~emersion/wlr-randr#8: 
No mouse on second monitor after rescaling

Hi, thanks for making this!

I wonder if someone can offer advice about using this tool to set up multiple monitors with different scaling, and still be able to move the mouse across both screens. Currently I do the following:

  1. Start my compositor (dwl) which is configured to use normal (x1) scaling for all monitors by default.
  2. Use an alias that calls this script with a predefined --pos argument to position the second screen (left/right)
  3. Call this script again with the --scale argument to scale the second screen if necessary.

I often attach different screens because this is for a NUC box which I sometimes carry around. Everything is working fine except if I rescale the second screen, and then I can't move the mouse to it anymore. Is this a known issue? Are there any workarounds? Most of my workflow is keyboard driven, but occasionally the mouse is convenient (e.g. for web browsing).

Cheers

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github.com:adigitoleo (unverified)
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Submitted
1 year, 10 months ago
Updated
4 months ago
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github.com:emersion (unverified) 1 year, 10 months ago · edit

Please report this to your compositor. This doesn't seem like a wlr-randr bug. wlr-randr doesn't have control over the mouse.

Maybe it's because there's a gap in your output layout, so the mouse gets stuck at the edge of a screen.

~emersion REPORTED CLOSED 4 months ago

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