Libinput X.Org Driver Updated With New Capabilities

Libinput is the input handling library that originated with Wayland but has since been adopted by Mir as well as X.Org when using the xf86-input-libinput handling driver. This xf86-input-libinput adaptation for X.Org Servers has seen a new release today.

Last month marked the libinput 1.6 release with new features to the input library. Now xf86-input-libinput has been upgraded for improving the support for this generic input handling implementation on xorg-server systems.

Today's xf86-input-libinput 0.24 release has improved tablet support with offering a configurable pressure curve and a "area ratio" setting. The updated libinput X.Org driver also now has the mouse wheel's click angle correctly affect how fast the scroll wheel triggers.

This isn't a huge release but for those interested in all the fine details can see the release announcement by Red Hat's Peter Hutterer.