Should touch events update the cursor position?

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Thursday 16 October 2014 16:57:24 Marco Martin wrote:
> On Thursday 16 October 2014, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > Hi touch screen users,
> > 
> > I'm currently wondering how our cursor should behave when there are touch
> > events. Under X11 I expect that it moves the cursor, but is that really
> > the
> > expected behavior? Should it affect the cursor position at all?
> > 
> > In my thought it's the cursor image should only be moved by a pointer
> > device (such as a mouse or a touch pad), but not by a touch screen.
> > 
> > What do the people with a touch screen think about it? How do you expect
> > it
> > to behave in a perfect world?
> 
> kinda used to touch events moving the cursor, so maybe is just habit..
> also, iirc in qt touchevents also generate qmouseevents iirc, so i think is
> expected the mouse pointer to behave accordingly  (or pretty much nothing
> would work on touch screens)

is that also the case on Wayland?

Cheers
Martin
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