KWin¶

Important

It is necessary to restart KWin after updating the plugin, otherwise the newer version will not be loaded and the old one will be used instead.

Packages¶

Arch Linux (AUR)*

Important

Choose cleanBuild when reinstalling the package.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/inputactions-kwin

yay -S inputactions-kwin

NixOS (flakes)

flake.nix:

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

    inputactions = {
      url = "github:taj-ny/InputActions";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };
}

{ inputs, pkgs, ... }:

{
  environment.systemPackages = [
    inputs.inputactions.packages.${pkgs.system}.inputactions-kwin
  ];
}

* Unofficial package, use at your own risk.

Manual¶

Dependencies¶

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git extra-cmake-modules qt6-tools kwin yaml-cpp libevdev

Debian-based (KDE Neon, Kubuntu, Ubuntu)

sudo apt install git cmake g++ extra-cmake-modules qt6-tools-dev kwin-wayland kwin-dev libkf6configwidgets-dev gettext libkf6kcmutils-dev libyaml-cpp-dev libxkbcommon-dev pkg-config libevdev-dev

Fedora 40 - 42

sudo dnf install git cmake extra-cmake-modules gcc-g++ qt6-qtbase-devel kwin-devel kf6-ki18n-devel kf6-kguiaddons-devel kf6-kcmutils-devel kf6-kconfigwidgets-devel qt6-qtbase kf6-kguiaddons kf6-ki18n wayland-devel yaml-cpp yaml-cpp-devel libepoxy-devel libevdev libevdev-devel libdrm-devel

openSUSE

sudo zypper in git cmake-full gcc-c++ kf6-extra-cmake-modules kf6-kguiaddons-devel kf6-kconfigwidgets-devel kf6-ki18n-devel kf6-kcmutils-devel "cmake(KF6I18n)" "cmake(KF6KCMUtils)" "cmake(KF6WindowSystem)" "cmake(Qt6Core)" "cmake(Qt6DBus)" "cmake(Qt6Quick)" "cmake(Qt6Widgets)" libepoxy-devel kwin6-devel yaml-cpp-devel libxkbcommon-devel libevdev-devel

Installation¶

git clone https://github.com/taj-ny/InputActions
cd InputActions
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DINPUTACTIONS_BUILD_KWIN=ON
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install

Installation (Fedora immutable)¶

Build the plugin in a container. The image’s KWin version must be the same as the one on your real system.

# enter container
sudo dnf install git cmake extra-cmake-modules gcc-g++ qt6-qtbase-devel kwin-devel kf6-ki18n-devel kf6-kguiaddons-devel kf6-kcmutils-devel kf6-kconfigwidgets-devel qt6-qtbase kf6-kguiaddons kf6-ki18n wayland-devel yaml-cpp yaml-cpp-devel libepoxy-devel libevdev libevdev-devel libdrm-devel rpmbuild
git clone https://github.com/taj-ny/InputActions
cd InputActions
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DINPUTACTIONS_BUILD_KWIN=ON
make -j$(nproc)
cpack -V -G RPM
exit # exit container
sudo rpm-ostree install InputActions/build/inputactions.rpm

After installation¶

To enable the plugin, run

qdbus6 org.kde.KWin /Effects org.kde.kwin.Effects.loadEffect kwin_gestures

or open the Desktop Effects page in System Settings and enable InputActions in the Tools category.

To rebuild, run make clean in the project directory and then all command starting from cd build.