Desktop Switching

[e0x]

Hello , i am doing a little widget base in the code of sleeper ( for the draw of the gtk widget ) that show the number of desktop that you have ( reading the gconf key /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/active ) and when you press the number of it will be jump to that desktop .

the thing is that the jump is not working , i get updated the key in gconf ( /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/current) but the action of change the desktop is not apply.

any idea how i get this done ? i think maybe dbus can do the work but when i start dbus-monitor and change the desktop ( with my finger of course ) i get none output of that event so look like dbus is not the guy.

Thanks
my dirty code : http://pastebin.com/2y6TpTdJ

[Matan]

There is no way to command hildon-desktop to change the active desktop. Two options are:

1. Use modified-hildon-desktop (which does listen on changes to the gconf key and switches desktop accordingly), or

2. Try to emulate mouse drags that cause the desktop to change. You can see example of emulating mouse clicks in the source of camkeyd.

[e0x]

Originally Posted by Matan

There is no way to command hildon-desktop to change the active desktop. Two options are:

1. Use modified-hildon-desktop (which does listen on changes to the gconf key and switches desktop accordingly), or

2. Try to emulate mouse drags that cause the desktop to change. You can see example of emulating mouse clicks in the source of camkeyd.

thanks for he reply , but i can't see the part of the code of camkeyd that emulate mouse click , i just can see some key press things.

[Tedri Mark]

once you figure it out, maybe emulating the 'hold both edge and let go of one' method would be better?

[Matan]

Yes, I now see that camkey emulates keyboard, not mouse, but it is almost the same. See the relevant man page, like here:

http://linux.die.net/man/3/xtestfakemotionevent

[e0x]

Originally Posted by Matan

Yes, I now see that camkey emulates keyboard, not mouse, but it is almost the same. See the relevant man page, like here:

http://linux.die.net/man/3/xtestfakemotionevent

thanks again , i will check this

[e0x]

thanks ppl for the help , this is the result code of the widget i was creating , is not perfect , is dirty but somehow work