----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : XMonadContrib.UpdatePointer -- Copyright : (c) Robert Marlow -- License : BSD3-style (see LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : Robert Marlow -- Stability : stable -- Portability : portable -- -- Causes the pointer to follow whichever window focus changes to. Compliments -- the idea of switching focus as the mouse crosses window boundaries to -- keep the mouse near the currently focused window -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module XMonad.Actions.UpdatePointer ( -- * Usage -- $usage updatePointer , PointerPosition (..) ) where import XMonad import Control.Monad -- $usage -- You can use this module with the following in your @~\/.xmonad\/xmonad.hs@: -- -- > import XMonad -- > import XMonad.Actions.UpdatePointer -- -- Enable it by including it in your logHook definition. Eg: -- -- > logHook = updatePointer Nearest -- -- which will move the pointer to the nearest point of a newly focused window, or -- -- > logHook = updatePointer (Relative 0.5 0.5) -- -- which will move the pointer to the center of a newly focused window. -- -- To use this with an existing logHook, use >> : -- -- > logHook = dynamicLog -- > >> updatePointer (RelativePosition 1 1) -- -- which moves the pointer to the bottom-right corner of the focused window. data PointerPosition = Nearest | Relative Rational Rational -- | Update the pointer's location to the currently focused -- window unless it's already there updatePointer :: PointerPosition -> X () updatePointer p = withFocused $ \w -> do dpy <- asks display root <- asks theRoot wa <- io $ getWindowAttributes dpy w (_sameRoot,_,w',rootx,rooty,_,_,_) <- io $ queryPointer dpy root -- Can sameRoot ever be false in this case? I'm going to assume not unless (w == w') $ case p of Nearest -> do let x = moveWithin rootx (wa_x wa) ((wa_x wa) + (wa_width wa)) let y = moveWithin rooty (wa_y wa) ((wa_y wa) + (wa_height wa)) io $ warpPointer dpy none root 0 0 0 0 (fromIntegral x) (fromIntegral y) Relative h v -> io $ warpPointer dpy none w 0 0 0 0 (fraction h (wa_width wa)) (fraction v (wa_height wa)) where fraction x y = floor (x * fromIntegral y) moveWithin :: Integral a => a -> a -> a -> a moveWithin current lower upper = if current < lower then lower else if current > upper then upper else current