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GUI/App to automate key presses in linux wayland
(lemmy.zip)
Weird it's called clicker when you can do key presses too, but I'll check it out. It looks like it fulfills my use case
It's not GUI, but I want to mention another alternative, as people mention commandline applications here too: kdotool, works under KDE Wayland without with normal user rights (no root). They still work on a few features, but it can do lot of windowing stuff already. A good addition to ydotool.
Does Actiona suit your needs?
If it works on wayland then yes
Looks like it doesn't: https://wiki.actiona.tools/doku.php?id=en%3Ax11notdetected&s%5B%5D=wayland
I'm actually looking for something like this too because Autokey and pyautogui (and antimicrox on another machine) is the only software keeping me on X.
Dunno if it would meet your needs, but I've been using Input Remapper for binding macros to various key presses and mouse buttons under Wayland. It does prompt for root access, but it's a GUI. It supports any input method, as far as I can tell. It even supports my tablet.
I use it to bind stuff like hold(key(BTN_LEFT).wait(100)) to some button to repeatedly left click while I'm holding that button down.
Unfortunately it ain't a gui
I know it is not a gui, but until you find one:
it worked quite well to paste the documentation to chatgpt and ask it to make happen exactly what you want.
Or read the manual, instead of wasting a few kg CO² on lazyness?
What's the difference between this and ydotool
ydotool works too
I havent used either in a while
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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