I am writing a C program that draws to the root window. (This part works)
I now need to accept keyboard and mouse input on the root window (clicking and keypresses on the root window). I tried this:
XSelectInput(display, rootWindow, KeyPressMask);
XNextEvent(display, &event)
but a KeyPress never comes. I also tried using ButtonPressMask but this creates an error:
X Error of failed request: BadAccess
Is it possible to do this without having to hook into all input? I have seen this idea on stack overflow: Detect modifier key release in X11 root window but it hooks into all input as far as I can tell.
I am using i3wm, so I have nothing as my default root window. (incase this helps)