xcb_button_press_event_t(3)

💖 xcb_button_press_event_t(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the XCB Events corner of the manual, where today's main character is xcb_button_press_event_t — literally the event that fires when somebody presses (or releases) a mouse button. yes, the page title is its whole name, we're keeping it, she's iconic, periodt.

✨ NAME ✨

xcb_button_press_event_t — a mouse button was pressed/released 🖱️💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <xcb/xproto.h>

🦋 Event datastructure

typedef struct xcb_button_press_event_t {
    uint8_t         response_type;
    xcb_button_t    detail;
    uint16_t        sequence;
    xcb_timestamp_t time;
    xcb_window_t    root;
    xcb_window_t    event;
    xcb_window_t    child;
    int16_t         root_x;
    int16_t         root_y;
    int16_t         event_x;
    int16_t         event_y;
    uint16_t        state;
    uint8_t         same_screen;
    uint8_t         pad0;
} xcb_button_press_event_t;

look at her. all fields, all present, no notes. 🎀

👑 EVENT FIELDS 👑

• response_type — the type of this event, and in this case it's XCB_BUTTON_RELEASE. this field also lives inside xcb_generic_event_t, and it's literally how you tell your events apart from each other. vibe check: do it. 🔥
• sequence — the sequence number of the last request the X11 server processed.
• detail — the keycode (a number representing a physical key on the keyboard) of the key which was pressed.
• time — when the event was generated, in milliseconds. ⏰
• root — the root window of child.
• event — NOT YET DOCUMENTED. 😭 yes bestie, that's all the page says, we don't make stuff up around here.
• child — NOT YET DOCUMENTED. 🙈 same energy, same honesty.
• root_x — the X coordinate of the pointer relative to the root window at the time of the event.
• root_y — the Y coordinate of the pointer relative to the root window at the time of the event.
• event_x — if same_screen is true, this is the X coordinate relative to the event window's origin. otherwise, event_x gets set to zero. 🫶
• event_y — if same_screen is true, this is the Y coordinate relative to the event window's origin. otherwise, event_y gets set to zero.
• state — the logical state of the pointer buttons and modifier keys just prior to the event. so like, before. before-before. 🧚
• same_screen — whether the event window is on the same screen as the root window. 💫

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so... there's literally nothing here. the section exists, it's just empty. she's giving mysterious. she's giving "no thoughts, head empty" but in a chic way. no cap, that's the whole section. ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• xcb_generic_event_t(3)
• xcb_grab_button(3)
• xcb_grab_pointer(3)

go read those next, bestie, they're the supporting cast and they ate. ✨

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Generated from xproto.xml. Contact xcb@lists.freedesktop.org for corrections and improvements. 💌

okay and for the cute sign-off: this whole thing is X Version 11, libxcb 1.17.0, and it's filed under xcb_button_press_event_t(3) — that's the footer, that's the vibe, and that's the end of the page. mwah. 💖👑🦋