wtype doesn't work

[aphelei]

#2529 (comment)

2024-12-23_17-12-1734971038.mp4

things used in the video to reproduce
bind = alt, a, exec, notify-send "a" -t 1000
wtype -s 1000 -M alt -p a -m alt

more details

wtype man page

NAME wtype - xdotool type for Wayland

SYNOPSIS
wtype [TEXT]

   wtype [OPTION_OR_TEXT]... -- [TEXT]...

   wtype [OPTION_OR_TEXT] -

DESCRIPTION
wtype is a Wayland tool that allows you to simulate keyboard input like xdotool type for X11. This is accomplished via the virtual-keyboard Wayland pro‐
tocol.

OPTIONS
Modifier can be one of "shift", "capslock", "ctrl", "logo", "win", "alt", "altgr". Beware that the modifiers get released automatically once the program
terminates.

   Named keys are resolved by libxkbcommon, valid identifiers include "Left" and "Home".

   -M MOD Press modifier MOD.

   -m MOD Release modifier MOD.

   -P KEY Press key KEY.

   -p KEY Release key KEY.

   -k KEY Type (press and release) key KEY.

   -d TIME
          Sleep for TIME milliseconds between keystrokes when typing texts.  Can be used multiple times, default 0.

   -s TIME
          Sleep for TIME milliseconds before interpreting the following options. This can be used to perform more complicated modifier sequences.

   -      Read text to type from stdin. This option can appear only once.

AUTHOR
wtype has been started by Josef Gajdusek. Man page is written by Michael ’jubalh’ Vetter.

I tried pressing alt and executing
wtype -s 1000 -k a
and it outputs the same
aphe@aphe ~ $ wtype -s 1000 -k a
^[a%

[vaxerski]

works on my end.
wtype -s 1000 -k a
prints "a"

wtype -M alt -p a -m alt is not valid. wtype -M alt -P a -p a -m alt works.

[aphelei]

wtype -M alt -P a -p a -m alt works but it doesn't exec notify-send "a" -t 1000 with
bind = alt, a, exec, notify-send "a" -t 1000

maybe that it's expected. I thought you could use wtype to simulate a keybind, not only to write characters/text.

[d-hain]

I am using wtype for typing my passwords in instead of copying them.
Something like wtype "Terra123" puts out random garbage: 223456

This is independent of the terminal and works without issue when running sway under hyprland and running the wtype command there.

[vaxerski]

without more info, yeah.

[aphelei]

works for me

[d-hain]

Yeah works fine now. I did a system update and that fixed it 🤷‍♂️