input_grab_device(9)

input_grab_device9

Grabs device for exclusive use

Usage

int input_grab_device(struct input_handle * handle);

Arguments

handle

input handle that wants to own the device

Overview

When a device is grabbed by an input handle all events generated by the device are delivered only to this handle. Also events injected by other input handles are ignored while device is grabbed.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.