MacBookAir (2015) trackpad passed to container as mouse #282

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adam · 2025-12-29T00:22:59+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 00:22:59 +01:00

Originally created by @paul-hammant on GitHub (Nov 24, 2021).

The option to pass the track pad into the container as a trackpad would be awesome. Using pinch and un-pinch for zoom operations would be great :)

Fantastic work #teamDocker-OSX regardless.

Host OS is Pop_OS! which recognises the mac hardware without omission.

Originally created by @paul-hammant on GitHub (Nov 24, 2021). The option to pass the track pad into the container as a trackpad would be awesome. Using pinch and un-pinch for zoom operations would be great :) Fantastic work #teamDocker-OSX regardless. Host OS is Pop_OS! which recognises the mac hardware without omission.

adam commented

2025-12-29 00:23:00 +01:00

@sickcodes commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2021):

Hey Paul, thanks for the comments!

It could be possible that removing -usbdevice tablet would make pinch to zoom according to this comment: Post in thread '[TUT] The Quest for the Difinitiv Guide to QEMU for Windows Mobile' https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/tut-the-quest-for-the-difinitiv-guide-to-qemu-for-windows-mobile.891844/post-10237812

Perhaps we are missing a flag.

I personally just click View > Zoom In on the whole QEMU when I want to zoom.

Another solution could be over VNC as the touch on GTK may be limited (as of 2020?) looking at this comment https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/issues/1758

I will test out some stuff later this week, but if you come across a solution please let us know 😇

@sickcodes commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2021): Hey Paul, thanks for the comments! It could be possible that removing -usbdevice tablet would make pinch to zoom according to this comment: Post in thread '[TUT] The Quest for the Difinitiv Guide to QEMU for Windows Mobile' https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/tut-the-quest-for-the-difinitiv-guide-to-qemu-for-windows-mobile.891844/post-10237812 Perhaps we are missing a flag. I personally just click View > Zoom In on the whole QEMU when I want to zoom. ![Pinch to zoom QEMU](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/65906298/143812089-69d854ce-cdbf-4415-9808-98202762c2a9.png) Another solution could be over VNC as the touch on GTK may be limited (as of 2020?) looking at this comment https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/issues/1758 I will test out some stuff later this week, but if you come across a solution please let us know 😇

adam commented

2025-12-29 00:23:00 +01:00

@paul-hammant commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021):

I was zoom in applications that I would love to see supported. One app is OmniGraffle on the Mac. it supports trackpad-initiated zoom of canvas that's being edited. In order to do that the fact that the real hardware is a trackpad needs to be passed into the container, instead of a mouse.

Indeed, I've used -e WIDTH=1440 and -e HEIGHT=900 to preserve the native format of my older MacBook Air's hardware in the Dockerized-OSX, so I'm not zooming the QEmu window at all.

I'm Loving the experience though - great work.

@paul-hammant commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021): I was zoom in applications that I would love to see supported. One app is OmniGraffle on the Mac. it supports trackpad-initiated zoom of canvas that's being edited. In order to do that the fact that the real hardware is a trackpad needs to be passed into the container, instead of a mouse. Indeed, I've used -e WIDTH=1440 and -e HEIGHT=900 to preserve the native format of my older MacBook Air's hardware in the Dockerized-OSX, so I'm not zooming the QEmu window at all. I'm Loving the experience though - great work.

adam commented

2025-12-29 00:23:00 +01:00

@paul-hammant commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021):

hmm, in MacOS natively on the MacBookAir (i dual boot), I cant' see what the hardware is for the trackpad, let alone if it has a USB driver.

@paul-hammant commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021): hmm, in MacOS natively on the MacBookAir (i dual boot), I cant' see what the hardware is for the trackpad, let alone if it has a USB driver.

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Reference: starred/Docker-OSX#282