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| author | Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> | 2017-09-28 08:57:37 +1000 |
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| committer | Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> | 2017-09-29 08:13:44 +1000 |
| commit | 3b0f1d767a218f80acc982463f48cf39fa0f064e (patch) | |
| tree | eb47d09796f0b0dba7ac1a827b823669a5320e35 /doc | |
| parent | 35e411a2c6cb7047d08792a19292166462ec49f0 (diff) | |
doc: add a section for tablet mode switches
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/switches.dox | 16 |
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diff --git a/doc/switches.dox b/doc/switches.dox index 5153dc2e..3c2b1585 100644 --- a/doc/switches.dox +++ b/doc/switches.dox @@ -31,4 +31,20 @@ state and the lid state may report as closed even when the lid is physicall open. libinput employs some heuristics to detect user input (specificially typing) to re-enable the touchpad on those devices. +@section switches_tablet_mode Tablet mode switch handling + +Where available, libinput listens to devices providing a tablet mode switch. +This switch is usually triggered on devices that can switch between a normal +laptop layout and a tablet-like layout. One example for such a device is the +Lenovo Yoga. + +The event sent by the kernel is `EV_SW` `SW_TABLET_MODE` and is provided as +@ref LIBINPUT_SWITCH_TABLET_MODE. When the device switches to tablet mode, +the touchpad and internal keyboard are disabled. If a trackpoint exists, +it is disabled too. The input devices are automatically re-enabled whenever +tablet mode is disengaged. + +This handling of tablet mode switches is transparent to the user, no +notifications are sent and the device appears as enabled at all times. + */ |