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Kivy sees touchpad as a touch input device instead of a pointer device on linux
Software Versions
- Python: 3.13.7
- OS: Linux 6.17.8-arch1-1 x86_64, plasmashell 6.5.3, both x11 and wayland
- Kivy: master
- Kivy installation method: source
Describe the bug Kivy seems to be reading the touchpad of my laptop as a touch screen and not as a pointing device, most noticeable in scrollviews, which behave the same way as a touch screen where dragging on the device will cause the view to scroll, and tapping will initiate a click action.
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Expected behavior To follow the same behavior as Mac and Windows, on which this doesn't happen.
To Reproduce
run python3 kivy/examples/widgets/scrollview.py
move mouse around using the laptop touchpad
Code and Logs and screenshots
[INFO ] [Logger ] Record log in /home/bee/.kivy/logs/kivy_25-12-10_5.txt
[INFO ] [Kivy ] v2.3.1
[INFO ] [Kivy ] Installed at "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/kivy/__init__.py"
[INFO ] [Python ] v3.13.7 (main, Aug 15 2025, 12:34:02) [GCC 15.2.1 20250813]
[INFO ] [Python ] Interpreter at "/usr/bin/python3"
[INFO ] [Logger ] Purge log fired. Processing...
[INFO ] [Logger ] Purge finished!
[INFO ] [Factory ] 195 symbols loaded
[DEBUG ] [Cache ] register <kv.resourcefind> with limit=None, timeout=60
[DEBUG ] [Cache ] register <kv.lang> with limit=None, timeout=None
[DEBUG ] [Cache ] register <kv.image> with limit=None, timeout=60
[DEBUG ] [Cache ] register <kv.atlas> with limit=None, timeout=None
[INFO ] [Image ] Providers: img_tex, img_dds, img_sdl2, img_pil (img_ffpyplayer ignored)
[DEBUG ] [Cache ] register <kv.texture> with limit=1000, timeout=60
[DEBUG ] [Cache ] register <kv.shader> with limit=1000, timeout=3600
[DEBUG ] [Cache ] register <kv.graphics.texture> with limit=None, timeout=None
[DEBUG ] [Text ] Provider <pango> ignored by config
[INFO ] [Text ] Provider: sdl2(['text_pango'] ignored)
[DEBUG ] [App ] Loading kv </home/bee/Code/kivy/./examples/widgets/scrollview.kv>
[INFO ] [Window ] Provider: sdl2
[INFO ] [GL ] Using the "OpenGL" graphics system
[INFO ] [GL ] Backend used <sdl2>
[INFO ] [GL ] OpenGL version <b'4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 25.2.7-arch1.1'>
[INFO ] [GL ] OpenGL vendor <b'Intel'>
[INFO ] [GL ] OpenGL renderer <b'Mesa Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (ADL GT2)'>
[INFO ] [GL ] OpenGL parsed version: 4, 6
[INFO ] [GL ] Shading version <b'4.60'>
[INFO ] [GL ] Texture max size <16384>
[INFO ] [GL ] Texture max units <32>
[DEBUG ] [Shader ] Fragment compiled successfully
[DEBUG ] [Shader ] Vertex compiled successfully
[DEBUG ] [ImageSDL2 ] Load </usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/kivy/data/glsl/default.png>
[INFO ] [Window ] auto add sdl2 input provider
[INFO ] [Window ] virtual keyboard not allowed, single mode, not docked
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts/Adwaita> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts/cantarell> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts/noto-cjk> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts/TTF> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts/encodings> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts/encodings/large> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts/noto> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts/liberation> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/share/fonts/gsfonts> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/local/share/fonts> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/local/share/fonts/s> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </home/bee/.fonts> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </home/bee/.fonts/a> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </home/bee/.fonts/b> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </home/bee/.fonts/p> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </home/bee/.fonts/h> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </home/bee/.fonts/c> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </home/bee/.local/share/fonts> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </home/bee/.local/share/fonts/JetBrainsMonoNerd> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Resource ] add </usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/kivy/data/fonts> in path list
[DEBUG ] [Base ] Create provider from mouse
[DEBUG ] [Base ] Create provider from probesysfs
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
[DEBUG ] [ProbeSysfs ] using probesysfs!
[DEBUG ] [ProbeSysfs ] found device: SYNA32BF:00 06CB:CEB0 Touchpad at /dev/input/event18
[INFO ] [ProbeSysfs ] device match: /dev/input/event18
[INFO ] [MTD ] Read event from </dev/input/event18>
[DEBUG ] [ProbeSysfs ] found device: ELAN2513:00 04F3:2E2D at /dev/input/event8
[INFO ] [ProbeSysfs ] device match: /dev/input/event8
[INFO ] [MTD ] Read event from </dev/input/event8>
[INFO ] [Base ] Start application main loop
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event18> range position X is 0 - 1452
[INFO ] [GL ] NPOT texture support is available
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event18> range position Y is 0 - 912
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event8> range position X is 0 - 3408
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event18> range touch major is 0 - 0
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event8> range position Y is 0 - 2256
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event18> range touch minor is 0 - 0
[DEBUG ] [Atlas ] Load </usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/kivy/data/images/defaulttheme.atlas>
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event8> range touch major is 0 - 255
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event18> range pressure is 0 - 255
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event8> range touch minor is 0 - 255
[DEBUG ] [Atlas ] Need to load 1 images
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event18> axes inversion: X is 0, Y is 0
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event8> range pressure is 0 - 255
[DEBUG ] [Atlas ] Load </usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/kivy/data/images/defaulttheme-0.png>
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event18> rotation set to 0
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event8> axes inversion: X is 0, Y is 0
[DEBUG ] [ImageSDL2 ] Load </usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/kivy/data/images/defaulttheme-0.png>
[INFO ] [MTD ] </dev/input/event8> rotation set to 0
Additional context While it does complain about running under xwayland, that is not the cause of the issue and is replicated under an X11 environment.
