- Installation guide & getting started: wiki.inputactions.org/main/getting-started
- Issue tracker and discussions for all projects: github.com/InputActions/discussions
- Donate: wiki.inputactions.org/main/donate
InputActions is a Linux utility for binding various input device actions (keyboard shortcuts, mouse/touchpad gestures etc.) to system actions.
Important
The project is created primarily for KDE Plasma and will work best in that environment. In other environments certain features may not be available, more information about that can be found in the aforementioned installation guide.
Features:
- Supported device types: keyboard, mouse, touchpad, touchscreen
- Input event filtering
- Uses libinput, which handles device quirks
- Complementary evdev input backend for better touchpad support (may be disabled in case of issues)
- Conditional triggers
- Built-in action for simulating keyboard and mouse input
Example configuration
device_rules:
# ignore a device
- conditions: $name contains YubiKey
ignore: true
keyboard:
gestures:
# shift + meta + q -> kill window under pointer
- type: shortcut
shortcut: [ leftshift, leftmeta, q ]
actions:
- on: begin
command: kill -9 $window_under_pointer_pid
# text expansion (compositor plugins only)
- type: shortcut
shortcut: [ leftctrl, space ]
actions:
- on: begin
replace_text:
# :calc{2+2} -> 4
- regex: :calc{(.*)}
replace:
command: printf "$(qalc -t "$match_1")"
# :email -> example@example.com
- regex: :email
replace: example@example.com
mouse:
gestures:
# right + draw circle clockwise -> open dolphin
- type: stroke
strokes: [ 'Gw4A/DELBwxLFRAZWiUXJWM6HzBkSyRKWlQpYShYOasISUXHACVR6Q8WWP0zEmQA' ]
mouse_buttons: [ right ]
actions:
- command: dolphin
# trigger group - condition is applied to all subtriggers specified in 'gestures'
- conditions: $window_class == firefox
gestures:
# meta + vertical wheel -> volume control
- type: wheel
direction: up_down
conditions: $keyboard_modifiers == meta
actions:
- on: update
interval: '+'
input:
- keyboard: [ volumedown ]
- on: update
interval: '-'
input:
- keyboard: [ volumeup ]
# this trigger will override the one below due to higher priority, but only if firefox is focused
- type: press
mouse_buttons: [ middle ]
instant: true
conditions: $window_class == firefox
actions: []
- type: press
mouse_buttons: [ middle ]
instant: true
actions: []
touchpad:
gestures:
# place 2 fingers, at least 1 on the top/bottom edge, then move in circular motion -> circular scrolling
- type: circle
fingers: 2
direction: any
conditions:
any:
- $finger_1_initial_position_percentage_y <= 0.05
- $finger_2_initial_position_percentage_y <= 0.05
- $finger_1_initial_position_percentage_y >= 0.95
- $finger_2_initial_position_percentage_y >= 0.95
actions:
- on: update
interval: -0.5
input:
- mouse: [ wheel 0 -1 ]
- on: update
interval: 0.5
input:
- mouse: [ wheel 0 1 ]
# place 2 fingers on the left half, then click -> navigate back
- type: click
fingers: 2
conditions:
- $finger_1_position_percentage_x <= 0.5
- $finger_2_position_percentage_x <= 0.5
actions:
- on: begin
input:
- mouse: [ back ]
# move 3 fingers -> drag window
- type: swipe
fingers: 3
direction: any
resume_timeout: 500 # optional: allow lifting fingers for 500 ms
actions:
- on: begin
input:
- keyboard: [ +leftmeta ]
- mouse: [ +left ]
- on: update
input:
- mouse: [ move_by_delta ]
- on: end_cancel
input:
- keyboard: [ -leftmeta ]
- mouse: [ -left ]| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ctl | The inputactions control tool |
| discussions | Global issue tracker and discussions |
| installer | Installation script |
| overlay | Overlay for drawing on the screen and showing custom context menus |
| wiki | Source for wiki.inputactions.org |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| hyprland | Hyprland plugin implementation |
| kwin | KWin (Plasma's compositor) plugin implementation |
| standalone | Standalone implementation |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| script-template | InputActions script template |
| scripting-types | TypeScript type declarations for the scripting API |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| core | Contains all of InputActions' environment-independent code |
| libevdev-cpp | C++ wrapper for libevdev |
| libinput-cpp | C++ wrapper for libinput |
| libudev-cpp | C++ wrapper for libudev |
