[Feature Request] EIS Support

[jeverest]

One great application that is struggling to get wayland compositor support is input-leap, a mouse/keyboard sharing app. It looks like the community over there has funded the development of wayland support in the core app but there are some upstrem dev needed in the wlr space to fully support it.

Any interest in adding support here?

[JPenuchot]

It's not yet certain that libei support is required for Input Leap to support wlr compositors since Wayland has a protocol for input emulation.

EDIT: Input Leap devs seem to confirm that EIS support from compositors would be required for Input Leap to work.

[jeverest]

FYI, there are some glimmers that this is being supported upstream. I see reports in the linked issue above that Input-Leap is working for short durations within wayland and I can confirm this behavior.

[vaxerski]

isn't this just a request to support RemoteDesktop?

what about https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlr-protocols/-/blob/master/unstable/wlr-virtual-pointer-unstable-v1.xml

[scotus-1]

I think so, libei/EIS requires the RemoteDesktop.ConnectToEIS implementation and the InputCapture portals. I'm not sure I am using the correct terminology or am correct at all, but wlr-virtual-pointer isn't implemented by Input Leap and libei, its dependency for emulated input in Wayland.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libei/-/issues/1

Other portals including xdg-desktop-portal-kde and XDGW have issues and drafted pull requests (that have not been updated in months), so I assume this would be a heavy undertaking specifically for XDGH and may be just worth waiting/reviving the upstream PR.

[Shuna322]

+1 on this feature, Input-leap now works great on some thanks to libei and I believe libportal Remote Desktop portal

[ruckerzerg]

This is the only thing stopping me from fully switching from Gnome to Hyprland, so +1 on this!

[erajtob]

+1

[zaheenadeep]

+1 would love to have this

[mmoinsiaam]

+1

[vaxerski]

Consider not spamming +1 but adding a 👍 and reading my comment here: #70 (comment)

[jpeeler]

Unless I'm mistaken, you could alternatively use https://github.com/feschber/lan-mouse. However, the bugs mentioned on the readme would also need fixing:
hyprwm/Hyprland#4568
hyprwm/Hyprland#4465
hyprwm/Hyprland#4464

[ziova]

Any updates on this?

[3l0w]

#268 is on his way, its not yet polish but it can be tested freely.
Make sure you are using my fork of Hyprland to do so: 3l0w/Hyprland/feat/input-capture