Grab keys so they don't go to a focused application

[UnsignedArduino]

what i meant is that with sxhkd the keybindings conflict
and sxhkd is given the preference (i think that's how you spell it)
so if i press alt + a when i'm focused on pcmanfm
the keybinding will work on sxhkd but not pcmanfm

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Somehow we should provide an option to swallow keys so that they don't go to a focused application / the tty.

[Shinyzenith]

I still have no idea as to how I'm supposed to implement this

[Shinyzenith]

run evdev::Device::grab on a device, handle keybinds as you would and if they aren't keybinds, use a virtual device ( uinput ) to send that signal instead.

[Shinyzenith]

Now that we know the method this seems a lot more achievable.

[Shinyzenith]

@EdenQwQ @angelofallars @vainiovano @Idlidev @UnsignedArduino @LinusBotTips anyone interested in claiming this task?

[angelofallars]

@EdenQwQ @angelofallars @vainiovano @Idlidev @UnsignedArduino @LinusBotTips anyone interested in claiming this task?

Me! I don't exactly know how to implement it yet, but I will find a way regardless. 😄

[Shinyzenith]

kmonad/kmonad#495 (comment) this should help @angelofallars.