x11: Send the _XWAYLAND_MAY_GRAB_KEYBOARD message when grabbing the keyboard

GNOME requires this to allow keyboard grabs on XWayland. Otherwise, XGrabKeyboard will still report success, but shortcuts won't be inhibited.

See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/commit/5f132f39750f684c3732b4346dec810cd218d609
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Frank Praznik
2025-03-25 12:17:39 -04:00
parent a5633ad0fb
commit 716e33f106
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@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ encounter limitations or behavior that is different from other windowing systems
`SDL_APP_ID` hint string, the desktop entry file name should match the application ID. For example, if your
application ID is set to `org.my_org.sdl_app`, the desktop entry file should be named `org.my_org.sdl_app.desktop`.
### Keyboard grabs don't work when running under XWayland
- One GNOME based desktops, the dconf setting `org/gnome/mutter/wayland/xwayland-allow-grabs` must be enabled.
## Using custom Wayland windowing protocols with SDL windows
Under normal operation, an `SDL_Window` corresponds to an XDG toplevel window, which provides a standard desktop window.
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@@ -2097,6 +2097,33 @@ bool X11_SetWindowKeyboardGrab(SDL_VideoDevice *_this, SDL_Window *window, bool
return true;
}
/* GNOME needs the _XWAYLAND_MAY_GRAB_KEYBOARD message on XWayland:
*
* - message_type set to "_XWAYLAND_MAY_GRAB_KEYBOARD"
* - window set to the xid of the window on which the grab is to be issued
* - data.l[0] to a non-zero value
*
* The dconf setting `org/gnome/mutter/wayland/xwayland-allow-grabs` must be enabled as well.
*
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/commit/5f132f39750f684c3732b4346dec810cd218d609
*/
if (_this->internal->is_xwayland) {
Atom _XWAYLAND_MAY_GRAB_ATOM = X11_XInternAtom(display, "_XWAYLAND_MAY_GRAB_KEYBOARD", False);
if (_XWAYLAND_MAY_GRAB_ATOM != None) {
XClientMessageEvent client_message;
client_message.type = ClientMessage;
client_message.window = data->xwindow;
client_message.format = 32;
client_message.message_type = _XWAYLAND_MAY_GRAB_ATOM;
client_message.data.l[0] = 1;
client_message.data.l[1] = CurrentTime;
X11_XSendEvent(display, DefaultRootWindow(display), False, SubstructureNotifyMask | SubstructureRedirectMask, (XEvent *)&client_message);
X11_XFlush(display);
}
}
X11_XGrabKeyboard(display, data->xwindow, True, GrabModeAsync,
GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime);
} else {