libxdo - Mouse Wheel Up and Down

[Saurabh Manchanda]

Hi,

I'm using the libxdo in my project where I need to simulate all the actions of a mouse. I have been able to perform left & right click plus the drag but I'm having problems with implementing SCROLL. I'm using the following code:

            xdo_mousedown(xdo, CURRENTWINDOW, 4);  

          /*
           * No idea what to put here
           * so that the scroll action actually takes place.
          */
            xdo_mouseup(xdo, CURRENTWINDOW, 4);

I've tried to fill the above void by
1. sending the process to sleep (after doing a mousedown )
2. calling xdo_mousemove_relative

Both of the above don't cause a scroll. Could you please guide me and tell what needs to be done in order to get it working ?


Saurabh Manchanda

[Jordan Sissel]

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Saurabh Manchanda <saurab...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm using the libxdo in my project where I need to simulate all the actions of a mouse. I have been able to perform left & right click plus the drag but I'm having problems with implementing SCROLL. I'm using the following code:

            xdo_mousedown(xdo, CURRENTWINDOW, 4);  

          /*
           * No idea what to put here
           * so that the scroll action actually takes place.
          */
            xdo_mouseup(xdo, CURRENTWINDOW, 4);

button 4 is scroll-up, button 5 is scroll-down

If I do 'xdotool click 4' I observe a scroll up as if I had moved my wheel up one click. Same for 'xdotool click 4'

All you should need to do is

xdo_click(xdo, CURRENTWINDOW, 4); // scroll up one unit

Although, mousedown+mouseup should do the same.

-Jordan