xev
Print contents of X events. More information: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xev>.
Install
- All systems
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curl cmd.cat/xev.sh
- Debian
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apt-get install x11-utils - Ubuntu
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apt-get install x11-utils - Arch Linux
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pacman -S xorg-xev - Kali Linux
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apt-get install x11-utils - CentOS
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yum install xorg-x11-utils - Fedora
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dnf install xorg-x11-utils - Windows (WSL2)
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sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install x11-utils - Raspbian
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apt-get install x11-utils - Dockerfile
- dockerfile.run/xev
Print contents of X events. More information: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xev>.
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Monitor all occurring X events:
xev -
Monitor all X events of the root window instead of creating a new one:
xev -root -
Monitor all X events of a particular window:
xev -id window_id -
Monitor X events from a given category (can be specified multiple times):
xev -event event_category
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