<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en_US" lang="en_US">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<!-- emb-pointer.qdoc -->
<title>Qt 4.8: Qt for Embedded Linux Pointer Handling</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/style.css" />
<script src="scripts/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="scripts/functions.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/superfish.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/narrow.css" />
<!--[if IE]>
<meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="true">
<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/style_ie6.css">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/style_ie7.css">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/style_ie8.css">
<![endif]-->
<script src="scripts/superfish.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="scripts/narrow.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body class="" onload="CheckEmptyAndLoadList();">
<div class="header" id="qtdocheader">
<div class="content">
<div id="nav-logo">
<a href="index.html">Home</a></div>
<a href="index.html" class="qtref"><span>Qt Reference Documentation</span></a>
<div id="narrowsearch"></div>
<div id="nav-topright">
<ul>
<li class="nav-topright-home"><a href="http://qt.digia.com/">Qt HOME</a></li>
<li class="nav-topright-dev"><a href="http://qt-project.org/">DEV</a></li>
<li class="nav-topright-doc nav-topright-doc-active"><a href="http://qt-project.org/doc/">
DOC</a></li>
<li class="nav-topright-blog"><a href="http://blog.qt.digia.com/">BLOG</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="shortCut">
<ul>
<li class="shortCut-topleft-inactive"><span><a href="index.html">Qt 4.8</a></span></li>
<li class="shortCut-topleft-active"><a href="http://qt-project.org/doc/">ALL VERSIONS </a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<ul class="sf-menu" id="narrowmenu">
<li><a href="#">API Lookup</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="classes.html">Class index</a></li>
<li><a href="functions.html">Function index</a></li>
<li><a href="modules.html">Modules</a></li>
<li><a href="namespaces.html">Namespaces</a></li>
<li><a href="qtglobal.html">Global Declarations</a></li>
<li><a href="qdeclarativeelements.html">QML elements</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Qt Topics</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="qt-basic-concepts.html">Programming with Qt</a></li>
<li><a href="qtquick.html">Device UIs & Qt Quick</a></li>
<li><a href="qt-gui-concepts.html">UI Design with Qt</a></li>
<li><a href="supported-platforms.html">Supported Platforms</a></li>
<li><a href="technology-apis.html">Qt and Key Technologies</a></li>
<li><a href="best-practices.html">How-To's and Best Practices</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Examples</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="all-examples.html">Examples</a></li>
<li><a href="tutorials.html">Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="demos.html">Demos</a></li>
<li><a href="qdeclarativeexamples.html">QML Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="hd">
<span></span>
</div>
<div class="bd group">
<div class="sidebar">
<div class="searchlabel">
Search index:</div>
<div class="search" id="sidebarsearch">
<form id="qtdocsearch" action="" onsubmit="return false;">
<fieldset>
<input type="text" name="searchstring" id="pageType" value="" />
<div id="resultdialog">
<a href="#" id="resultclose">Close</a>
<p id="resultlinks" class="all"><a href="#" id="showallresults">All</a> | <a href="#" id="showapiresults">API</a> | <a href="#" id="showarticleresults">Articles</a> | <a href="#" id="showexampleresults">Examples</a></p>
<p id="searchcount" class="all"><span id="resultcount"></span><span id="apicount"></span><span id="articlecount"></span><span id="examplecount"></span> results:</p>
<ul id="resultlist" class="all">
</ul>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
<div class="box first bottombar" id="lookup">
<h2 title="API Lookup"><span></span>
API Lookup</h2>
<div id="list001" class="list">
<ul id="ul001" >
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="classes.html">Class index</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="functions.html">Function index</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="modules.html">Modules</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="namespaces.html">Namespaces</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="qtglobal.html">Global Declarations</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="qdeclarativeelements.html">QML elements</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="box bottombar" id="topics">
<h2 title="Qt Topics"><span></span>
Qt Topics</h2>
<div id="list002" class="list">
<ul id="ul002" >
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="qt-basic-concepts.html">Programming with Qt</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="qtquick.html">Device UIs & Qt Quick</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="qt-gui-concepts.html">UI Design with Qt</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="supported-platforms.html">Supported Platforms</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="technology-apis.html">Qt and Key Technologies</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="best-practices.html">How-To's and Best Practices</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="box" id="examples">
<h2 title="Examples"><span></span>
Examples</h2>
<div id="list003" class="list">
<ul id="ul003">
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="all-examples.html">Examples</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="tutorials.html">Tutorials</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="demos.html">Demos</a></li>
<li class="defaultLink"><a href="qdeclarativeexamples.html">QML Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<div class="toolbar">
<div class="breadcrumb toolblock">
<ul>
<li class="first"><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<!-- Breadcrumbs go here -->
<li>Qt for Embedded Linux Pointer Handling</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="toolbuttons toolblock">
<ul>
<li id="smallA" class="t_button">A</li>
<li id="medA" class="t_button active">A</li>
<li id="bigA" class="t_button">A</li>
<li id="print" class="t_button"><a href="javascript:this.print();">
<span>Print</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content mainContent">
<div class="toc">
<h3><a name="toc">Contents</a></h3>
<ul>
<li class="level1"><a href="#available-drivers">Available Drivers</a></li>
<li class="level1"><a href="#specifying-a-driver">Specifying a Driver</a></li>
<li class="level1"><a href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></li>
<li class="level2"><a href="#device-files">Device Files</a></li>
<li class="level2"><a href="#file-permissions">File Permissions</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h1 class="title">Qt for Embedded Linux Pointer Handling</h1>
<span class="subtitle"></span>
<!-- $$$qt-embedded-pointer.html-description -->
<div class="descr"> <a name="details"></a>
<p>When running a <a href="qt-embedded-linux.html">Qt for Embedded Linux</a> application, it either runs as a server or connects to an existing server. The mouse driver is loaded by the server application when it starts running, using Qt's <a href="plugins-howto.html">plugin system</a>.</p>
<p>Internally in the client/server protocol, all system generated events, including pointer events, are passed to the server application which then propagates the event to the appropriate client. Note that pointer handling in <a href="qt-embedded-linux.html">Qt for Embedded Linux</a> works for both mouse and mouse-like devices such as touch panels and trackballs.</p>
<p>Contents:</p>
<a name="available-drivers"></a>
<h2>Available Drivers</h2>
<p><a href="qt-embedded-linux.html">Qt for Embedded Linux</a> provides ready-made drivers for the MouseMan, IntelliMouse, Microsoft and Linux Touch Panel protocols, for the standard Linux Input Subsystem as well as the universal touch screen library, tslib. Run the <tt>configure</tt> script to list the available drivers:</p>
<pre class="cpp"> ./configure -help</pre>
<p>In the default Qt configuration, only the "pc" mouse driver is enabled. The various drivers can be enabled and disabled using the <tt>configure</tt> script. For example:</p>
<pre class="cpp"> configure -qt-mouse-tslib</pre>
<p>Custom mouse drivers can be implemented by subclassing the <a href="qwsmousehandler.html">QWSMouseHandler</a> class and creating a mouse driver plugin (derived from the <a href="qmousedriverplugin.html">QMouseDriverPlugin</a> class). The default implementation of the <a href="qmousedriverfactory.html">QMouseDriverFactory</a> class will automatically detect the plugin, loading the driver into the server application at run-time.</p>
<p>If you are creating a driver for a device that needs calibration or noise reduction, such as a touchscreen, derive from the <a href="qwscalibratedmousehandler.html">QWSCalibratedMouseHandler</a> subclass instead to take advantage of its calibration functionality.</p>
<a name="specifying-a-driver"></a>
<h2>Specifying a Driver</h2>
<p>Provided that the "pc" mouse driver is enabled, <a href="qt-embedded-linux.html">Qt for Embedded Linux</a> will try to auto-detect the mouse device if it is one of the supported types on <tt>/dev/psaux</tt> or one of the <tt>/dev/ttyS</tt>? serial lines. If multiple mice are detected, all may be used simultaneously.</p>
<p>Note that <a href="qt-embedded-linux.html">Qt for Embedded Linux</a> does not support auto-detection of <i>touch panels</i> in which case the driver must be specified explicitly to determine which device to use.</p>
<p>To manually specify which driver to use, set the <tt>QWS_MOUSE_PROTO</tt> environment variable. For example (if the current shell is bash, ksh, zsh or sh):</p>
<pre class="cpp"> export QWS_MOUSE_PROTO=<driver>[:<driver specific options>]</pre>
<p>The valid values for the <tt><driver></tt> argument are <tt>MouseMan</tt>, <tt>IntelliMouse</tt>, <tt>Microsoft</tt>, <tt>LinuxTP</tt>, <tt>LinuxInput</tt>, <tt>Tslib</tt> and <a href="qmousedriverplugin.html#keys">keys</a> identifying custom drivers, and the driver specific options are typically a device, e.g., <tt>/dev/mouse</tt> for mouse devices and <tt>/dev/ts</tt> for touch panels.</p>
<p>Multiple mouse drivers can be specified in one go:</p>
<pre class="cpp"> export QWS_MOUSE_PROTO="<driver>[:<driver specific options>]
<driver>[:<driver specific options>]
<driver>[:<driver specific options>]"</pre>
<p>Input will be read from all specified drivers.</p>
<table class="generic">
<thead><tr class="qt-style"><th >The Tslib Mouse Driver</th></tr></thead>
<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td >The tslib mouse driver inherits the <a href="qwscalibratedmousehandler.html">QWSCalibratedMouseHandler</a> class, providing calibration and noise reduction functionality in addition to generating mouse events for devices using the Universal Touch Screen Library.<p>To be able to compile this mouse handler, <a href="qt-embedded-linux.html">Qt for Embedded Linux</a> must be configured with the <tt>-qt-mouse-tslib</tt> option as described above. In addition, the tslib headers and library must be present in the build environment.</p>
<p>The tslib sources can be downloaded from <a href="http://tslib.berlios.de">http://tslib.berlios.de</a>. Specify the location of the library and its headers using -L and -I options in the <tt>qmake.conf</tt> file in your <tt>mkspec</tt>. Also it can be helpful to add a -rpath-link:</p>
<pre class="cpp"> ....
QMAKE_CFLAGS += -I<path to tslib headers>
QMAKE_LFLAGS += -L<path to tslib library> -Wl,-rpath-link=<path to tslib library>
....</pre>
<p>In order to use this mouse driver, tslib must also be correctly installed on the target machine. This includes providing a <tt>ts.conf</tt> configuration file and setting the neccessary environment variables (see the README file provided with tslib for details).</p>
<p>The <tt>ts.conf</tt> file will usually contain the following two lines:</p>
<pre class="cpp"> module_raw input
module linear</pre>
<p>To make <a href="qt-embedded-linux.html">Qt for Embedded Linux</a> explicitly choose the tslib mouse handler, set the <tt>QWS_MOUSE_PROTO</tt> environment variable as explained above.</p>
</td></tr>
</table>
<a name="troubleshooting"></a>
<h2>Troubleshooting</h2>
<a name="device-files"></a>
<h3>Device Files</h3>
<p>Make sure you are using the correct device file.</p>
<p>As a first step, you can test whether the device file actually gives any output. For instance, if you have specified the mouse driver with</p>
<pre class="cpp"> QWS_MOUSE_PROTO=IntelliMouse:/dev/input/mouse0</pre>
<p>then try examining the output from the device by entering the following command in a console:</p>
<pre class="cpp"> cat /dev/input/mouse0 | hexdump</pre>
<p>If you see output from the device printed on the console when you move the mouse, you are probably using the correct device file; otherwise, you will need to experiment to find the correct device file.</p>
<a name="file-permissions"></a>
<h3>File Permissions</h3>
<p>Make sure you have sufficient permissions to access the device file.</p>
<p>The Qt for Embedded Linux server process needs at least read permission for the device file. Some drivers also require write access to the device file. For instance, if you have specified the mouse driver with</p>
<pre class="cpp"> QWS_MOUSE_PROTO=IntelliMouse:/dev/input/mouse0</pre>
<p>then examine the permissions of the device file by entering the following command in a console:</p>
<pre class="cpp"> ls -l /dev/input/mouse0</pre>
<p>Change the permissions of the device file, if necessary, in the following way:</p>
<pre class="cpp"> chmod a+rw /dev/input/mouse0</pre>
<p>If the device file is actually a symbolic link to another file, you must change the permissions of the actual file instead.</p>
</div>
<!-- @@@qt-embedded-pointer.html -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="ft">
<span></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">
<p>
<acronym title="Copyright">©</acronym> 2015 The Qt Company Ltd.
Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of
their respective owners.</p>
<br />
<p>
The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation
License version 1.3</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation.</p>
<p>
Documentation sources may be obtained from <a href="http://www.qt-project.org">
www.qt-project.org</a>.</p>
<br />
<p>
Qt and respective logos are trademarks of The Qt Company Ltd
in Finland and/or other countries worldwide. All other trademarks are property
of their respective owners. <a title="Privacy Policy"
href="http://en.gitorious.org/privacy_policy/">Privacy Policy</a></p>
</div>
<script src="scripts/functions.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body>
</html>
