Re: Any way to capture keyboard/mouse in an extension?

[Milan Oravec <moravec ukf sk>]

On 04/08/2012 11:18 PM, Jasper St. Pierre wrote:
> You can use a keybinding to do something on a key press (except not
> yet because Florian needs to review my patch to make keybindings under
> extensions). Unfortunately, buttons (which include the scroll wheel,
> strangely) aren't covered by the keybinding system.
>
> I wonder if we should extend the keybinding system to set up passive
> grabs for buttons or not...

It would be nice to have this option. It is not uncommon that mouse has 
more buttons which can by programmed to various functions (shortcuts).

> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Grzegorz Nosek<root localdomain pl>  wrote:
> > Basically, I have the same question (and for the same underlying reason) as:
> >
> > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2011-April/msg00360.html
> >
> > which unfortunately remained unanswered.
> >
> > I want to alter windows' opacities after alt+scroll over them (or
> > meta+scroll, or whatever). Any pointers?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >   Grzegorz Nosek
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