# The Fat Controller
[](https://crates.io/crates/tfc)
[](https://docs.rs/tfc)
TFC is a library for simulating mouse and keyboard events. This library was
built for use by [TFC-server](https://crates.io/crates/tfc-server), a server
that allows for remote control of a PC via a mobile app.
## Features
- Mouse clicks
- Mouse motion (relative and absolute)
- Mouse scrolling (smooth scrolling where supported)
- Key presses
- Translating Unicode characters to key presses
- Typing arbitrary Unicode strings
- Getting the mouse position
- Getting the size of the screen
## Platforms
- Linux - With X11
- Linux - Without X11
- macOS
- Windows
## Usage
Add the following to your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dependencies]
tfc = "0.5"
```
## Linux
There are two implementations for Linux, one that uses X11, and one that depends
only on the Linux kernel. The implementation that doesn't use X11 is missing
some features. It is intended for Wayland but Wayland is a bit more locked down
compared to X11, hence the missing features.
### With X11
Before using the X11 implementation, the X11, XTest and xkbcommon development
libraries need to be installed. Using `apt`, the following snippet can be used.
```shell
sudo apt install libx11-dev libxtst-dev libxkbcommon-dev
```
### Without X11
The non-X11 implementation (called Wayland within the code base) uses
`/dev/uinput`. Before this can be used, TFC needs permission to write to the
device. To grant permissions temporarily (until the next reboot), use the
following snippet.
```shell
chmod +0666 /dev/uinput
```
To grant permissions permanently, use the following snippet.
```shell
# Create a group
sudo groupadd -r uinput
# Add yourself to the group
sudo usermod -aG uinput $USER
# Give the group permissions to use the uinput kernel module
echo 'KERNEL=="uinput", MODE="0660", GROUP="uinput", OPTIONS+="static_node=uinput"' \
| sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/60-tfc.rules
```
Use the following snippet if this doesn't take effect immediately. If all else
fails, reboot.
```shell
udevadm control --reload-rules && udevadm trigger
```
To revoke permissions, use the following snippet.
```shell
sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/60-tfc.rules
```
## Example
```rust
use tfc::{Context, Error, traits::*};
use std::{f64::consts::PI, thread, time::Duration};
fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
let mut ctx = Context::new()?;
let radius = 100.0;
let center = ctx.cursor_location()?;
let center = (center.0 as f64 - radius, center.1 as f64);
let steps = 200;
let revolutions = 3;
let delay = Duration::from_millis(10);
for step in 0..steps * revolutions {
thread::sleep(delay);
let angle = step as f64 * 2.0 * PI / steps as f64;
let x = (center.0 + radius * angle.cos()).round() as i32;
let y = (center.1 + radius * angle.sin()).round() as i32;
ctx.mouse_move_abs(x, y)?;
}
Ok(())
}
```