Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 2] sdl usability improvements

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
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>>> Try using these patches together, passing as arguments -nograb and
>>> -usbdevice tablet, then see how easier is to use the interface!
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>> Click-to-grab gets disabled when using -usbdevice tablet.  The only way
>> to enable grab when using -usbdevice tablet is to hit ctrl-alt
>> explicitly.  I am certainly open to discussing removing ctrl-alt grab by
>> default when in absolute mode.
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> We have *kbd* and *mouse* grab here.  Grabbing the mouse in absolute
> mode is pointless.  For the keyboard it still makes sense though, so you
> can send keystrokes to the guest which are normally catched by the hosts
> window manager.
>   

Right, one possible behavior is to grab keyboard on mouse over and 
release on mouse out.  However, this breaks alt-tab and IMHO tends to be 
pretty annoying.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> cheers,
>   Gerd
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