xinput — Man Page
xinput is a utility to list available input devices, query information about a device and change input device settings.
Options
Test if the X Input extension is available and return the version number of the program and the version supported by the server. This option does not require a device name.
If no argument is given list all the input devices. If an argument is given, show all the features of device. If —long is provided, the output includes detailed information about the capabilities of each devices. Otherwise, or if —short is provided, only the device names and some minimal information is listed. If —name-only is provided, the output is limited to the device names. One device name is listed per line. Note that the order the devices are listed is undefined. If —id-only is provided, the output is limited to the device IDs. One device ID is listed per line. Note that the order the devices are listed is undefined.
Display the feedbacks of device.
Switch device in core pointer. This option does nothing on X servers 1.5 and later.
Change the mode of device.
Change the pointer acceleration (or feedback) parameters of device. The xset(1) man page has more details. For X.Org Server 1.7 and above, there are additional device properties pertaining to pointer acceleration. These do not replace, but complement the pointer feedback setting.
Change the value of an integer feedback of device.
—set-button-map device map_button_1 [map_button_2 [. ]]
Change the button mapping of device. The buttons are specified in physical order (starting with button 1) and are mapped to the logical button provided. 0 disables a button. The default button mapping for a device is 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc.
—list-props device [device [. ]]
Lists properties that can be set for the given device(s).
—set-int-prop device property format value
Sets an integer property for the device. Appropriate values for format are 8, 16, or 32, depending on the property. Deprecated, use —set-prop instead.
Sets a float property for the device. Deprecated, use —set-prop instead.
—set-prop [—type=atom|float|int] [—format=8|16|32] device property value [. ]
Set the property to the given value(s). If not specified, the format and type of the property are left as-is. The arguments are interpreted according to the property type. See Section Changing Properties.
Prints to standard out when property changes occur.
Delete the property from the device.
Register all extended events from device and enter an endless loop displaying events received. If the -proximity is given, ProximityIn and ProximityOut are registered.
Register for a number of XI2 events and display them. If a device is given, only events on this device are displayed. If —root is given, events are selected on the root window only. Otherwise, a new client window is created (similar to xev).
—create-master prefix [sendCore] [enable]
Create a new pair of master devices on an XI2-enabled server with the given prefix. The server will create one master pointer named «prefix pointer» and one master keyboard named «prefix keyboard». If sendCore is 1, this pair of master devices is set to send core events (default). If enable is 1, this master device pair will be enabled immediately (default).
—remove-master master [Floating|AttachToMaster] [returnPointer] [returnKeyboard]
Remove master and its paired master device. Attached slave devices are set floating if Floating is specified or the argument is omitted. If the second argument is AttachToMaster, returnPointer specifies the master pointer to attach all slave pointers to and returnKeyboard specifies the master keyboard to attach all slave keyboards to.
Remove slave from its current master device.
Set the ClientPointer for the client owning window to master. master must specify a master pointer.
Restricts the movements of the absolute device to the RandR crtc. The output name must match a currently connected output (see xrandr(1)). If the NVIDIA binary driver is detected or RandR 1.2 or later is not available, a Xinerama output may be specified as «HEAD-N», with N being the Xinerama screen number. This option has no effect on relative devices.
Enable the device. This call is equivalent to xinput —set-prop device «Device Enabled» 1
Disable the device. This call is equivalent to xinput —set-prop device «Device Enabled» 0
device can be the device name as a string or the XID of the device.
slave can be the device name as a string or the XID of a slave device.
master can be the device name as a string or the XID of a master device.
property can be the property as a string or the Atom value.
Changing Properties
When xinput should modify an existing driver property value, it is sufficient to provide the device name and property name as string, followed by the new value(s) of the property. For example:
xinput set-prop «my device» «my prop» 1 2 3
Xwayland
Xwayland is an X server that uses a Wayland Compositor as backend. Xwayland acts as translation layer between the X protocol and the Wayland protocol but does not have direct access to the hardware. The X Input Extension devices created by Xwayland («xwayland-pointer», «xwayland-keyboard», etc.) map to the Wayland protocol devices, not to physical devices.
These X Input Extension devices are only visible to other X clients connected to the same Xwayland process. Changing properties on Xwayland devices only affects the behavior of those clients. For example, disabling an Xwayland device with xinput does not disable the device in Wayland-native applications. Other changes may not have any effect at all.
In most instances, using xinput with an Xwayland device is indicative of a bug in a shell script and xinput will print a warning. Use the Wayland Compositor’s native device configuration methods instead.
See Also
Copyright
Copyright 1996,1997, Frederic Lepied.
Copyright 2007, Peter Hutterer.
Copyright 2008, Philip Langdale.
Copyright 2009-2011, Red Hat, Inc.
Authors
Peter Hutterer Philip Langdale, Frederic Lepied, France Julien Cristau Thomas Jaeger and more.
xinput
Reason: Not sure if we need this page. Many examples are scattered across pages such as libinput, Touchpad Synaptics, Mouse acceleration, Mouse buttons or Touchscreen. They are much more useful than this page and collecting everything here is most likely futile. (Discuss in Talk:Xinput#Future of this page)
xinput is a utility to configure and test X input devices, such as mouses, keyboards, and touchpads. It is found in the xorg-xinput package.
Usage
List devices
To list what xinput devices are available, use:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ DELL0ABC:DE F123:4567 Mouse id=9 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ DELL0ABC:DE F123:4567 Touchpad id=10 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse id=16 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] .
A device may be identified by its name ( «DELL0ABC:DE F123:4567 Touchpad» ) or ID ( 10 ).
When being executed in a startup script, it is recommended that you use the name, as the ID may change following a reboot and lead to inconsistencies.
List properties
To list all the properties of a device that can be set, use the following command:
$ xinput list-props device
This may yield results like such:
$ xinput list-props "DELL0ABC:DE F123:4567 Touchpad"
Device 'DELL0ABC:DE F123:4567 Touchpad': Device Enabled (179): 1 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (181): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 libinput Tapping Enabled (336): 0 libinput Tapping Enabled Default (337): 0 libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (338): 1 libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (339): 1 .
Each property can be identified using its name ( «libinput Tapping Enabled» ) or number ( 336 ).
As with devices, it is recommended to use the name in startup scripts, as the ID may change, albeit less often.
Set device properties
Properties of devices can be set one or more (up to three) values. The syntax for setting a property to a value is:
$ xinput set-prop device property values
Where values is replaced with the value(s) of the property.
For an instance, to enable tapping with the above output. Either of the following commands could be used:
$ xinput set-prop "DELL0ABC:DE F123:4567 Touchpad" "libinput Tapping Enabled" 1
On success, no output should be produced.
Usage examples
Below are some of the ways xinput can be used.
Remove the middle and right mouse buttons
$ xinput set-button-map mouse-device 1 1 1
The above command will make middle and right mouse button to function like the left button. Putting zeros will disable them.
$ xinput set-button-map mouse-device 1 0 0