What's the point of this?
Some people prefer a keyboard-focussed workflow and try to avoid using the mouse as much as possible.
Warpd: A modal keyboard-driven virtual pointer
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#13Looking at the limitations, I hate how fragmented Linux is becoming for apps like this. Completely separate implementations for: - X - Wayland + Gnome Shell - Wayland + wlroots-based compositor - Wayland + sway or any other non-wlroots based compositor Is Wayland really that much better that this is worth it? Why can't Wayland be aware of the compositor like X?
There's XWayland for interop. Besides that, people have been moving away from X11 for years now.
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#15I've built an app that has the same goals (not operate a mouse) but approach it completely different. Rather than try to simulate the moving the mouse itself, Shortcat [ https://shortcat.app/ ] indexes the user interface (buttons, text fields, links, menus, etc) and enables fast fuzzy search of the interface. Type a word, abbreviations, or hints and hit Enter to click or action the element. Works almost everywhere on…
This is excellent. I will be trying this out.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some people prefer a keyboard-focussed workflow and try to avoid using the mouse as much as possible.
Weird.
Some people need tools like this, as an assistive technology - think RSI, Parkinsons and other issues that affect dexterity or elbow movement. Not so weird.
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#17Looks very useful! I especially like the ‘grid mode’ — I would never have thought of that idea myself. It’s just a pity it isn’t available on Windows, though I’ve previously had good experiences with Mousable [ https://github.com/wirekang/mouseable ].
Saw this thread just now, I'm gonna try to implement this in AutoIt, let's see how long it takes me! [2022-10-16-09:58-Z]
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#18Looking at the limitations, I hate how fragmented Linux is becoming for apps like this. Completely separate implementations for: - X - Wayland + Gnome Shell - Wayland + wlroots-based compositor - Wayland + sway or any other non-wlroots based compositor Is Wayland really that much better that this is worth it? Why can't Wayland be aware of the compositor like X?
This is growth pains.
Once the the need is understood well enough, a common extension will be written, and Mutter, KWin and sway/wlroots will implement it.
This is better for security than X11 free-for-all.
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#19Looking at the limitations, I hate how fragmented Linux is becoming for apps like this. Completely separate implementations for: - X - Wayland + Gnome Shell - Wayland + wlroots-based compositor - Wayland + sway or any other non-wlroots based compositor Is Wayland really that much better that this is worth it? Why can't Wayland be aware of the compositor like X?
There's XWayland for interop. Besides that, people have been moving away from X11 for years now.
I still question myself as to why
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#20I've built an app that has the same goals (not operate a mouse) but approach it completely different. Rather than try to simulate the moving the mouse itself, Shortcat [ https://shortcat.app/ ] indexes the user interface (buttons, text fields, links, menus, etc) and enables fast fuzzy search of the interface. Type a word, abbreviations, or hints and hit Enter to click or action the element. Works almost everywhere on…
Have you considered using ML/OCR to figure out the position of the text relative to the screen? Seems much simpler than relying on accessibility APIs
Thank you for your hard work!