feat(linux): capture mouse clicks on Wayland via evdev - #501
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Wayland exposes no portal for mouse buttons, so cursor telemetry on Linux was always "move" and the cursor click-bounce never fired. Read left-button presses from evdev (/dev/input/event*) instead — the coinciding cursor sample is tagged "click", matching what the macOS and Windows helpers already do. Needs the user in the `input` group (the nodes are root:input); degrades silently to all-"move" otherwise, with a one-line warning. Scoped to BTN_LEFT only, never keystrokes; OPENSCREEN_DISABLE_CLICK_CAPTURE=1 disables it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to When click capture is explicitly disabled, the helper still reports it as unavailable and tells users to join the input group, creating misleading Linux configuration guidance. The change remains mergeable with this minor follow-up. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant EvdevReader
participant CaptureLoop
participant emit_sample
participant CursorSample
participant CursorAccumulator
EvdevReader->>CaptureLoop: Send PointerButton
CaptureLoop->>CaptureLoop: Set pending_click
CaptureLoop->>emit_sample: Pass pending_click
emit_sample->>CursorSample: Emit interactionType click
CursorSample->>CursorAccumulator: Add cursor sample
CursorAccumulator->>CursorAccumulator: Preserve click or default to move
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In `@electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/input.rs`:
- Around line 45-48: Update spawn_readers and its caller in main.rs to
distinguish explicitly disabled capture from unavailable devices: when
DISABLE_ENV is set, return or propagate a distinct disabled status, and suppress
the click-capture-unavailable warning and input-group guidance for that status
while preserving the existing warning for genuine device unavailability.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Distinguish disabled capture from unavailable devices.
When OPENSCREEN_DISABLE_CLICK_CAPTURE=1 is set, this function returns false. main.rs then emits click-capture-unavailable and instructs the user to join the input group. Return a distinct disabled status, or suppress that warning when capture was explicitly disabled.
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In `@electron/native/pipewire-capture/src/input.rs` around lines 45 - 48, Update
spawn_readers and its caller in main.rs to distinguish explicitly disabled
capture from unavailable devices: when DISABLE_ENV is set, return or propagate a
distinct disabled status, and suppress the click-capture-unavailable warning and
input-group guidance for that status while preserving the existing warning for
genuine device unavailability.
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Summary
On Wayland, cursor telemetry could never report a click. The ScreenCast portal
exposes pointer position as frame metadata but no button state, so every
sample was hardcoded
interactionType: "move"— and the cursor click-bounce thatmacOS and Windows already show never fired on Linux.
This reads left-button presses from the kernel's evdev interface
(
/dev/input/event*) in the Linux capture helper and tags the coinciding cursorsample
"click", bringing Wayland to parity with the other platforms.Why evdev: it is the only passive source of button state left on Wayland. The
InputCaptureportal grabs input (redirecting clicks away from the app beingrecorded), and
RemoteDesktoponly injects. evdev nodes areroot:input, sothis needs the user in the
inputgroup; without it the helper degradessilently to all-
"move"(with a one-line warning), exactly as before. Scope isdeliberately narrow:
BTN_LEFTonly, never keystrokes, andOPENSCREEN_DISABLE_CLICK_CAPTURE=1disables it entirely.Related issue
None — opening directly.
Type of change
Release impact
Desktop impact
Screenshots / video
Verified on a real GNOME/Wayland session: recording a clip produced a cursor
sidecar with 7
interactionType:"click"samples (among 333), and the editorpreview rendered the cursor press/rebound bounce at each click timestamp. Happy
to attach a screen capture if useful.
Testing
cargo test(built against libclang 18 to match CI): 69 pass,including new
input::tests for theBTN_LEFTpress decision and anevents::test for
"click"serialization.npx vitest --run electron/native-bridge/cursor/recording: 27 pass(the accumulator now preserves a helper-tagged
"click"and defaults bare samplesto
"move");tsc --noEmit(app +tsconfig.test.json) and Biome clean.inputgroup) — built and staged therelease helper + compositor addon,
npm run dev, recorded and clicked: sidecarcarried the 7 clicks and the editor rendered the bounce at each.
Follow-ups (not in this PR)
--device=inputand vendoring the newevdevcrates for the offline build.
supportsCursorClickEffects()stays conservative for now (the captured clicksalready drive the default bounce).
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New Features
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Tests