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| author | Dennis Schridde <devurandom@gmx.net> | 2020-03-14 14:43:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Brian Ashworth <bosrsf04@gmail.com> | 2020-03-15 18:05:14 -0400 |
| commit | 6498542b24d9699f0b0428ba5ac3e9a8b30b7feb (patch) | |
| tree | 14fd4770119b33f6c945efc07b03e3782dd1743b | |
| parent | 3ed780c78360dceeae28d6fed5989e23271d83b8 (diff) | |
Document input selector precedence
Signed-off-by: Dennis Schridde <devurandom@gmx.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | sway/sway-input.5.scd | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sway/sway-input.5.scd b/sway/sway-input.5.scd index c0584241..3c61c27b 100644 --- a/sway/sway-input.5.scd +++ b/sway/sway-input.5.scd @@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ in place of _\<identifier\>_ in the commands below. In addition, the settings can be applied to a type of device, by using _type:\<input_type\>_ in place of _\<identifier\>_. +In the configuration file, settings with a more specific selector take +precedence over more general ones: _\<identifier\>_ \> _type:\<input_type\>_ \> +_\*_. When executing input commands, however, the settings are applied to all +matching input devices! This means that _type:\<input_type\>_ can override +previously set _\<identifier\>_ settings, even though in a configuration file +they would take precedence. Similarly _\*_ can override both _\<identifier\>_ +and _type:\<input_type\>_ settings, if applied later. + Tip: If the configuration settings do not appear to be taking effect, you could try using _\*_ instead of _\<identifier\>_. If it works with the wildcard, try using a different identifier from *swaymsg -t get_inputs* until you find the |