GLFW Mouse event lag with window drag

Question

I am trying to drag an undecorated window in GLFW but am encountering some event lag, even though I am using glfwWaitEvents()

I have a cursor position callback, and a simple loop:

// register a cursor position callback
glfwSetCursorPosCallback(win, cursor_pos_callback);

// then loop..
while(!glfwWindowShouldClose(win)) {
  glfwWaitEvents();
  ... some rendering...
  glfwSwapBuffers(win);
}

My cursor callback does some simple tracking of the deltas and updates window position.

cursor_pos_callback(GLFWwindow *win, double xpos, double ypos) {
  // figure out delta_x and delta_y based on cursor previous position
  int delta_x, delta_y;

  // update window position
  if (window_drag_active) {
     int x,y;
     glfwGetWindowPos(window, &x, &y);
     glfwSetWindowPos(window, x + delta_x, y + delta_y);
  }
}

Here is what the deltas look like when I'm dragging in a straight line

delta_x:  10    delta_y:   0    |    xpos:   649    ypos: 55
delta_x:   5    delta_y:  -1    |    xpos:   654    ypos: 54
delta_x:   5    delta_y:   3    |    xpos:   659    ypos: 57
delta_x:   5    delta_y:   2    |    xpos:   664    ypos: 59
delta_x:  -5    delta_y:  -2    |    xpos:   659    ypos: 57
delta_x:   4    delta_y:   0    |    xpos:   663    ypos: 57
delta_x:   2    delta_y:   0    |    xpos:   665    ypos: 57
delta_x:  -3    delta_y:  -3    |    xpos:   662    ypos: 54
delta_x:   2    delta_y:   1    |    xpos:   664    ypos: 55
delta_x:   2    delta_y:   0    |    xpos:   666    ypos: 55
delta_x:   3    delta_y:   2    |    xpos:   669    ypos: 57
delta_x:   1    delta_y:  -1    |    xpos:   670    ypos: 56
delta_x:   2    delta_y:  -1    |    xpos:   672    ypos: 55
delta_x:   7    delta_y:   3    |    xpos:   679    ypos: 58
delta_x:   2    delta_y:  -1    |    xpos:   681    ypos: 57
delta_x:  -2    delta_y:  -3    |    xpos:   679    ypos: 54
delta_x:   0    delta_y:  -2    |    xpos:   679    ypos: 52
delta_x:   3    delta_y:   3    |    xpos:   682    ypos: 55
delta_x:  -5    delta_y:  -3    |    xpos:   677    ypos: 52

The xpos increments as it should, then every so often it goes backwards (stale event?)

Maybe my window movement is not synced up with the cursor?

The result is the when I drag the window, it shakes violently and I can barely move it anywhere...

Update: I have also tried moving the glfwSetWindowPos logic into the main loop as well with no success—I still get the same shaking and stuttering.

Update: When I comment out the glfwSetWindowPos() the window no longer moves (of course) but the event stream is now consistent.

This leads me to think that the moving of the window, when done quickly is causing the jerking motion (ie. 2 steps forward, 1 step backwards).

GLFW Mouse event lag with window drag

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