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3	Event list

These are all the events that can be listened to using Event Hooks.

Complete list

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M: means std::unordered_map<std::string, std::any> following props are members.

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name	description	argument(s)	cancellable
tick	fired on a tick, meaning once per (1000 / highestMonitorHz) ms	nullptr	✕
activeWindow	fired on active window change	CWindow*	✕
keyboardFocus	fired on keyboard focus change. Contains the newly focused surface	wlr_surface*	✕
moveWorkspace	fired when a workspace changes its monitor	std::vectorstd::any{CWorkspace*, PHLWORKSPACE}	✕
focusedMon	fired on monitor focus change	CMonitor*	✕
moveWindow	fired when a window changes workspace	std::vectorstd::any{CWindow*, PHLWORKSPACE}	✕
openLayer	fired when a LS is mapped	CLayerSurface*	✕
closeLayer	fired when a LS is unmapped	CLayerSurface*	✕
openWindow	fired when a window is mapped	CWindow*	✕
closeWindow	fired when a window is unmapped	CWindow*	✕
urgent	fired when a window requests urgent	CWindow*	✕
minimize	fired when a window requests a minimize status change. Second param is 1 or 0	std::vector<void*>{CWindow*, uint64_t}	✕
monitorAdded	fired when a monitor is plugged in	CMonitor*	✕
monitorRemoved	fired when a monitor is unplugged	CMonitor*	✕
createWorkspace	fired when a workspace is created	CWorkspace*	✕
destroyWorkspace	fired when a workspace is destroyed	CWorkspace*	✕
fullscreen	fired when a window changes fullscreen state	CWindow*	✕
changeFloatingMode	fired when a window changes float state	CWindow*	✕
workspace	fired on a workspace change (only ones explicitly requested by a user)	CWorkspace*	✕
submap	fired on a submap change	std::string	✕
mouseMove	fired when the cursor moves. Param is coords.	const Vector2D	✔
mouseButton	fired on a mouse button press	wlr_pointer_button_event*	✔
mouseAxis	fired on a mouse axis event	M: event:wlr_pointer_axis_event*	✔
touchDown	fired on a touch down event	wlr_touch_down_event*	✔
touchUp	fired on a touch up event	wlr_touch_up_event*	✔
touchMove	fired on a touch motion event	wlr_touch_motion_event*	✔
activeLayout	fired on a keyboard layout change. String pointer temporary, not guaranteed after execution of the handler finishes.	std::vector<void*>{SKeyboard*, std::string*}	✕
preRender	fired before a frame for a monitor is about to be rendered	CMonitor*	✕
screencast	fired when the screencopy state of a client changes. Keep in mind there might be multiple separate clients.	std::vector<uint64_t>{state, framesInHalfSecond, owner}	✕
render	fired at various stages of rendering to allow your plugin to render stuff. See src/SharedDefs.hpp for a list with explanations	eRenderStage	✕
windowtitle	emitted when a window title changes.	CWindow*	✕
configReloaded	emitted after the config is reloaded	nullptr	✕
preConfigReload	emitted before a config reload	nullptr	✕
keyPress	emitted on a key press	M: event:wlr_keyboard_key_event*, keyboard:SKeyboard*	✔
pin	emitted when a window is pinned or unpinned	CWindow*	✕
swipeBegin	emitted when a touchpad swipe is commenced	wlr_pointer_swipe_begin_event*	✔
swipeUpdate	emitted when a touchpad swipe is updated	wlr_pointer_swipe_update_event*	✔
swipeEnd	emitted when a touchpad swipe is ended	wlr_pointer_swipe_end_event*	✔