action" type="uint" summary="action selected by the compositor"/>
596 <interface name="wl_data_source" version="3">
597 <description summary="offer to transfer data">
598 The wl_data_source object is the source side of a wl_data_offer.
599 It is created by the source client in a data transfer and
600 provides a way to describe the offered data and a way to respond
601 to requests to transfer the data.
605 <entry name="invalid_action_mask" value="0"
606 summary="action mask contains invalid values"/>
607 <entry name="invalid_source" value="1"
608 summary="source doesn't accept this request"/>
611 <request name="offer">
612 <description summary="add an offered mime type">
613 This request adds a mime type to the set of mime types
614 advertised to targets. Can be called several times to offer
617 <arg name="mime_type" type="string" summary="mime type offered by the data source"/>
620 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
621 <description summary="destroy the data source">
622 Destroy the data source.
626 <event name="target">
627 <description summary="a target accepts an offered mime type">
628 Sent when a target accepts pointer_focus or motion events. If
629 a target does not accept any of the offered types, type is NULL.
631 Used for feedback during drag-and-drop.
633 <arg name="mime_type" type="string" allow-null="true" summary="mime type accepted by the target"/>
637 <description summary="send the data">
638 Request for data from the client. Send the data as the
639 specified mime type over the passed file descriptor, then
642 <arg name="mime_type" type="string" summary="mime type for the data"/>
643 <arg name="fd" type="fd" summary="file descriptor for the data"/>
646 <event name="cancelled">
647 <description summary="selection was cancelled">
648 This data source is no longer valid. There are several reasons why
651 - The data source has been replaced by another data source.
652 - The drag-and-drop operation was performed, but the drop destination
653 did not accept any of the mime types offered through
654 wl_data_source.target.
655 - The drag-and-drop operation was performed, but the drop destination
656 did not select any of the actions present in the mask offered through
657 wl_data_source.action.
658 - The drag-and-drop operation was performed but didn't happen over a
660 - The compositor cancelled the drag-and-drop operation (e.g. compositor
661 dependent timeouts to avoid stale drag-and-drop transfers).
663 The client should clean up and destroy this data source.
665 For objects of version 2 or older, wl_data_source.cancelled will
666 only be emitted if the data source was replaced by another data
671 <!-- Version 3 additions -->
673 <request name="set_actions" since="3">
674 <description summary="set the available drag-and-drop actions">
675 Sets the actions that the source side client supports for this
676 operation. This request may trigger wl_data_source.action and
677 wl_data_offer.action events if the compositor needs to change the
680 The dnd_actions argument must contain only values expressed in the
681 wl_data_device_manager.dnd_actions enum, otherwise it will result
684 This request must be made once only, and can only be made on sources
685 used in drag-and-drop, so it must be performed before
686 wl_data_device.start_drag. Attempting to use the source other than
687 for drag-and-drop will raise a protocol error.
689 <arg name="dnd_actions" type="uint" summary="actions supported by the data source"/>
692 <event name="dnd_drop_performed" since="3">
693 <description summary="the drag-and-drop operation physically finished">
694 The user performed the drop action. This event does not indicate
695 acceptance, wl_data_source.cancelled may still be emitted afterwards
696 if the drop destination does not accept any mime type.
698 However, this event might however not be received if the compositor
699 cancelled the drag-and-drop operation before this event could happen.
701 Note that the data_source may still be used in the future and should
702 not be destroyed here.
706 <event name="dnd_finished" since="3">
707 <description summary="the drag-and-drop operation concluded">
708 The drop destination finished interoperating with this data
709 source, so the client is now free to destroy this data source and
710 free all associated data.
712 If the action used to perform the operation was "move", the
713 source can now delete the transferred data.
717 <event name="action" since="3">
718 <description summary="notify the selected action">
719 This event indicates the action selected by the compositor after
720 matching the source/destination side actions. Only one action (or
721 none) will be offered here.
723 This event can be emitted multiple times during the drag-and-drop
724 operation, mainly in response to destination side changes through
725 wl_data_offer.set_actions, and as the data device enters/leaves
728 It is only possible to receive this event after
729 wl_data_source.dnd_drop_performed if the drag-and-drop operation
730 ended in an "ask" action, in which case the final wl_data_source.action
731 event will happen immediately before wl_data_source.dnd_finished.
733 Compositors may also change the selected action on the fly, mainly
734 in response to keyboard modifier changes during the drag-and-drop
737 The most recent action received is always the valid one. The chosen
738 action may change alongside negotiation (e.g. an "ask" action can turn
739 into a "move" operation), so the effects of the final action must
740 always be applied in wl_data_offer.dnd_finished.
742 Clients can trigger cursor surface changes from this point, so
743 they reflect the current action.
745 <arg name="dnd_action" type="uint" summary="action selected by the compositor"/>
749 <interface name="wl_data_device" version="3">
750 <description summary="data transfer device">
751 There is one wl_data_device per seat which can be obtained
752 from the global wl_data_device_manager singleton.
754 A wl_data_device provides access to inter-client data transfer
755 mechanisms such as copy-and-paste and drag-and-drop.
759 <entry name="role" value="0" summary="given wl_surface has another role"/>
762 <request name="start_drag">
763 <description summary="start drag-and-drop operation">
764 This request asks the compositor to start a drag-and-drop
765 operation on behalf of the client.
767 The source argument is the data source that provides the data
768 for the eventual data transfer. If source is NULL, enter, leave
769 and motion events are sent only to the client that initiated the
770 drag and the client is expected to handle the data passing
773 The origin surface is the surface where the drag originates and
774 the client must have an active implicit grab that matches the
777 The icon surface is an optional (can be NULL) surface that
778 provides an icon to be moved around with the cursor. Initially,
779 the top-left corner of the icon surface is placed at the cursor
780 hotspot, but subsequent wl_surface.attach request can move the
781 relative position. Attach requests must be confirmed with
782 wl_surface.commit as usual. The icon surface is given the role of
783 a drag-and-drop icon. If the icon surface already has another role,
784 it raises a protocol error.
786 The current and pending input regions of the icon wl_surface are
787 cleared, and wl_surface.set_input_region is ignored until the
788 wl_surface is no longer used as the icon surface. When the use
789 as an icon ends, the current and pending input regions become
790 undefined, and the wl_surface is unmapped.
792 <arg name="source" type="object" interface="wl_data_source" allow-null="true" summary="data source for the eventual transfer"/>
793 <arg name="origin" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="surface where the drag originates"/>
794 <arg name="icon" type="object" interface="wl_surface" allow-null="true" summary="drag-and-drop icon surface"/>
795 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the implicit grab on the origin"/>
798 <request name="set_selection">
799 <description summary="copy data to the selection">
800 This request asks the compositor to set the selection
801 to the data from the source on behalf of the client.
803 To unset the selection, set the source to NULL.
805 <arg name="source" type="object" interface="wl_data_source" allow-null="true" summary="data source for the selection"/>
806 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the event that triggered this request"/>
809 <event name="data_offer">
810 <description summary="introduce a new wl_data_offer">
811 The data_offer event introduces a new wl_data_offer object,
812 which will subsequently be used in either the
813 data_device.enter event (for drag-and-drop) or the
814 data_device.selection event (for selections). Immediately
815 following the data_device_data_offer event, the new data_offer
816 object will send out data_offer.offer events to describe the
817 mime types it offers.
819 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_data_offer" summary="the new data_offer object"/>
823 <description summary="initiate drag-and-drop session">
824 This event is sent when an active drag-and-drop pointer enters
825 a surface owned by the client. The position of the pointer at
826 enter time is provided by the x and y arguments, in surface-local
829 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the enter event"/>
830 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="client surface entered"/>
831 <arg name="x" type="fixed" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
832 <arg name="y" type="fixed" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
833 <arg name="id" type="object" interface="wl_data_offer" allow-null="true"
834 summary="source data_offer object"/>
838 <description summary="end drag-and-drop session">
839 This event is sent when the drag-and-drop pointer leaves the
840 surface and the session ends. The client must destroy the
841 wl_data_offer introduced at enter time at this point.
845 <event name="motion">
846 <description summary="drag-and-drop session motion">
847 This event is sent when the drag-and-drop pointer moves within
848 the currently focused surface. The new position of the pointer
849 is provided by the x and y arguments, in surface-local
852 <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
853 <arg name="x" type="fixed" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
854 <arg name="y" type="fixed" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
858 <description summary="end drag-and-drop session successfully">
859 The event is sent when a drag-and-drop operation is ended
860 because the implicit grab is removed.
862 The drag-and-drop destination is expected to honor the last action
863 received through wl_data_offer.action, if the resulting action is
864 "copy" or "move", the destination can still perform
865 wl_data_offer.receive requests, and is expected to end all
866 transfers with a wl_data_offer.finish request.
868 If the resulting action is "ask", the action will not be considered
869 final. The drag-and-drop destination is expected to perform one last
870 wl_data_offer.set_actions request, or wl_data_offer.destroy in order
871 to cancel the operation.
875 <event name="selection">
876 <description summary="advertise new selection">
877 The selection event is sent out to notify the client of a new
878 wl_data_offer for the selection for this device. The
879 data_device.data_offer and the data_offer.offer events are
880 sent out immediately before this event to introduce the data
881 offer object. The selection event is sent to a client
882 immediately before receiving keyboard focus and when a new
883 selection is set while the client has keyboard focus. The
884 data_offer is valid until a new data_offer or NULL is received
885 or until the client loses keyboard focus. The client must
886 destroy the previous selection data_offer, if any, upon receiving
889 <arg name="id" type="object" interface="wl_data_offer" allow-null="true"
890 summary="selection data_offer object"/>
893 <!-- Version 2 additions -->
895 <request name="release" type="destructor" since="2">
896 <description summary="destroy data device">
897 This request destroys the data device.
902 <interface name="wl_data_device_manager" version="3">
903 <description summary="data transfer interface">
904 The wl_data_device_manager is a singleton global object that
905 provides access to inter-client data transfer mechanisms such as
906 copy-and-paste and drag-and-drop. These mechanisms are tied to
907 a wl_seat and this interface lets a client get a wl_data_device
908 corresponding to a wl_seat.
910 Depending on the version bound, the objects created from the bound
911 wl_data_device_manager object will have different requirements for
912 functioning properly. See wl_data_source.set_actions,
913 wl_data_offer.accept and wl_data_offer.finish for details.
916 <request name="create_data_source">
917 <description summary="create a new data source">
918 Create a new data source.
920 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_data_source" summary="data source to create"/>
923 <request name="get_data_device">
924 <description summary="create a new data device">
925 Create a new data device for a given seat.
927 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_data_device" summary="data device to create"/>
928 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat" summary="seat associated with the data device"/>
931 <!-- Version 3 additions -->
933 <enum name="dnd_action" bitfield="true" since="3">
934 <description summary="drag and drop actions">
935 This is a bitmask of the available/preferred actions in a
936 drag-and-drop operation.
938 In the compositor, the selected action is a result of matching the
939 actions offered by the source and destination sides. "action" events
940 with a "none" action will be sent to both source and destination if
941 there is no match. All further checks will effectively happen on
942 (source actions ∩ destination actions).
944 In addition, compositors may also pick different actions in
945 reaction to key modifiers being pressed. One common design that
946 is used in major toolkits (and the behavior recommended for
949 - If no modifiers are pressed, the first match (in bit order)
951 - Pressing Shift selects "move", if enabled in the mask.
952 - Pressing Control selects "copy", if enabled in the mask.
954 Behavior beyond that is considered implementation-dependent.
955 Compositors may for example bind other modifiers (like Alt/Meta)
956 or drags initiated with other buttons than BTN_LEFT to specific
957 actions (e.g. "ask").
959 <entry name="none" value="0" summary="no action"/>
960 <entry name="copy" value="1" summary="copy action"/>
961 <entry name="move" value="2" summary="move action"/>
962 <entry name="ask" value="4" summary="ask action"/>
966 <interface name="wl_shell" version="1">
967 <description summary="create desktop-style surfaces">
968 This interface is implemented by servers that provide
969 desktop-style user interfaces.
971 It allows clients to associate a wl_shell_surface with
976 <entry name="role" value="0" summary="given wl_surface has another role"/>
979 <request name="get_shell_surface">
980 <description summary="create a shell surface from a surface">
981 Create a shell surface for an existing surface. This gives
982 the wl_surface the role of a shell surface. If the wl_surface
983 already has another role, it raises a protocol error.
985 Only one shell surface can be associated with a given surface.
987 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_shell_surface" summary="shell surface to create"/>
988 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="surface to be given the shell surface role"/>
992 <interface name="wl_shell_surface" version="1">
993 <description summary="desktop-style metadata interface">
994 An interface that may be implemented by a wl_surface, for
995 implementations that provide a desktop-style user interface.
997 It provides requests to treat surfaces like toplevel, fullscreen
998 or popup windows, move, resize or maximize them, associate
999 metadata like title and class, etc.
1001 On the server side the object is automatically destroyed when
1002 the related wl_surface is destroyed. On the client side,
1003 wl_shell_surface_destroy() must be called before destroying
1004 the wl_surface object.
1007 <request name="pong">
1008 <description summary="respond to a ping event">
1009 A client must respond to a ping event with a pong request or
1010 the client may be deemed unresponsive.
1012 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the ping event"/>
1015 <request name="move">
1016 <description summary="start an interactive move">
1017 Start a pointer-driven move of the surface.
1019 This request must be used in response to a button press event.
1020 The server may ignore move requests depending on the state of
1021 the surface (e.g. fullscreen or maximized).
1023 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat" summary="seat whose pointer is used"/>
1024 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the implicit grab on the pointer"/>
1027 <enum name="resize" bitfield="true">
1028 <description summary="edge values for resizing">
1029 These values are used to indicate which edge of a surface
1030 is being dragged in a resize operation. The server may
1031 use this information to adapt its behavior, e.g. choose
1032 an appropriate cursor image.
1034 <entry name="none" value="0" summary="no edge"/>
1035 <entry name="top" value="1" summary="top edge"/>
1036 <entry name="bottom" value="2" summary="bottom edge"/>
1037 <entry name="left" value="4" summary="left edge"/>
1038 <entry name="top_left" value="5" summary="top and left edges"/>
1039 <entry name="bottom_left" value="6" summary="bottom and left edges"/>
1040 <entry name="right" value="8" summary="right edge"/>
1041 <entry name="top_right" value="9" summary="top and right edges"/>
1042 <entry name="bottom_right" value="10" summary="bottom and right edges"/>
1045 <request name="resize">
1046 <description summary="start an interactive resize">
1047 Start a pointer-driven resizing of the surface.
1049 This request must be used in response to a button press event.
1050 The server may ignore resize requests depending on the state of
1051 the surface (e.g. fullscreen or maximized).
1053 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat" summary="seat whose pointer is used"/>
1054 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the implicit grab on the pointer"/>
1055 <arg name="edges" type="uint" enum="resize" summary="which edge or corner is being dragged"/>
1058 <request name="set_toplevel">
1059 <description summary="make the surface a toplevel surface">
1060 Map the surface as a toplevel surface.
1062 A toplevel surface is not fullscreen, maximized or transient.
1066 <enum name="transient" bitfield="true">
1067 <description summary="details of transient behaviour">
1068 These flags specify details of the expected behaviour
1069 of transient surfaces. Used in the set_transient request.
1071 <entry name="inactive" value="0x1" summary="do not set keyboard focus"/>
1074 <request name="set_transient">
1075 <description summary="make the surface a transient surface">
1076 Map the surface relative to an existing surface.
1078 The x and y arguments specify the location of the upper left
1079 corner of the surface relative to the upper left corner of the
1080 parent surface, in surface-local coordinates.
1082 The flags argument controls details of the transient behaviour.
1084 <arg name="parent" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="parent surface"/>
1085 <arg name="x" type="int" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
1086 <arg name="y" type="int" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
1087 <arg name="flags" type="uint" enum="transient" summary="transient surface behavior"/>
1090 <enum name="fullscreen_method">
1091 <description summary="different method to set the surface fullscreen">
1092 Hints to indicate to the compositor how to deal with a conflict
1093 between the dimensions of the surface and the dimensions of the
1094 output. The compositor is free to ignore this parameter.
1096 <entry name="default" value="0" summary="no preference, apply default policy"/>
1097 <entry name="scale" value="1" summary="scale, preserve the surface's aspect ratio and center on output"/>
1098 <entry name="driver" value="2" summary="switch output mode to the smallest mode that can fit the surface, add black borders to compensate size mismatch"/>
1099 <entry name="fill" value="3" summary="no upscaling, center on output and add black borders to compensate size mismatch"/>
1102 <request name="set_fullscreen">
1103 <description summary="make the surface a fullscreen surface">
1104 Map the surface as a fullscreen surface.
1106 If an output parameter is given then the surface will be made
1107 fullscreen on that output. If the client does not specify the
1108 output then the compositor will apply its policy - usually
1109 choosing the output on which the surface has the biggest surface
1112 The client may specify a method to resolve a size conflict
1113 between the output size and the surface size - this is provided
1114 through the method parameter.
1116 The framerate parameter is used only when the method is set
1117 to "driver", to indicate the preferred framerate. A value of 0
1118 indicates that the client does not care about framerate. The
1119 framerate is specified in mHz, that is framerate of 60000 is 60Hz.
1121 A method of "scale" or "driver" implies a scaling operation of
1122 the surface, either via a direct scaling operation or a change of
1123 the output mode. This will override any kind of output scaling, so
1124 that mapping a surface with a buffer size equal to the mode can
1125 fill the screen independent of buffer_scale.
1127 A method of "fill" means we don't scale up the buffer, however
1128 any output scale is applied. This means that you may run into
1129 an edge case where the application maps a buffer with the same
1130 size of the output mode but buffer_scale 1 (thus making a
1131 surface larger than the output). In this case it is allowed to
1132 downscale the results to fit the screen.
1134 The compositor must reply to this request with a configure event
1135 with the dimensions for the output on which the surface will
1138 <arg name="method" type="uint" enum="fullscreen_method" summary="method for resolving size conflict"/>
1139 <arg name="framerate" type="uint" summary="framerate in mHz"/>
1140 <arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output" allow-null="true"
1141 summary="output on which the surface is to be fullscreen"/>
1144 <request name="set_popup">
1145 <description summary="make the surface a popup surface">
1146 Map the surface as a popup.
1148 A popup surface is a transient surface with an added pointer
1151 An existing implicit grab will be changed to owner-events mode,
1152 and the popup grab will continue after the implicit grab ends
1153 (i.e. releasing the mouse button does not cause the popup to
1156 The popup grab continues until the window is destroyed or a
1157 mouse button is pressed in any other client's window. A click
1158 in any of the client's surfaces is reported as normal, however,
1159 clicks in other clients' surfaces will be discarded and trigger
1162 The x and y arguments specify the location of the upper left
1163 corner of the surface relative to the upper left corner of the
1164 parent surface, in surface-local coordinates.
1166 <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat" summary="seat whose pointer is used"/>
1167 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the implicit grab on the pointer"/>
1168 <arg name="parent" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="parent surface"/>
1169 <arg name="x" type="int" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
1170 <arg name="y" type="int" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
1171 <arg name="flags" type="uint" enum="transient" summary="transient surface behavior"/>
1174 <request name="set_maximized">
1175 <description summary="make the surface a maximized surface">
1176 Map the surface as a maximized surface.
1178 If an output parameter is given then the surface will be
1179 maximized on that output. If the client does not specify the
1180 output then the compositor will apply its policy - usually
1181 choosing the output on which the surface has the biggest surface
1184 The compositor will reply with a configure event telling
1185 the expected new surface size. The operation is completed
1186 on the next buffer attach to this surface.
1188 A maximized surface typically fills the entire output it is
1189 bound to, except for desktop elements such as panels. This is
1190 the main difference between a maximized shell surface and a
1191 fullscreen shell surface.
1193 The details depend on the compositor implementation.
1195 <arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output" allow-null="true"
1196 summary="output on which the surface is to be maximized"/>
1199 <request name="set_title">
1200 <description summary="set surface title">
1201 Set a short title for the surface.
1203 This string may be used to identify the surface in a task bar,
1204 window list, or other user interface elements provided by the
1207 The string must be encoded in UTF-8.
1209 <arg name="title" type="string" summary="surface title"/>
1212 <request name="set_class">
1213 <description summary="set surface class">
1214 Set a class for the surface.
1216 The surface class identifies the general class of applications
1217 to which the surface belongs. A common convention is to use the
1218 file name (or the full path if it is a non-standard location) of
1219 the application's .desktop file as the class.
1221 <arg name="class_" type="string" summary="surface class"/>
1225 <description summary="ping client">
1226 Ping a client to check if it is receiving events and sending
1227 requests. A client is expected to reply with a pong request.
1229 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the ping"/>
1232 <event name="configure">
1233 <description summary="suggest resize">
1234 The configure event asks the client to resize its surface.
1236 The size is a hint, in the sense that the client is free to
1237 ignore it if it doesn't resize, pick a smaller size (to
1238 satisfy aspect ratio or resize in steps of NxM pixels).
1240 The edges parameter provides a hint about how the surface
1241 was resized. The client may use this information to decide
1242 how to adjust its content to the new size (e.g. a scrolling
1243 area might adjust its content position to leave the viewable
1246 The client is free to dismiss all but the last configure
1249 The width and height arguments specify the size of the window
1250 in surface-local coordinates.
1252 <arg name="edges" type="uint" enum="resize" summary="how the surface was resized"/>
1253 <arg name="width" type="int" summary="new width of the surface"/>
1254 <arg name="height" type="int" summary="new height of the surface"/>
1257 <event name="popup_done">
1258 <description summary="popup interaction is done">
1259 The popup_done event is sent out when a popup grab is broken,
1260 that is, when the user clicks a surface that doesn't belong
1261 to the client owning the popup surface.
1266 <interface name="wl_surface" version="4">
1267 <description summary="an onscreen surface">
1268 A surface is a rectangular area that is displayed on the screen.
1269 It has a location, size and pixel contents.
1271 The size of a surface (and relative positions on it) is described
1272 in surface-local coordinates, which may differ from the buffer
1273 coordinates of the pixel content, in case a buffer_transform
1274 or a buffer_scale is used.
1276 A surface without a "role" is fairly useless: a compositor does
1277 not know where, when or how to present it. The role is the
1278 purpose of a wl_surface. Examples of roles are a cursor for a
1279 pointer (as set by wl_pointer.set_cursor), a drag icon
1280 (wl_data_device.start_drag), a sub-surface
1281 (wl_subcompositor.get_subsurface), and a window as defined by a
1282 shell protocol (e.g. wl_shell.get_shell_surface).
1284 A surface can have only one role at a time. Initially a
1285 wl_surface does not have a role. Once a wl_surface is given a
1286 role, it is set permanently for the whole lifetime of the
1287 wl_surface object. Giving the current role again is allowed,
1288 unless explicitly forbidden by the relevant interface
1291 Surface roles are given by requests in other interfaces such as
1292 wl_pointer.set_cursor. The request should explicitly mention
1293 that this request gives a role to a wl_surface. Often, this
1294 request also creates a new protocol object that represents the
1295 role and adds additional functionality to wl_surface. When a
1296 client wants to destroy a wl_surface, they must destroy this 'role
1297 object' before the wl_surface.
1299 Destroying the role object does not remove the role from the
1300 wl_surface, but it may stop the wl_surface from "playing the role".
1301 For instance, if a wl_subsurface object is destroyed, the wl_surface
1302 it was created for will be unmapped and forget its position and
1303 z-order. It is allowed to create a wl_subsurface for the same
1304 wl_surface again, but it is not allowed to use the wl_surface as
1305 a cursor (cursor is a different role than sub-surface, and role
1306 switching is not allowed).
1310 <description summary="wl_surface error values">
1311 These errors can be emitted in response to wl_surface requests.
1313 <entry name="invalid_scale" value="0" summary="buffer scale value is invalid"/>
1314 <entry name="invalid_transform" value="1" summary="buffer transform value is invalid"/>
1317 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
1318 <description summary="delete surface">
1319 Deletes the surface and invalidates its object ID.
1323 <request name="attach">
1324 <description summary="set the surface contents">
1325 Set a buffer as the content of this surface.
1327 The new size of the surface is calculated based on the buffer
1328 size transformed by the inverse buffer_transform and the
1329 inverse buffer_scale. This means that the supplied buffer
1330 must be an integer multiple of the buffer_scale.
1332 The x and y arguments specify the location of the new pending
1333 buffer's upper left corner, relative to the current buffer's upper
1334 left corner, in surface-local coordinates. In other words, the
1335 x and y, combined with the new surface size define in which
1336 directions the surface's size changes.
1338 Surface contents are double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
1340 The initial surface contents are void; there is no content.
1341 wl_surface.attach assigns the given wl_buffer as the pending
1342 wl_buffer. wl_surface.commit makes the pending wl_buffer the new
1343 surface contents, and the size of the surface becomes the size
1344 calculated from the wl_buffer, as described above. After commit,
1345 there is no pending buffer until the next attach.
1347 Committing a pending wl_buffer allows the compositor to read the
1348 pixels in the wl_buffer. The compositor may access the pixels at
1349 any time after the wl_surface.commit request. When the compositor
1350 will not access the pixels anymore, it will send the
1351 wl_buffer.release event. Only after receiving wl_buffer.release,
1352 the client may reuse the wl_buffer. A wl_buffer that has been
1353 attached and then replaced by another attach instead of committed
1354 will not receive a release event, and is not used by the
1357 Destroying the wl_buffer after wl_buffer.release does not change
1358 the surface contents. However, if the client destroys the
1359 wl_buffer before receiving the wl_buffer.release event, the surface
1360 contents become undefined immediately.
1362 If wl_surface.attach is sent with a NULL wl_buffer, the
1363 following wl_surface.commit will remove the surface content.
1365 <arg name="buffer" type="object" interface="wl_buffer" allow-null="true"
1366 summary="buffer of surface contents"/>
1367 <arg name="x" type="int" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
1368 <arg name="y" type="int" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
1371 <request name="damage">
1372 <description summary="mark part of the surface damaged">
1373 This request is used to describe the regions where the pending
1374 buffer is different from the current surface contents, and where
1375 the surface therefore needs to be repainted. The compositor
1376 ignores the parts of the damage that fall outside of the surface.
1378 Damage is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
1380 The damage rectangle is specified in surface-local coordinates,
1381 where x and y specify the upper left corner of the damage rectangle.
1383 The initial value for pending damage is empty: no damage.
1384 wl_surface.damage adds pending damage: the new pending damage
1385 is the union of old pending damage and the given rectangle.
1387 wl_surface.commit assigns pending damage as the current damage,
1388 and clears pending damage. The server will clear the current
1389 damage as it repaints the surface.
1391 Alternatively, damage can be posted with wl_surface.damage_buffer
1392 which uses buffer coordinates instead of surface coordinates,
1393 and is probably the preferred and intuitive way of doing this.
1395 <arg name="x" type="int" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
1396 <arg name="y" type="int" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
1397 <arg name="width" type="int" summary="width of damage rectangle"/>
1398 <arg name="height" type="int" summary="height of damage rectangle"/>
1401 <request name="frame">
1402 <description summary="request a frame throttling hint">
1403 Request a notification when it is a good time to start drawing a new
1404 frame, by creating a frame callback. This is useful for throttling
1405 redrawing operations, and driving animations.
1407 When a client is animating on a wl_surface, it can use the 'frame'
1408 request to get notified when it is a good time to draw and commit the
1409 next frame of animation. If the client commits an update earlier than
1410 that, it is likely that some updates will not make it to the display,
1411 and the client is wasting resources by drawing too often.
1413 The frame request will take effect on the next wl_surface.commit.
1414 The notification will only be posted for one frame unless
1415 requested again. For a wl_surface, the notifications are posted in
1416 the order the frame requests were committed.
1418 The server must send the notifications so that a client
1419 will not send excessive updates, while still allowing
1420 the highest possible update rate for clients that wait for the reply
1421 before drawing again. The server should give some time for the client
1422 to draw and commit after sending the frame callback events to let it
1423 hit the next output refresh.
1425 A server should avoid signaling the frame callbacks if the
1426 surface is not visible in any way, e.g. the surface is off-screen,
1427 or completely obscured by other opaque surfaces.
1429 The object returned by this request will be destroyed by the
1430 compositor after the callback is fired and as such the client must not
1431 attempt to use it after that point.
1433 The callback_data passed in the callback is the current time, in
1434 milliseconds, with an undefined base.
1436 <arg name="callback" type="new_id" interface="wl_callback" summary="callback object for the frame request"/>
1439 <request name="set_opaque_region">
1440 <description summary="set opaque region">
1441 This request sets the region of the surface that contains
1444 The opaque region is an optimization hint for the compositor
1445 that lets it optimize the redrawing of content behind opaque
1446 regions. Setting an opaque region is not required for correct
1447 behaviour, but marking transparent content as opaque will result
1448 in repaint artifacts.
1450 The opaque region is specified in surface-local coordinates.
1452 The compositor ignores the parts of the opaque region that fall
1453 outside of the surface.
1455 Opaque region is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
1457 wl_surface.set_opaque_region changes the pending opaque region.
1458 wl_surface.commit copies the pending region to the current region.
1459 Otherwise, the pending and current regions are never changed.
1461 The initial value for an opaque region is empty. Setting the pending
1462 opaque region has copy semantics, and the wl_region object can be
1463 destroyed immediately. A NULL wl_region causes the pending opaque
1464 region to be set to empty.
1466 <arg name="region" type="object" interface="wl_region" allow-null="true"
1467 summary="opaque region of the surface"/>
1470 <request name="set_input_region">
1471 <description summary="set input region">
1472 This request sets the region of the surface that can receive
1473 pointer and touch events.
1475 Input events happening outside of this region will try the next
1476 surface in the server surface stack. The compositor ignores the
1477 parts of the input region that fall outside of the surface.
1479 The input region is specified in surface-local coordinates.
1481 Input region is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
1483 wl_surface.set_input_region changes the pending input region.
1484 wl_surface.commit copies the pending region to the current region.
1485 Otherwise the pending and current regions are never changed,
1486 except cursor and icon surfaces are special cases, see
1487 wl_pointer.set_cursor and wl_data_device.start_drag.
1489 The initial value for an input region is infinite. That means the
1490 whole surface will accept input. Setting the pending input region
1491 has copy semantics, and the wl_region object can be destroyed
1492 immediately. A NULL wl_region causes the input region to be set
1495 <arg name="region" type="object" interface="wl_region" allow-null="true"
1496 summary="input region of the surface"/>
1499 <request name="commit">
1500 <description summary="commit pending surface state">
1501 Surface state (input, opaque, and damage regions, attached buffers,
1502 etc.) is double-buffered. Protocol requests modify the pending state,
1503 as opposed to the current state in use by the compositor. A commit
1504 request atomically applies all pending state, replacing the current
1505 state. After commit, the new pending state is as documented for each
1508 On commit, a pending wl_buffer is applied first, and all other state
1509 second. This means that all coordinates in double-buffered state are
1510 relative to the new wl_buffer coming into use, except for
1511 wl_surface.attach itself. If there is no pending wl_buffer, the
1512 coordinates are relative to the current surface contents.
1514 All requests that need a commit to become effective are documented
1515 to affect double-buffered state.
1517 Other interfaces may add further double-buffered surface state.
1521 <event name="enter">
1522 <description summary="surface enters an output">
1523 This is emitted whenever a surface's creation, movement, or resizing
1524 results in some part of it being within the scanout region of an
1527 Note that a surface may be overlapping with zero or more outputs.
1529 <arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output" summary="output entered by the surface"/>
1532 <event name="leave">
1533 <description summary="surface leaves an output">
1534 This is emitted whenever a surface's creation, movement, or resizing
1535 results in it no longer having any part of it within the scanout region
1538 <arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output" summary="output left by the surface"/>
1541 <!-- Version 2 additions -->
1543 <request name="set_buffer_transform" since="2">
1544 <description summary="sets the buffer transformation">
1545 This request sets an optional transformation on how the compositor
1546 interprets the contents of the buffer attached to the surface. The
1547 accepted values for the transform parameter are the values for
1548 wl_output.transform.
1550 Buffer transform is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
1552 A newly created surface has its buffer transformation set to normal.
1554 wl_surface.set_buffer_transform changes the pending buffer
1555 transformation. wl_surface.commit copies the pending buffer
1556 transformation to the current one. Otherwise, the pending and current
1557 values are never changed.
1559 The purpose of this request is to allow clients to render content
1560 according to the output transform, thus permitting the compositor to
1561 use certain optimizations even if the display is rotated. Using
1562 hardware overlays and scanning out a client buffer for fullscreen
1563 surfaces are examples of such optimizations. Those optimizations are
1564 highly dependent on the compositor implementation, so the use of this
1565 request should be considered on a case-by-case basis.
1567 Note that if the transform value includes 90 or 270 degree rotation,
1568 the width of the buffer will become the surface height and the height
1569 of the buffer will become the surface width.
1571 If transform is not one of the values from the
1572 wl_output.transform enum the invalid_transform protocol error
1575 <arg name="transform" type="int" enum="wl_output.transform"
1576 summary="transform for interpreting buffer contents"/>
1579 <!-- Version 3 additions -->
1581 <request name="set_buffer_scale" since="3">
1582 <description summary="sets the buffer scaling factor">
1583 This request sets an optional scaling factor on how the compositor
1584 interprets the contents of the buffer attached to the window.
1586 Buffer scale is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
1588 A newly created surface has its buffer scale set to 1.
1590 wl_surface.set_buffer_scale changes the pending buffer scale.
1591 wl_surface.commit copies the pending buffer scale to the current one.
1592 Otherwise, the pending and current values are never changed.
1594 The purpose of this request is to allow clients to supply higher
1595 resolution buffer data for use on high resolution outputs. It is
1596 intended that you pick the same buffer scale as the scale of the
1597 output that the surface is displayed on. This means the compositor
1598 can avoid scaling when rendering the surface on that output.
1600 Note that if the scale is larger than 1, then you have to attach
1601 a buffer that is larger (by a factor of scale in each dimension)
1602 than the desired surface size.
1604 If scale is not positive the invalid_scale protocol error is
1607 <arg name="scale" type="int"
1608 summary="positive scale for interpreting buffer contents"/>
1611 <!-- Version 4 additions -->
1612 <request name="damage_buffer" since="4">
1613 <description summary="mark part of the surface damaged using buffer coordinates">
1614 This request is used to describe the regions where the pending
1615 buffer is different from the current surface contents, and where
1616 the surface therefore needs to be repainted. The compositor
1617 ignores the parts of the damage that fall outside of the surface.
1619 Damage is double-buffered state, see wl_surface.commit.
1621 The damage rectangle is specified in buffer coordinates,
1622 where x and y specify the upper left corner of the damage rectangle.
1624 The initial value for pending damage is empty: no damage.
1625 wl_surface.damage_buffer adds pending damage: the new pending
1626 damage is the union of old pending damage and the given rectangle.
1628 wl_surface.commit assigns pending damage as the current damage,
1629 and clears pending damage. The server will clear the current
1630 damage as it repaints the surface.
1632 This request differs from wl_surface.damage in only one way - it
1633 takes damage in buffer coordinates instead of surface-local
1634 coordinates. While this generally is more intuitive than surface
1635 coordinates, it is especially desirable when using wp_viewport
1636 or when a drawing library (like EGL) is unaware of buffer scale
1637 and buffer transform.
1639 Note: Because buffer transformation changes and damage requests may
1640 be interleaved in the protocol stream, it is impossible to determine
1641 the actual mapping between surface and buffer damage until
1642 wl_surface.commit time. Therefore, compositors wishing to take both
1643 kinds of damage into account will have to accumulate damage from the
1644 two requests separately and only transform from one to the other
1645 after receiving the wl_surface.commit.
1647 <arg name="x" type="int" summary="buffer-local x coordinate"/>
1648 <arg name="y" type="int" summary="buffer-local y coordinate"/>
1649 <arg name="width" type="int" summary="width of damage rectangle"/>
1650 <arg name="height" type="int" summary="height of damage rectangle"/>
1654 <interface name="wl_seat" version="6">
1655 <description summary="group of input devices">
1656 A seat is a group of keyboards, pointer and touch devices. This
1657 object is published as a global during start up, or when such a
1658 device is hot plugged. A seat typically has a pointer and
1659 maintains a keyboard focus and a pointer focus.
1662 <enum name="capability" bitfield="true">
1663 <description summary="seat capability bitmask">
1664 This is a bitmask of capabilities this seat has; if a member is
1665 set, then it is present on the seat.
1667 <entry name="pointer" value="1" summary="the seat has pointer devices"/>
1668 <entry name="keyboard" value="2" summary="the seat has one or more keyboards"/>
1669 <entry name="touch" value="4" summary="the seat has touch devices"/>
1672 <event name="capabilities">
1673 <description summary="seat capabilities changed">
1674 This is emitted whenever a seat gains or loses the pointer,
1675 keyboard or touch capabilities. The argument is a capability
1676 enum containing the complete set of capabilities this seat has.
1678 When the pointer capability is added, a client may create a
1679 wl_pointer object using the wl_seat.get_pointer request. This object
1680 will receive pointer events until the capability is removed in the
1683 When the pointer capability is removed, a client should destroy the
1684 wl_pointer objects associated with the seat where the capability was
1685 removed, using the wl_pointer.release request. No further pointer
1686 events will be received on these objects.
1688 In some compositors, if a seat regains the pointer capability and a
1689 client has a previously obtained wl_pointer object of version 4 or
1690 less, that object may start sending pointer events again. This
1691 behavior is considered a misinterpretation of the intended behavior
1692 and must not be relied upon by the client. wl_pointer objects of
1693 version 5 or later must not send events if created before the most
1694 recent event notifying the client of an added pointer capability.
1696 The above behavior also applies to wl_keyboard and wl_touch with the
1697 keyboard and touch capabilities, respectively.
1699 <arg name="capabilities" type="uint" enum="capability" summary="capabilities of the seat"/>
1702 <request name="get_pointer">
1703 <description summary="return pointer object">
1704 The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_pointer interface
1707 This request only takes effect if the seat has the pointer
1708 capability, or has had the pointer capability in the past.
1709 It is a protocol violation to issue this request on a seat that has
1710 never had the pointer capability.
1712 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_pointer" summary="seat pointer"/>
1715 <request name="get_keyboard">
1716 <description summary="return keyboard object">
1717 The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_keyboard interface
1720 This request only takes effect if the seat has the keyboard
1721 capability, or has had the keyboard capability in the past.
1722 It is a protocol violation to issue this request on a seat that has
1723 never had the keyboard capability.
1725 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_keyboard" summary="seat keyboard"/>
1728 <request name="get_touch">
1729 <description summary="return touch object">
1730 The ID provided will be initialized to the wl_touch interface
1733 This request only takes effect if the seat has the touch
1734 capability, or has had the touch capability in the past.
1735 It is a protocol violation to issue this request on a seat that has
1736 never had the touch capability.
1738 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_touch" summary="seat touch interface"/>
1741 <!-- Version 2 additions -->
1743 <event name="name" since="2">
1744 <description summary="unique identifier for this seat">
1745 In a multiseat configuration this can be used by the client to help
1746 identify which physical devices the seat represents. Based on
1747 the seat configuration used by the compositor.
1749 <arg name="name" type="string" summary="seat identifier"/>
1752 <!-- Version 5 additions -->
1754 <request name="release" type="destructor" since="5">
1755 <description summary="release the seat object">
1756 Using this request a client can tell the server that it is not going to
1757 use the seat object anymore.
1763 <interface name="wl_pointer" version="6">
1764 <description summary="pointer input device">
1765 The wl_pointer interface represents one or more input devices,
1766 such as mice, which control the pointer location and pointer_focus
1769 The wl_pointer interface generates motion, enter and leave
1770 events for the surfaces that the pointer is located over,
1771 and button and axis events for button presses, button releases
1776 <entry name="role" value="0" summary="given wl_surface has another role"/>
1779 <request name="set_cursor">
1780 <description summary="set the pointer surface">
1781 Set the pointer surface, i.e., the surface that contains the
1782 pointer image (cursor). This request gives the surface the role
1783 of a cursor. If the surface already has another role, it raises
1786 The cursor actually changes only if the pointer
1787 focus for this device is one of the requesting client's surfaces
1788 or the surface parameter is the current pointer surface. If
1789 there was a previous surface set with this request it is
1790 replaced. If surface is NULL, the pointer image is hidden.
1792 The parameters hotspot_x and hotspot_y define the position of
1793 the pointer surface relative to the pointer location. Its
1794 top-left corner is always at (x, y) - (hotspot_x, hotspot_y),
1795 where (x, y) are the coordinates of the pointer location, in
1796 surface-local coordinates.
1798 On surface.attach requests to the pointer surface, hotspot_x
1799 and hotspot_y are decremented by the x and y parameters
1800 passed to the request. Attach must be confirmed by
1801 wl_surface.commit as usual.
1803 The hotspot can also be updated by passing the currently set
1804 pointer surface to this request with new values for hotspot_x
1807 The current and pending input regions of the wl_surface are
1808 cleared, and wl_surface.set_input_region is ignored until the
1809 wl_surface is no longer used as the cursor. When the use as a
1810 cursor ends, the current and pending input regions become
1811 undefined, and the wl_surface is unmapped.
1813 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the enter event"/>
1814 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" allow-null="true"
1815 summary="pointer surface"/>
1816 <arg name="hotspot_x" type="int" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
1817 <arg name="hotspot_y" type="int" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
1820 <event name="enter">
1821 <description summary="enter event">
1822 Notification that this seat's pointer is focused on a certain
1825 When a seat's focus enters a surface, the pointer image
1826 is undefined and a client should respond to this event by setting
1827 an appropriate pointer image with the set_cursor request.
1829 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the enter event"/>
1830 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="surface entered by the pointer"/>
1831 <arg name="surface_x" type="fixed" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
1832 <arg name="surface_y" type="fixed" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
1835 <event name="leave">
1836 <description summary="leave event">
1837 Notification that this seat's pointer is no longer focused on
1840 The leave notification is sent before the enter notification
1843 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the leave event"/>
1844 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="surface left by the pointer"/>
1847 <event name="motion">
1848 <description summary="pointer motion event">
1849 Notification of pointer location change. The arguments
1850 surface_x and surface_y are the location relative to the
1853 <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
1854 <arg name="surface_x" type="fixed" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
1855 <arg name="surface_y" type="fixed" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
1858 <enum name="button_state">
1859 <description summary="physical button state">
1860 Describes the physical state of a button that produced the button
1863 <entry name="released" value="0" summary="the button is not pressed"/>
1864 <entry name="pressed" value="1" summary="the button is pressed"/>
1867 <event name="button">
1868 <description summary="pointer button event">
1869 Mouse button click and release notifications.
1871 The location of the click is given by the last motion or
1873 The time argument is a timestamp with millisecond
1874 granularity, with an undefined base.
1876 The button is a button code as defined in the Linux kernel's
1877 linux/input-event-codes.h header file, e.g. BTN_LEFT.
1879 Any 16-bit button code value is reserved for future additions to the
1880 kernel's event code list. All other button codes above 0xFFFF are
1881 currently undefined but may be used in future versions of this
1884 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the button event"/>
1885 <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
1886 <arg name="button" type="uint" summary="button that produced the event"/>
1887 <arg name="state" type="uint" enum="button_state" summary="physical state of the button"/>
1891 <description summary="axis types">
1892 Describes the axis types of scroll events.
1894 <entry name="vertical_scroll" value="0" summary="vertical axis"/>
1895 <entry name="horizontal_scroll" value="1" summary="horizontal axis"/>
1899 <description summary="axis event">
1900 Scroll and other axis notifications.
1902 For scroll events (vertical and horizontal scroll axes), the
1903 value parameter is the length of a vector along the specified
1904 axis in a coordinate space identical to those of motion events,
1905 representing a relative movement along the specified axis.
1907 For devices that support movements non-parallel to axes multiple
1908 axis events will be emitted.
1910 When applicable, for example for touch pads, the server can
1911 choose to emit scroll events where the motion vector is
1912 equivalent to a motion event vector.
1914 When applicable, a client can transform its content relative to the
1917 <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
1918 <arg name="axis" type="uint" enum="axis" summary="axis type"/>
1919 <arg name="value" type="fixed" summary="length of vector in surface-local coordinate space"/>
1922 <!-- Version 3 additions -->
1924 <request name="release" type="destructor" since="3">
1925 <description summary="release the pointer object">
1926 Using this request a client can tell the server that it is not going to
1927 use the pointer object anymore.
1929 This request destroys the pointer proxy object, so clients must not call
1930 wl_pointer_destroy() after using this request.
1934 <!-- Version 5 additions -->
1936 <event name="frame" since="5">
1937 <description summary="end of a pointer event sequence">
1938 Indicates the end of a set of events that logically belong together.
1939 A client is expected to accumulate the data in all events within the
1940 frame before proceeding.
1942 All wl_pointer events before a wl_pointer.frame event belong
1943 logically together. For example, in a diagonal scroll motion the
1944 compositor will send an optional wl_pointer.axis_source event, two
1945 wl_pointer.axis events (horizontal and vertical) and finally a
1946 wl_pointer.frame event. The client may use this information to
1947 calculate a diagonal vector for scrolling.
1949 When multiple wl_pointer.axis events occur within the same frame,
1950 the motion vector is the combined motion of all events.
1951 When a wl_pointer.axis and a wl_pointer.axis_stop event occur within
1952 the same frame, this indicates that axis movement in one axis has
1953 stopped but continues in the other axis.
1954 When multiple wl_pointer.axis_stop events occur within the same
1955 frame, this indicates that these axes stopped in the same instance.
1957 A wl_pointer.frame event is sent for every logical event group,
1958 even if the group only contains a single wl_pointer event.
1959 Specifically, a client may get a sequence: motion, frame, button,
1960 frame, axis, frame, axis_stop, frame.
1962 The wl_pointer.enter and wl_pointer.leave events are logical events
1963 generated by the compositor and not the hardware. These events are
1964 also grouped by a wl_pointer.frame. When a pointer moves from one
1965 surface to another, a compositor should group the
1966 wl_pointer.leave event within the same wl_pointer.frame.
1967 However, a client must not rely on wl_pointer.leave and
1968 wl_pointer.enter being in the same wl_pointer.frame.
1969 Compositor-specific policies may require the wl_pointer.leave and
1970 wl_pointer.enter event being split across multiple wl_pointer.frame
1975 <enum name="axis_source">
1976 <description summary="axis source types">
1977 Describes the source types for axis events. This indicates to the
1978 client how an axis event was physically generated; a client may
1979 adjust the user interface accordingly. For example, scroll events
1980 from a "finger" source may be in a smooth coordinate space with
1981 kinetic scrolling whereas a "wheel" source may be in discrete steps
1982 of a number of lines.
1984 The "continuous" axis source is a device generating events in a
1985 continuous coordinate space, but using something other than a
1986 finger. One example for this source is button-based scrolling where
1987 the vertical motion of a device is converted to scroll events while
1988 a button is held down.
1990 The "wheel tilt" axis source indicates that the actual device is a
1991 wheel but the scroll event is not caused by a rotation but a
1992 (usually sideways) tilt of the wheel.
1994 <entry name="wheel" value="0" summary="a physical wheel rotation" />
1995 <entry name="finger" value="1" summary="finger on a touch surface" />
1996 <entry name="continuous" value="2" summary="continuous coordinate space"/>
1997 <entry name="wheel_tilt" value="3" summary="a physical wheel tilt" since="6"/>
2000 <event name="axis_source" since="5">
2001 <description summary="axis source event">
2002 Source information for scroll and other axes.
2004 This event does not occur on its own. It is sent before a
2005 wl_pointer.frame event and carries the source information for
2006 all events within that frame.
2008 The source specifies how this event was generated. If the source is
2009 wl_pointer.axis_source.finger, a wl_pointer.axis_stop event will be
2010 sent when the user lifts the finger off the device.
2012 If the source is wl_pointer.axis_source.wheel,
2013 wl_pointer.axis_source.wheel_tilt or
2014 wl_pointer.axis_source.continuous, a wl_pointer.axis_stop event may
2015 or may not be sent. Whether a compositor sends an axis_stop event
2016 for these sources is hardware-specific and implementation-dependent;
2017 clients must not rely on receiving an axis_stop event for these
2018 scroll sources and should treat scroll sequences from these scroll
2019 sources as unterminated by default.
2021 This event is optional. If the source is unknown for a particular
2022 axis event sequence, no event is sent.
2023 Only one wl_pointer.axis_source event is permitted per frame.
2025 The order of wl_pointer.axis_discrete and wl_pointer.axis_source is
2028 <arg name="axis_source" type="uint" enum="axis_source" summary="source of the axis event"/>
2031 <event name="axis_stop" since="5">
2032 <description summary="axis stop event">
2033 Stop notification for scroll and other axes.
2035 For some wl_pointer.axis_source types, a wl_pointer.axis_stop event
2036 is sent to notify a client that the axis sequence has terminated.
2037 This enables the client to implement kinetic scrolling.
2038 See the wl_pointer.axis_source documentation for information on when
2039 this event may be generated.
2041 Any wl_pointer.axis events with the same axis_source after this
2042 event should be considered as the start of a new axis motion.
2044 The timestamp is to be interpreted identical to the timestamp in the
2045 wl_pointer.axis event. The timestamp value may be the same as a
2046 preceding wl_pointer.axis event.
2048 <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
2049 <arg name="axis" type="uint" enum="axis" summary="the axis stopped with this event"/>
2052 <event name="axis_discrete" since="5">
2053 <description summary="axis click event">
2054 Discrete step information for scroll and other axes.
2056 This event carries the axis value of the wl_pointer.axis event in
2057 discrete steps (e.g. mouse wheel clicks).
2059 This event does not occur on its own, it is coupled with a
2060 wl_pointer.axis event that represents this axis value on a
2061 continuous scale. The protocol guarantees that each axis_discrete
2062 event is always followed by exactly one axis event with the same
2063 axis number within the same wl_pointer.frame. Note that the protocol
2064 allows for other events to occur between the axis_discrete and
2065 its coupled axis event, including other axis_discrete or axis
2068 This event is optional; continuous scrolling devices
2069 like two-finger scrolling on touchpads do not have discrete
2070 steps and do not generate this event.
2072 The discrete value carries the directional information. e.g. a value
2073 of -2 is two steps towards the negative direction of this axis.
2075 The axis number is identical to the axis number in the associated
2078 The order of wl_pointer.axis_discrete and wl_pointer.axis_source is
2081 <arg name="axis" type="uint" enum="axis" summary="axis type"/>
2082 <arg name="discrete" type="int" summary="number of steps"/>
2086 <interface name="wl_keyboard" version="6">
2087 <description summary="keyboard input device">
2088 The wl_keyboard interface represents one or more keyboards
2089 associated with a seat.
2092 <enum name="keymap_format">
2093 <description summary="keyboard mapping format">
2094 This specifies the format of the keymap provided to the
2095 client with the wl_keyboard.keymap event.
2097 <entry name="no_keymap" value="0"
2098 summary="no keymap; client must understand how to interpret the raw keycode"/>
2099 <entry name="xkb_v1" value="1"
2100 summary="libxkbcommon compatible; to determine the xkb keycode, clients must add 8 to the key event keycode"/>
2103 <event name="keymap">
2104 <description summary="keyboard mapping">
2105 This event provides a file descriptor to the client which can be
2106 memory-mapped to provide a keyboard mapping description.
2108 <arg name="format" type="uint" enum="keymap_format" summary="keymap format"/>
2109 <arg name="fd" type="fd" summary="keymap file descriptor"/>
2110 <arg name="size" type="uint" summary="keymap size, in bytes"/>
2113 <event name="enter">
2114 <description summary="enter event">
2115 Notification that this seat's keyboard focus is on a certain
2118 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the enter event"/>
2119 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="surface gaining keyboard focus"/>
2120 <arg name="keys" type="array" summary="the currently pressed keys"/>
2123 <event name="leave">
2124 <description summary="leave event">
2125 Notification that this seat's keyboard focus is no longer on
2128 The leave notification is sent before the enter notification
2131 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the leave event"/>
2132 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="surface that lost keyboard focus"/>
2135 <enum name="key_state">
2136 <description summary="physical key state">
2137 Describes the physical state of a key that produced the key event.
2139 <entry name="released" value="0" summary="key is not pressed"/>
2140 <entry name="pressed" value="1" summary="key is pressed"/>
2144 <description summary="key event">
2145 A key was pressed or released.
2146 The time argument is a timestamp with millisecond
2147 granularity, with an undefined base.
2149 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the key event"/>
2150 <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
2151 <arg name="key" type="uint" summary="key that produced the event"/>
2152 <arg name="state" type="uint" enum="key_state" summary="physical state of the key"/>
2155 <event name="modifiers">
2156 <description summary="modifier and group state">
2157 Notifies clients that the modifier and/or group state has
2158 changed, and it should update its local state.
2160 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the modifiers event"/>
2161 <arg name="mods_depressed" type="uint" summary="depressed modifiers"/>
2162 <arg name="mods_latched" type="uint" summary="latched modifiers"/>
2163 <arg name="mods_locked" type="uint" summary="locked modifiers"/>
2164 <arg name="group" type="uint" summary="keyboard layout"/>
2167 <!-- Version 3 additions -->
2169 <request name="release" type="destructor" since="3">
2170 <description summary="release the keyboard object"/>
2173 <!-- Version 4 additions -->
2175 <event name="repeat_info" since="4">
2176 <description summary="repeat rate and delay">
2177 Informs the client about the keyboard's repeat rate and delay.
2179 This event is sent as soon as the wl_keyboard object has been created,
2180 and is guaranteed to be received by the client before any key press
2183 Negative values for either rate or delay are illegal. A rate of zero
2184 will disable any repeating (regardless of the value of delay).
2186 This event can be sent later on as well with a new value if necessary,
2187 so clients should continue listening for the event past the creation
2190 <arg name="rate" type="int"
2191 summary="the rate of repeating keys in characters per second"/>
2192 <arg name="delay" type="int"
2193 summary="delay in milliseconds since key down until repeating starts"/>
2197 <interface name="wl_touch" version="6">
2198 <description summary="touchscreen input device">
2199 The wl_touch interface represents a touchscreen
2200 associated with a seat.
2202 Touch interactions can consist of one or more contacts.
2203 For each contact, a series of events is generated, starting
2204 with a down event, followed by zero or more motion events,
2205 and ending with an up event. Events relating to the same
2206 contact point can be identified by the ID of the sequence.
2210 <description summary="touch down event and beginning of a touch sequence">
2211 A new touch point has appeared on the surface. This touch point is
2212 assigned a unique ID. Future events from this touch point reference
2213 this ID. The ID ceases to be valid after a touch up event and may be
2214 reused in the future.
2216 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the touch down event"/>
2217 <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
2218 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="surface touched"/>
2219 <arg name="id" type="int" summary="the unique ID of this touch point"/>
2220 <arg name="x" type="fixed" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
2221 <arg name="y" type="fixed" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
2225 <description summary="end of a touch event sequence">
2226 The touch point has disappeared. No further events will be sent for
2227 this touch point and the touch point's ID is released and may be
2228 reused in a future touch down event.
2230 <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial number of the touch up event"/>
2231 <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
2232 <arg name="id" type="int" summary="the unique ID of this touch point"/>
2235 <event name="motion">
2236 <description summary="update of touch point coordinates">
2237 A touch point has changed coordinates.
2239 <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="timestamp with millisecond granularity"/>
2240 <arg name="id" type="int" summary="the unique ID of this touch point"/>
2241 <arg name="x" type="fixed" summary="surface-local x coordinate"/>
2242 <arg name="y" type="fixed" summary="surface-local y coordinate"/>
2245 <event name="frame">
2246 <description summary="end of touch frame event">
2247 Indicates the end of a set of events that logically belong together.
2248 A client is expected to accumulate the data in all events within the
2249 frame before proceeding.
2251 A wl_touch.frame terminates at least one event but otherwise no
2252 guarantee is provided about the set of events within a frame. A client
2253 must assume that any state not updated in a frame is unchanged from the
2254 previously known state.
2258 <event name="cancel">
2259 <description summary="touch session cancelled">
2260 Sent if the compositor decides the touch stream is a global
2261 gesture. No further events are sent to the clients from that
2262 particular gesture. Touch cancellation applies to all touch points
2263 currently active on this client's surface. The client is
2264 responsible for finalizing the touch points, future touch points on
2265 this surface may reuse the touch point ID.
2269 <!-- Version 3 additions -->
2271 <request name="release" type="destructor" since="3">
2272 <description summary="release the touch object"/>
2275 <!-- Version 6 additions -->
2277 <event name="shape" since="6">
2278 <description summary="update shape of touch point">
2279 Sent when a touchpoint has changed its shape.
2281 This event does not occur on its own. It is sent before a
2282 wl_touch.frame event and carries the new shape information for
2283 any previously reported, or new touch points of that frame.
2285 Other events describing the touch point such as wl_touch.down,
2286 wl_touch.motion or wl_touch.orientation may be sent within the
2287 same wl_touch.frame. A client should treat these events as a single
2288 logical touch point update. The order of wl_touch.shape,
2289 wl_touch.orientation and wl_touch.motion is not guaranteed.
2290 A wl_touch.down event is guaranteed to occur before the first
2291 wl_touch.shape event for this touch ID but both events may occur within
2292 the same wl_touch.frame.
2294 A touchpoint shape is approximated by an ellipse through the major and
2295 minor axis length. The major axis length describes the longer diameter
2296 of the ellipse, while the minor axis length describes the shorter
2297 diameter. Major and minor are orthogonal and both are specified in
2298 surface-local coordinates. The center of the ellipse is always at the
2299 touchpoint location as reported by wl_touch.down or wl_touch.move.
2301 This event is only sent by the compositor if the touch device supports
2302 shape reports. The client has to make reasonable assumptions about the
2303 shape if it did not receive this event.
2305 <arg name="id" type="int" summary="the unique ID of this touch point"/>
2306 <arg name="major" type="fixed" summary="length of the major axis in surface-local coordinates"/>
2307 <arg name="minor" type="fixed" summary="length of the minor axis in surface-local coordinates"/>
2310 <event name="orientation" since="6">
2311 <description summary="update orientation of touch point">
2312 Sent when a touchpoint has changed its orientation.
2314 This event does not occur on its own. It is sent before a
2315 wl_touch.frame event and carries the new shape information for
2316 any previously reported, or new touch points of that frame.
2318 Other events describing the touch point such as wl_touch.down,
2319 wl_touch.motion or wl_touch.shape may be sent within the
2320 same wl_touch.frame. A client should treat these events as a single
2321 logical touch point update. The order of wl_touch.shape,
2322 wl_touch.orientation and wl_touch.motion is not guaranteed.
2323 A wl_touch.down event is guaranteed to occur before the first
2324 wl_touch.orientation event for this touch ID but both events may occur
2325 within the same wl_touch.frame.
2327 The orientation describes the clockwise angle of a touchpoint's major
2328 axis to the positive surface y-axis and is normalized to the -180 to
2329 +180 degree range. The granularity of orientation depends on the touch
2330 device, some devices only support binary rotation values between 0 and
2333 This event is only sent by the compositor if the touch device supports
2334 orientation reports.
2336 <arg name="id" type="int" summary="the unique ID of this touch point"/>
2337 <arg name="orientation" type="fixed" summary="angle between major axis and positive surface y-axis in degrees"/>
2341 <interface name="wl_output" version="3">
2342 <description summary="compositor output region">
2343 An output describes part of the compositor geometry. The
2344 compositor works in the 'compositor coordinate system' and an
2345 output corresponds to a rectangular area in that space that is
2346 actually visible. This typically corresponds to a monitor that
2347 displays part of the compositor space. This object is published
2348 as global during start up, or when a monitor is hotplugged.
2351 <enum name="subpixel">
2352 <description summary="subpixel geometry information">
2353 This enumeration describes how the physical
2354 pixels on an output are laid out.
2356 <entry name="unknown" value="0" summary="unknown geometry"/>
2357 <entry name="none" value="1" summary="no geometry"/>
2358 <entry name="horizontal_rgb" value="2" summary="horizontal RGB"/>
2359 <entry name="horizontal_bgr" value="3" summary="horizontal BGR"/>
2360 <entry name="vertical_rgb" value="4" summary="vertical RGB"/>
2361 <entry name="vertical_bgr" value="5" summary="vertical BGR"/>
2364 <enum name="transform">
2365 <description summary="transform from framebuffer to output">
2366 This describes the transform that a compositor will apply to a
2367 surface to compensate for the rotation or mirroring of an
2370 The flipped values correspond to an initial flip around a
2371 vertical axis followed by rotation.
2373 The purpose is mainly to allow clients to render accordingly and
2374 tell the compositor, so that for fullscreen surfaces, the
2375 compositor will still be able to scan out directly from client
2378 <entry name="normal" value="0" summary="no transform"/>
2379 <entry name="90" value="1" summary="90 degrees counter-clockwise"/>
2380 <entry name="180" value="2" summary="180 degrees counter-clockwise"/>
2381 <entry name="270" value="3" summary="270 degrees counter-clockwise"/>
2382 <entry name="flipped" value="4" summary="180 degree flip around a vertical axis"/>
2383 <entry name="flipped_90" value="5" summary="flip and rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise"/>
2384 <entry name="flipped_180" value="6" summary="flip and rotate 180 degrees counter-clockwise"/>
2385 <entry name="flipped_270" value="7" summary="flip and rotate 270 degrees counter-clockwise"/>
2388 <event name="geometry">
2389 <description summary="properties of the output">
2390 The geometry event describes geometric properties of the output.
2391 The event is sent when binding to the output object and whenever
2392 any of the properties change.
2394 <arg name="x" type="int"
2395 summary="x position within the global compositor space"/>
2396 <arg name="y" type="int"
2397 summary="y position within the global compositor space"/>
2398 <arg name="physical_width" type="int"
2399 summary="width in millimeters of the output"/>
2400 <arg name="physical_height" type="int"
2401 summary="height in millimeters of the output"/>
2402 <arg name="subpixel" type="int" enum="subpixel"
2403 summary="subpixel orientation of the output"/>
2404 <arg name="make" type="string"
2405 summary="textual description of the manufacturer"/>
2406 <arg name="model" type="string"
2407 summary="textual description of the model"/>
2408 <arg name="transform" type="int" enum="transform"
2409 summary="transform that maps framebuffer to output"/>
2412 <enum name="mode" bitfield="true">
2413 <description summary="mode information">
2414 These flags describe properties of an output mode.
2415 They are used in the flags bitfield of the mode event.
2417 <entry name="current" value="0x1"
2418 summary="indicates this is the current mode"/>
2419 <entry name="preferred" value="0x2"
2420 summary="indicates this is the preferred mode"/>
2424 <description summary="advertise available modes for the output">
2425 The mode event describes an available mode for the output.
2427 The event is sent when binding to the output object and there
2428 will always be one mode, the current mode. The event is sent
2429 again if an output changes mode, for the mode that is now
2430 current. In other words, the current mode is always the last
2431 mode that was received with the current flag set.
2433 The size of a mode is given in physical hardware units of
2434 the output device. This is not necessarily the same as
2435 the output size in the global compositor space. For instance,
2436 the output may be scaled, as described in wl_output.scale,
2437 or transformed, as described in wl_output.transform.
2439 <arg name="flags" type="uint" enum="mode" summary="bitfield of mode flags"/>
2440 <arg name="width" type="int" summary="width of the mode in hardware units"/>
2441 <arg name="height" type="int" summary="height of the mode in hardware units"/>
2442 <arg name="refresh" type="int" summary="vertical refresh rate in mHz"/>
2445 <!-- Version 2 additions -->
2447 <event name="done" since="2">
2448 <description summary="sent all information about output">
2449 This event is sent after all other properties have been
2450 sent after binding to the output object and after any
2451 other property changes done after that. This allows
2452 changes to the output properties to be seen as
2453 atomic, even if they happen via multiple events.
2457 <event name="scale" since="2">
2458 <description summary="output scaling properties">
2459 This event contains scaling geometry information
2460 that is not in the geometry event. It may be sent after
2461 binding the output object or if the output scale changes
2462 later. If it is not sent, the client should assume a
2465 A scale larger than 1 means that the compositor will
2466 automatically scale surface buffers by this amount
2467 when rendering. This is used for very high resolution
2468 displays where applications rendering at the native
2469 resolution would be too small to be legible.
2471 It is intended that scaling aware clients track the
2472 current output of a surface, and if it is on a scaled
2473 output it should use wl_surface.set_buffer_scale with
2474 the scale of the output. That way the compositor can
2475 avoid scaling the surface, and the client can supply
2476 a higher detail image.
2478 <arg name="factor" type="int" summary="scaling factor of output"/>
2481 <!-- Version 3 additions -->
2483 <request name="release" type="destructor" since="3">
2484 <description summary="release the output object">
2485 Using this request a client can tell the server that it is not going to
2486 use the output object anymore.
2491 <interface name="wl_region" version="1">
2492 <description summary="region interface">
2493 A region object describes an area.
2495 Region objects are used to describe the opaque and input
2496 regions of a surface.
2499 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
2500 <description summary="destroy region">
2501 Destroy the region. This will invalidate the object ID.
2505 <request name="add">
2506 <description summary="add rectangle to region">
2507 Add the specified rectangle to the region.
2509 <arg name="x" type="int" summary="region-local x coordinate"/>
2510 <arg name="y" type="int" summary="region-local y coordinate"/>
2511 <arg name="width" type="int" summary="rectangle width"/>
2512 <arg name="height" type="int" summary="rectangle height"/>
2515 <request name="subtract">
2516 <description summary="subtract rectangle from region">
2517 Subtract the specified rectangle from the region.
2519 <arg name="x" type="int" summary="region-local x coordinate"/>
2520 <arg name="y" type="int" summary="region-local y coordinate"/>
2521 <arg name="width" type="int" summary="rectangle width"/>
2522 <arg name="height" type="int" summary="rectangle height"/>
2526 <interface name="wl_subcompositor" version="1">
2527 <description summary="sub-surface compositing">
2528 The global interface exposing sub-surface compositing capabilities.
2529 A wl_surface, that has sub-surfaces associated, is called the
2530 parent surface. Sub-surfaces can be arbitrarily nested and create
2531 a tree of sub-surfaces.
2533 The root surface in a tree of sub-surfaces is the main
2534 surface. The main surface cannot be a sub-surface, because
2535 sub-surfaces must always have a parent.
2537 A main surface with its sub-surfaces forms a (compound) window.
2538 For window management purposes, this set of wl_surface objects is
2539 to be considered as a single window, and it should also behave as
2542 The aim of sub-surfaces is to offload some of the compositing work
2543 within a window from clients to the compositor. A prime example is
2544 a video player with decorations and video in separate wl_surface
2545 objects. This should allow the compositor to pass YUV video buffer
2546 processing to dedicated overlay hardware when possible.
2549 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
2550 <description summary="unbind from the subcompositor interface">
2551 Informs the server that the client will not be using this
2552 protocol object anymore. This does not affect any other
2553 objects, wl_subsurface objects included.
2558 <entry name="bad_surface" value="0"
2559 summary="the to-be sub-surface is invalid"/>
2562 <request name="get_subsurface">
2563 <description summary="give a surface the role sub-surface">
2564 Create a sub-surface interface for the given surface, and
2565 associate it with the given parent surface. This turns a
2566 plain wl_surface into a sub-surface.
2568 The to-be sub-surface must not already have another role, and it
2569 must not have an existing wl_subsurface object. Otherwise a protocol
2572 <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="wl_subsurface"
2573 summary="the new sub-surface object ID"/>
2574 <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface"
2575 summary="the surface to be turned into a sub-surface"/>
2576 <arg name="parent" type="object" interface="wl_surface"
2577 summary="the parent surface"/>
2581 <interface name="wl_subsurface" version="1">
2582 <description summary="sub-surface interface to a wl_surface">
2583 An additional interface to a wl_surface object, which has been
2584 made a sub-surface. A sub-surface has one parent surface. A
2585 sub-surface's size and position are not limited to that of the parent.
2586 Particularly, a sub-surface is not automatically clipped to its
2589 A sub-surface becomes mapped, when a non-NULL wl_buffer is applied
2590 and the parent surface is mapped. The order of which one happens
2591 first is irrelevant. A sub-surface is hidden if the parent becomes
2592 hidden, or if a NULL wl_buffer is applied. These rules apply
2593 recursively through the tree of surfaces.
2595 The behaviour of a wl_surface.commit request on a sub-surface
2596 depends on the sub-surface's mode. The possible modes are
2597 synchronized and desynchronized, see methods
2598 wl_subsurface.set_sync and wl_subsurface.set_desync. Synchronized
2599 mode caches the wl_surface state to be applied when the parent's
2600 state gets applied, and desynchronized mode applies the pending
2601 wl_surface state directly. A sub-surface is initially in the
2604 Sub-surfaces have also other kind of state, which is managed by
2605 wl_subsurface requests, as opposed to wl_surface requests. This
2606 state includes the sub-surface position relative to the parent
2607 surface (wl_subsurface.set_position), and the stacking order of
2608 the parent and its sub-surfaces (wl_subsurface.place_above and
2609 .place_below). This state is applied when the parent surface's
2610 wl_surface state is applied, regardless of the sub-surface's mode.
2611 As the exception, set_sync and set_desync are effective immediately.
2613 The main surface can be thought to be always in desynchronized mode,
2614 since it does not have a parent in the sub-surfaces sense.
2616 Even if a sub-surface is in desynchronized mode, it will behave as
2617 in synchronized mode, if its parent surface behaves as in
2618 synchronized mode. This rule is applied recursively throughout the
2619 tree of surfaces. This means, that one can set a sub-surface into
2620 synchronized mode, and then assume that all its child and grand-child
2621 sub-surfaces are synchronized, too, without explicitly setting them.
2623 If the wl_surface associated with the wl_subsurface is destroyed, the
2624 wl_subsurface object becomes inert. Note, that destroying either object
2625 takes effect immediately. If you need to synchronize the removal
2626 of a sub-surface to the parent surface update, unmap the sub-surface
2627 first by attaching a NULL wl_buffer, update parent, and then destroy
2630 If the parent wl_surface object is destroyed, the sub-surface is
2634 <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
2635 <description summary="remove sub-surface interface">
2636 The sub-surface interface is removed from the wl_surface object
2637 that was turned into a sub-surface with a
2638 wl_subcompositor.get_subsurface request. The wl_surface's association
2639 to the parent is deleted, and the wl_surface loses its role as
2640 a sub-surface. The wl_surface is unmapped.
2645 <entry name="bad_surface" value="0"
2646 summary="wl_surface is not a sibling or the parent"/>
2649 <request name="set_position">
2650 <description summary="reposition the sub-surface">
2651 This schedules a sub-surface position change.
2652 The sub-surface will be moved so that its origin (top left
2653 corner pixel) will be at the location x, y of the parent surface
2654 coordinate system. The coordinates are not restricted to the parent
2655 surface area. Negative values are allowed.
2657 The scheduled coordinates will take effect whenever the state of the
2658 parent surface is applied. When this happens depends on whether the
2659 parent surface is in synchronized mode or not. See
2660 wl_subsurface.set_sync and wl_subsurface.set_desync for details.
2662 If more than one set_position request is invoked by the client before
2663 the commit of the parent surface, the position of a new request always
2664 replaces the scheduled position from any previous request.
2666 The initial position is 0, 0.
2668 <arg name="x" type="int" summary="x coordinate in the parent surface"/>
2669 <arg name="y" type="int" summary="y coordinate in the parent surface"/>
2672 <request name="place_above">
2673 <description summary="restack the sub-surface">
2674 This sub-surface is taken from the stack, and put back just
2675 above the reference surface, changing the z-order of the sub-surfaces.
2676 The reference surface must be one of the sibling surfaces, or the
2677 parent surface. Using any other surface, including this sub-surface,
2678 will cause a protocol error.
2680 The z-order is double-buffered. Requests are handled in order and
2681 applied immediately to a pending state. The final pending state is
2682 copied to the active state the next time the state of the parent
2683 surface is applied. When this happens depends on whether the parent
2684 surface is in synchronized mode or not. See wl_subsurface.set_sync and
2685 wl_subsurface.set_desync for details.
2687 A new sub-surface is initially added as the top-most in the stack
2688 of its siblings and parent.
2690 <arg name="sibling" type="object" interface="wl_surface"
2691 summary="the reference surface"/>
2694 <request name="place_below">
2695 <description summary="restack the sub-surface">
2696 The sub-surface is placed just below the reference surface.
2697 See wl_subsurface.place_above.
2699 <arg name="sibling" type="object" interface="wl_surface"
2700 summary="the reference surface"/>
2703 <request name="set_sync">
2704 <description summary="set sub-surface to synchronized mode">
2705 Change the commit behaviour of the sub-surface to synchronized
2706 mode, also described as the parent dependent mode.
2708 In synchronized mode, wl_surface.commit on a sub-surface will
2709 accumulate the committed state in a cache, but the state will
2710 not be applied and hence will not change the compositor output.
2711 The cached state is applied to the sub-surface immediately after
2712 the parent surface's state is applied. This ensures atomic
2713 updates of the parent and all its synchronized sub-surfaces.
2714 Applying the cached state will invalidate the cache, so further
2715 parent surface commits do not (re-)apply old state.
2717 See wl_subsurface for the recursive effect of this mode.
2721 <request name="set_desync">
2722 <description summary="set sub-surface to desynchronized mode">
2723 Change the commit behaviour of the sub-surface to desynchronized
2724 mode, also described as independent or freely running mode.
2726 In desynchronized mode, wl_surface.commit on a sub-surface will
2727 apply the pending state directly, without caching, as happens
2728 normally with a wl_surface. Calling wl_surface.commit on the
2729 parent surface has no effect on the sub-surface's wl_surface
2730 state. This mode allows a sub-surface to be updated on its own.
2732 If cached state exists when wl_surface.commit is called in
2733 desynchronized mode, the pending state is added to the cached
2734 state, and applied as a whole. This invalidates the cache.
2736 Note: even if a sub-surface is set to desynchronized, a parent
2737 sub-surface may override it to behave as synchronized. For details,
2740 If a surface's parent surface behaves as desynchronized, then
2741 the cached state is applied on set_desync.