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Look up specific button (ButtonPress Events in Xlib)

I'm looking for a similar function as XLookupKeysym(XKeyEvent*,int) for the ButtonPress events, so i can check what button was pressed. With XGrabButton(...) i'm getting notifications on every ButtonPress event.

How do I check for a specific button (e.g XK_Pointer_Button1) if it's pressed?

Solution

  • Ok, found what I wanted:

    ...
switch(&Event.type):
   case ButtonPress:
      if(Event.xbutton.button == Button1)
         ...

    Seems to be that I've mistaken XK_Pointer_Button1 with that Button1 I used above. It's defined in X.h, not in keysymdef.h.

    If found the answer here: getting mouseclick coordinates with Xlib