So the touchscreen tries to mimic a UI button that only sends a release when the finger is released while inside the button area.
Since mir does not receive a release event from libinput we send repeat events instead. Should we define a cancel key press event type? That might be useful in other situations too. E.g. when handling pressed keys during VT switching. ** Also affects: mir (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - libevent doesn't handle EV_KEY event with a value of 255 (BUTTON_CANCLED) + libinput doesn't handle EV_KEY event with a value of 255 (BUTTON_CANCLED) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to libinput in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547864 Title: libinput doesn't handle EV_KEY event with a value of 255 (BUTTON_CANCLED) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libinput/+bug/1547864/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp