Pointer helper: split the member functions into files by topic

Structure only, no behaviour change; the code moves as it is (git's
--color-moved shows it). build.sh compiles ft-pointer.cpp and
pointer_*.cpp.

- pointer.h: the includes, the helpers more than one file uses
  (HandGestures, PoseHistory, FramePanel, SendTo, JsonQuote, OverlayList;
  the three functions are now inline), Clock, Frame, and Pointer.
- ft-pointer.cpp: the header comment, setup (Init, ApplyConfig, and the
  helpers only it uses), the short per-frame sections, and main().
- pointer_input.cpp: waking, the mouse's buttons, the relay's commands.
- pointer_place.cpp: panel placement for layouts.
- pointer_gaze.cpp: gaze mode, the held-back press, the click.
- pointer_holds.cpp: holds (hands, gaze precision buttons).
- pointer_keys.cpp: keyboard clicks.
- pointer_cursor.cpp: recenter, head follow, slow work, the cursor.

Helpers only one file uses stay in its anonymous namespace. Each new file
says that "the top" in its comments is ft-pointer.cpp's header comment.
hands/README.md and update-check.py now name the files that hold the code
they point at.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/controller-click-stability.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Controller desktop click stability
+
+Trigger presses reach KDE immediately, but controller motion within 8 logical
+pixels of the press stays at that position until release. Releasing without a motion outside this
+zone delivers the click at the original position, even if the hand moved during
+release. Moving outside the zone begins a normal drag immediately; returning to
+the zone does not turn it back into a click. There is no hold-duration timer.
+
+This filters overlay pointer content events on desktop monitors only, and only
+presses from hand controllers start it. The 3D mouse (whose laser comes from the
+`ft_pointer` virtual controller), SteamVR UI, separate screen grab bars and
+floating-app title-bar carrying are unaffected. Multi-button gestures keep their
+existing behavior. A motion onto another desktop monitor starts a drag;
+cross-monitor motion is not stabilized.
+
+CLI (runtime preferences, reset to 8 on desktop restart):
+
+```sh
+input/ft-clickctl status
+input/ft-clickctl threshold 8
+input/ft-clickctl threshold 0  # disable without a restart
+```
+
+Thresholds are 0–64 logical pixels, normalized to each panel's KDE scale.
+Status reports held state, suppressed motions, stabilized clicks and drags.
+Changing the threshold while a controller button is held is refused.
+
+This is a separate contribution from desktop mouse/controller ownership. Its
+hardware validation must check small controls, intentional text selection,
+long presses, cross-monitor dragging and simultaneous mouse use. The existing
+renderer laser remains tracked; this change stabilizes desktop input rather
+than smoothing the visual laser. Default threshold is a starting point to test.
+
+Run `scripts/test-controller-click.sh` for the isolated gesture-state tests.

gaze/ft-gaze.cpp

@@ -479,9 +479,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     double lastEmit = 0;
     int actionErrors = 0;
     vr::EVRInputError lastActionError = vr::VRInputError_None;
+    // During a VR game, SteamVR's gaze action is left alone. With ft-gaze reading the eyes, SteamVR
+    // restarted its eye tracker every 10 s or so in a game, as if the headset came off, and each
+    // restart took input focus from the game: Beat Saber paused (PR #13). Of what ft-gaze reads,
+    // only the action reaches SteamVR (the mmap and our tracker are files), so gaze still works
+    // over the dashboard. Games are told apart the way ft-screens does it, by the scene app.
+    bool inGame = false;
+    double nextGameCheck = 0;
 
     while (true) {
         const double now = NowRaw();
+        if (now >= nextGameCheck) {
+            nextGameCheck = now + 0.5;
+            const bool game = vr::VRApplications()->GetCurrentSceneProcessId() != 0;
+            if (game != inGame)
+                std::fprintf(stderr, "ft-gaze: %s\n",
+                             game ? "a VR game is running: SteamVR's gaze action left alone" : "the VR game ended");
+            inGame = game;
+        }
         vr::TrackedDevicePose_t hp;
         sys->GetDeviceToAbsoluteTrackingPose(vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, 0, &hp, 1);
         if (hp.bPoseIsValid) history.Add(now, hp.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking);
@@ -502,24 +517,26 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             // SteamVR's action: a room-space origin and fixation point, turned into the head
             // frame so every source reports the same kind of angles.
             std::string action = "{\"ok\":0}";
-            vr::VRActiveActionSet_t active{};
-            active.ulActionSet = set;
-            active.nPriority = vr::k_nActionSetOverlayGlobalPriorityMin;
-            input->UpdateActionState(&active, sizeof active, 1);
-            vr::VREyeTrackingData_t e{};
-            const vr::EVRInputError ae =
-                input->GetEyeTrackingDataRelativeToNow(gaze, vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, 0, &e, sizeof e);
-            if (ae == vr::VRInputError_None && e.bActive && e.bValid) {
-                const Vec3 o{e.vGazeOrigin.v[0], e.vGazeOrigin.v[1], e.vGazeOrigin.v[2]};
-                const Vec3 t{e.vGazeTarget.v[0], e.vGazeTarget.v[1], e.vGazeTarget.v[2]};
-                const Vec3 dHead = RotateInverse(headNow, Normalize(t - o));
-                char extra[96];
-                std::snprintf(extra, sizeof extra, "\"tracked\":%d,\"dist\":%.3f,", int(e.bTracked), Length(t - o));
-                action = SrcJson(list, headNow, dHead, extra);
-            } else if (ae != lastActionError || (verbose && ++actionErrors % 90 == 1)) {
-                std::fprintf(stderr, "ft-gaze: action: error %d active %d valid %d\n", int(ae), int(e.bActive),
-                             int(e.bValid));
-                lastActionError = ae;
+            if (!inGame) {
+                vr::VRActiveActionSet_t active{};
+                active.ulActionSet = set;
+                active.nPriority = vr::k_nActionSetOverlayGlobalPriorityMin;
+                input->UpdateActionState(&active, sizeof active, 1);
+                vr::VREyeTrackingData_t e{};
+                const vr::EVRInputError ae =
+                    input->GetEyeTrackingDataRelativeToNow(gaze, vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, 0, &e, sizeof e);
+                if (ae == vr::VRInputError_None && e.bActive && e.bValid) {
+                    const Vec3 o{e.vGazeOrigin.v[0], e.vGazeOrigin.v[1], e.vGazeOrigin.v[2]};
+                    const Vec3 t{e.vGazeTarget.v[0], e.vGazeTarget.v[1], e.vGazeTarget.v[2]};
+                    const Vec3 dHead = RotateInverse(headNow, Normalize(t - o));
+                    char extra[96];
+                    std::snprintf(extra, sizeof extra, "\"tracked\":%d,\"dist\":%.3f,", int(e.bTracked), Length(t - o));
+                    action = SrcJson(list, headNow, dHead, extra);
+                } else if (ae != lastActionError || (verbose && ++actionErrors % 90 == 1)) {
+                    std::fprintf(stderr, "ft-gaze: action: error %d active %d valid %d\n", int(ae), int(e.bActive),
+                                 int(e.bValid));
+                    lastActionError = ae;
+                }
             }
 
             std::string m1 = "{\"ok\":0}", m2 = m1, left = m1, right = m1, eye = "null";

hands/README.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Files, all in `/run/user/UID/frametop-hands/` (private to the user; not `/run/us
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `cam-ring` | ft-camd | `camd/fhring.h` | ft-hands, `tools/ring.py` |
 | `hands` | ft-hands | `include/fh_hands.h` | ft-screens (`screens/handcut.cpp`) |
-| `gestures` | ft-hands | `include/fh_gestures.h` | the pointer helper (`pointer/helper/ft-pointer.cpp`), `tools/watch_gestures.py` |
+| `gestures` | ft-hands | `include/fh_gestures.h` | the pointer helper (`pointer/helper/pointer_holds.cpp`), `tools/watch_gestures.py` |
 
 The source keeps the `fh_` names and magic strings of frame-hands, the project it started as, so recordings made with it still work.
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ ft-hands detects a pinch per hand (`track/pinch.h`) and publishes it to the gest
 
 ## Pinches and grips in the pointer
 
-With `POINTER_HANDS=1`, the pointer helper (`pointer/helper/ft-pointer.cpp`) reads the gestures file every frame. It's off by default.
+With `POINTER_HANDS=1`, the pointer helper (`pointer/helper/pointer_holds.cpp`) reads the gestures file every frame. It's off by default.
 
 - **Pinch to click.** In gaze mode a pinch works like the mouse's press: the pointer stops where the gaze put it, and the click comes when the pinch opens, where the pointer is then. A quick tap clicks where you looked. Held, the pinching hand moves the pointer to correct the gaze, and the correction is a lesson for the gaze tracker, as with the mouse.
 - **Without gaze mode,** a pinch is a real press, like the mouse's button: pressed when it closes, released when it opens, and while it's held the hand drags the pointer. A tap is still a click where the pointer is.

input/ft-clickctl

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Controller desktop click stability over local IPC; no SteamVR client."""
+import argparse
+import json
+import math
+import socket
+
+def request(command):
+    with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) as client:
+        client.bind(''); client.settimeout(2)
+        client.sendto(command.encode(), '\0ft_screens')
+        response=client.recv(8192).decode()
+    if response.startswith('error'): raise RuntimeError(response)
+    return response
+
+def main():
+    parser=argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    sub=parser.add_subparsers(dest='command', required=True)
+    sub.add_parser('status')
+    sub.add_parser('threshold').add_argument('pixels', type=float)
+    args=parser.parse_args()
+    try:
+        if args.command == 'threshold':
+            if not math.isfinite(args.pixels) or not 0 <= args.pixels <= 64:
+                raise ValueError('Threshold must be 0–64 logical pixels; 0 disables stabilization')
+            if request(f'controller-click {args.pixels:g}') != 'ok': raise RuntimeError('Threshold rejected')
+        print(json.dumps(json.loads(request('controller-click?')), indent=2))
+    except (OSError, ValueError, RuntimeError) as error: parser.exit(1, str(error)+'\n')
+if __name__ == '__main__': main()

input/input-relay.py

@@ -1139,6 +1139,11 @@ def main():
                 # New here: a new device, or one that came back in the same place.
                 for old in [n for n in nodes.values() if n.path == path]:
                     drop(old, "replaced by a new device node")
+                # A new node is root's alone until udev gives it to the input group, a moment
+                # after it appears. Opened in that gap, it would fail and never be tried
+                # again: leave it for the next scan instead.
+                if not os.access(path, os.R_OK):
+                    continue
                 seen[path] = ino
                 node = probe(path)
                 if node and node.volume_keys and not take_volume(node):

pointer/helper/build.sh

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ root=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)
 "$root/scripts/sync.sh" >/dev/null
 exec "$root/scripts/frame.sh" -C pointer/helper 'set -e; mkdir -p build
 g++ -std=c++17 -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused-parameter -I/opt/steamvr/tools/hellovr_vulkan_linux/src/openvr/headers -I../common \
-  -o build/ft-pointer ft-pointer.cpp -L/opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64 -lopenvr_api -Wl,-rpath,/opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64 -lpthread
+  -o build/ft-pointer ft-pointer.cpp pointer_*.cpp -L/opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64 -lopenvr_api -Wl,-rpath,/opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64 -lpthread
 echo "built build/ft-pointer"'

pointer/helper/pointer.h

@@ -0,0 +1,478 @@
+// ft-pointer's shared code: helpers, the Frame, and the Pointer struct, whose member functions are
+// in ft-pointer.cpp and pointer_*.cpp.
+// "The top" in comments here is the header comment of ft-pointer.cpp.
+#pragma once
+
+#include <openvr.h>
+
+#include "pointer_config.h"
+#include "vrbuttons.h"
+#include "vrmath.h"
+
+extern "C" {
+#include "../../hands/include/fh_gestures.h"
+}
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <deque>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <map>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+#include <tuple>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <climits>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <fnmatch.h>
+
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+using namespace md;
+
+// Hand gestures from ft-hands (see "Hands" at the top): /run/user/UID/frametop-hands/gestures,
+// mapped read-only. Version 1 files have pinches only; their grips read as zero.
+class HandGestures {
+public:
+    ~HandGestures() { Close(); }
+    // A consistent copy of the file (its sequence lock), if it's there. Opens it, and
+    // checks it's still the same file, at most once a second.
+    bool Read(fh_gestures_t &out) {
+        const auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+        if (now - checked_ > std::chrono::seconds(1)) {
+            checked_ = now;
+            const std::string path = "/run/user/" + std::to_string(getuid()) + "/frametop-hands/gestures";
+            struct stat st;
+            if (stat(path.c_str(), &st) != 0 || size_t(st.st_size) != len_ || st.st_ino != ino_) {
+                Close();
+                const int fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NOFOLLOW);
+                if (fd >= 0 && fstat(fd, &st) == 0 && size_t(st.st_size) >= offsetof(fh_gestures_t, grip)) {
+                    void *m = mmap(nullptr, size_t(st.st_size), PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+                    if (m != MAP_FAILED) map_ = m, len_ = size_t(st.st_size), ino_ = st.st_ino, ++opens;
+                }
+                if (fd >= 0) close(fd);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!map_) return false;
+        const auto *g = static_cast<const fh_gestures_t *>(map_);
+        if (std::memcmp(g->magic, FH_GESTURES_MAGIC, 8) != 0) return false;
+        const size_t n = std::min(len_, sizeof out);
+        for (int tries = 0; tries < 3; ++tries) {
+            const uint64_t seq = __atomic_load_n(&g->seq, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+            if (seq & 1) continue;
+            std::memset(&out, 0, sizeof out);
+            std::memcpy(&out, map_, n);
+            __atomic_thread_fence(__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+            if (__atomic_load_n(&g->seq, __ATOMIC_RELAXED) != seq) continue;
+            if (out.version < 2) std::memset(out.grip, 0, sizeof out.grip);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    int opens = 0;   // a new file: the counters start over
+
+private:
+    void Close() {
+        if (map_) munmap(map_, len_);
+        map_ = nullptr, len_ = 0, ino_ = 0;
+    }
+    void *map_ = nullptr;
+    size_t len_ = 0;
+    ino_t ino_ = 0;
+    std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point checked_{};
+};
+
+// The HMD's recent poses (standing universe), to turn the gestures' head-frame points into
+// the room as the head was when the cameras took them.
+class PoseHistory {
+public:
+    void Add(std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point t, const vr::HmdMatrix34_t &m) {
+        poses_.push_back({t, m});
+        while (poses_.size() > 128) poses_.pop_front();   // about a second
+    }
+    // The pose at CLOCK_MONOTONIC time t_ns (steady_clock's), or the nearest kept.
+    bool At(uint64_t t_ns, vr::HmdMatrix34_t &out) const {
+        if (poses_.empty()) return false;
+        const std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point t{std::chrono::nanoseconds(t_ns)};
+        const auto *best = &poses_.front();
+        for (const auto &p : poses_)
+            if (std::chrono::abs(p.first - t) < std::chrono::abs(best->first - t)) best = &p;
+        out = best->second;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+private:
+    std::deque<std::pair<std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point, vr::HmdMatrix34_t>> poses_;
+};
+
+// One of ft-screens' panels showing a desktop: a screen (frametop.screen.N), a floating
+// window (frametop.float.N), or a floating window's popup (frametop.float.N.sub.K), not a
+// control of theirs.
+inline bool FramePanel(const std::string &key) {
+    for (const char *prefix : {"frametop.screen.", "frametop.float."}) {
+        if (key.rfind(prefix, 0) != 0) continue;
+        const std::string rest = key.substr(std::strlen(prefix));
+        const size_t dot = rest.find('.');
+        return dot == std::string::npos || rest.compare(dot, 5, ".sub.") == 0;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+inline void SendTo(int fd, const char *name, const std::string &msg) {
+    sockaddr_un addr{};
+    addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+    std::memcpy(addr.sun_path + 1, name, std::strlen(name));
+    const socklen_t len = offsetof(sockaddr_un, sun_path) + 1 + std::strlen(name);
+    sendto(fd, msg.data(), msg.size(), 0, reinterpret_cast<sockaddr *>(&addr), len);
+}
+
+// JSON string literal (names come from other apps).
+inline std::string JsonQuote(const std::string &s) {
+    std::string out = "\"";
+    for (const unsigned char c : s) {
+        if (c == '"' || c == '\\') out += '\\', out += char(c);
+        else if (c < 0x20) {
+            char esc[8];
+            std::snprintf(esc, sizeof esc, "\\u%04x", c);
+            out += esc;
+        } else out += char(c);
+    }
+    return out + "\"";
+}
+
+// Overlay keys, refreshed in the background from `vrcmd --overlays` (OpenVR has no
+// public call to enumerate other apps' overlays). Hidden ones are listed too: the
+// window controls under a floating panel only appear while something hovers the
+// panel, and the cursor has to find them the moment they do, not a second later.
+// Paused while the pointer is off: each vrcmd run connects to SteamVR as a new app, and a new
+// app every second kept SteamVR (and the headset's displays) from going to standby.
+// "overlays" requests (Frametop Input Settings' Ignored panels page) refresh the list even
+// while paused, and are answered from this thread once it's fresh.
+class OverlayList {
+public:
+    void Start() {
+        out_ = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+        thread_ = std::thread([this] {
+            while (running_) {
+                if (!paused_ || requested_) Refresh();
+                // Wait a second, or less when the pointer wakes (refresh right away then).
+                for (int i = 0; i < 10 && running_; ++i) {
+                    const bool wasPaused = paused_;
+                    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+                    if ((wasPaused && !paused_) || requested_) break;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    void SetPaused(bool paused) { paused_ = paused; }
+    void Stop() {
+        running_ = false;
+        if (thread_.joinable()) thread_.join();
+    }
+    std::vector<std::string> Keys() {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(lock_);
+        std::vector<std::string> keys;
+        for (const auto &e : entries_) keys.push_back(e.key);
+        return keys;
+    }
+    // Answer `to` with {"t":"overlays","list":[{"key","name","visible"}...]} after the next refresh.
+    void Request(const sockaddr_un &to, socklen_t len) {
+        if (len <= offsetof(sockaddr_un, sun_path)) return;
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(lock_);
+        if (waiting_.size() < 8) waiting_.push_back({to, len});
+        requested_ = true;
+    }
+
+private:
+    struct Entry {
+        std::string key, name;
+        bool visible;
+    };
+    void Refresh() {
+        requested_ = false;
+        FILE *p = popen("LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64 /opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrcmd --overlays 2>/dev/null", "r");
+        if (!p) return;
+        std::vector<Entry> entries;
+        char line[1024];
+        while (std::fgets(line, sizeof line, p)) {
+            // 'key' -- 'name', WxH visible VROverlayType_...
+            if (line[0] != '\'') continue;
+            const char *end = std::strchr(line + 1, '\'');
+            if (!end) continue;
+            const std::string key(line + 1, size_t(end - (line + 1)));
+            const std::string rest(end);
+            if (rest.find("Thumbnail") != std::string::npos || rest.find("Subview") != std::string::npos) continue;
+            if (key.rfind("system.pointer", 0) == 0 || key.rfind("system.cursor", 0) == 0 ||
+                key.rfind("frametop.pointer", 0) == 0 || key.rfind("frametop.guide", 0) == 0 ||
+                key == "frametop.gazepanel" ||  // the gaze calibration panel, fixed to the headset
+                key == "frametop.catcher" ||  // ft-screens' release catcher: only on a laser mid-drag
+                key == "system.HeadsetView" || key == "system.toast")
+                continue;
+            // The name can hold quotes; it ends at the last "', " (the size and state follow).
+            const auto nameAt = rest.find("-- '"), nameEnd = rest.rfind("', ");
+            const std::string name =
+                nameAt != std::string::npos && nameEnd > nameAt + 3 ? rest.substr(nameAt + 4, nameEnd - nameAt - 4) : key;
+            entries.push_back({key, name, rest.find(" not_visible ") == std::string::npos});
+        }
+        pclose(p);
+        std::vector<std::pair<sockaddr_un, socklen_t>> waiting;
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(lock_);
+            entries_ = std::move(entries);
+            waiting.swap(waiting_);
+        }
+        if (waiting.empty()) return;
+        std::string msg = "{\"t\":\"overlays\",\"list\":[";
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < entries_.size(); ++i)
+            msg += std::string(i ? "," : "") + "{\"key\":" + JsonQuote(entries_[i].key) + ",\"name\":" +
+                   JsonQuote(entries_[i].name) + ",\"visible\":" + (entries_[i].visible ? "true" : "false") + "}";
+        msg += "]}";
+        for (const auto &[to, len] : waiting)
+            sendto(out_, msg.data(), msg.size(), MSG_DONTWAIT, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr *>(&to), len);
+    }
+
+    std::thread thread_;
+    int out_ = -1;
+    std::atomic<bool> paused_{false};
+    std::atomic<bool> running_{true};
+    std::atomic<bool> requested_{false};
+    std::mutex lock_;
+    std::vector<Entry> entries_;  // written only by the thread; the lock guards readers
+    std::vector<std::pair<sockaddr_un, socklen_t>> waiting_;
+};
+
+using Clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;
+
+// One frame's poses and time: ReadFrame reads them after the relay's commands, and the sections
+// after it share them. handOk: PinchesAndGrips read the hand gestures (for HandsStopped).
+struct Frame {
+    vr::TrackedDevicePose_t all[vr::k_unMaxTrackedDeviceCount];
+    vr::TrackedDevicePose_t hmdRaw;
+    Clock::time_point tnow;
+    Vec3 eye;
+    bool handOk = false;
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &Hmd() const { return all[0]; }
+};
+
+// Everything the pointer keeps: its settings, what Init sets up, and the state the main loop
+// carries from one frame to the next.
+struct Pointer {
+    PointerConfig cfg;
+    // Head follow (see the top). followConf is POINTER_FOLLOW as last read: a reload only
+    // overrides a "follow" command when the setting itself changed.
+    bool follow = false, followConf = false, followReset = true;
+    // Gaze mode (see the top); gazeConf is POINTER_GAZE as last read, like followConf.
+    bool gazeOn = false, gazeConf = false;
+    // Set in Init, after VR_Init.
+    vr::IVRSystem *sys = nullptr;
+    vr::IVROverlay *overlay = nullptr;
+    // The dot, the marker, and laser mode's overlay, created in Init.
+    vr::VROverlayHandle_t cursor = vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid;
+    vr::VROverlayHandle_t marker = vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid;
+    vr::VROverlayHandle_t laserMode = vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid;
+    bool laserModeShown = false;
+    int in = -1, out = -1;  // @ft_pointer_helper, and the socket we send from (opened in Init)
+    ControllerButtons controllerButtons;  // Frame controller buttons (vrbuttons.h)
+    OverlayList overlays;
+    std::map<std::string, vr::VROverlayHandle_t> handles;
+    std::map<std::string, bool> sceneGraph;  // no texture: plane test instead of ComputeOverlayIntersection
+    std::map<std::string, bool> visible;     // refreshed every 50 ms
+    Clock::time_point lastVisible{};  // set in Init
+    // The plane of the last panel the cursor was on, and the last point on it (panel edges).
+    Vec3 edgePoint, edgeNormal, edgeLast;
+    std::string edgeKey;
+
+    bool active = false, recenter = false, anchored = false;
+    Clock::time_point lastMouse{}, claimAt{}, claimRelease{}, wokeAt{}, noWakeUntil{};
+    bool claimPending = false, claimHeld = false;
+    // Last used wins: since when each controller has been moving (zero: it isn't).
+    Clock::time_point movingSince[vr::k_unMaxTrackedDeviceCount] = {};
+    // Tilt mode (see top of file).
+    bool leftHeld = false, tilting = false, tiltStart = false, swallowedRight = false;
+    // The mouse's buttons in gaze mode (see the top): leftDown, rightDown as the relay last said;
+    // aimRight, the held-back press is the right button's; chordDrag, a drag the right button
+    // began during the left's held-back press (the first release drops it, the other's is nothing).
+    bool leftDown = false, rightDown = false, aimRight = false, chordDrag = false;
+    bool ignoreLeftUp = false;
+    // The keyboard clicks' keys as the relay last said, and a tilt gaze_right holds during a
+    // keyboard drag (see the top): the head turns the panel, from where it was (keyTiltYaw, keyTiltPitch).
+    bool keyLeftDown = false, keyRightDown = false, keyTilting = false;
+    double keyTiltYaw = 0, keyTiltPitch = 0;
+    double tiltYaw = 0, tiltPitch = 0;
+    double dragDistance = 0, lastDistance = 1.5;  // drag lock: distance from the anchor at the press
+    bool onVrSettings = false;       // the cursor is on the SteamVR Settings page (kept while dragging)
+    bool catcherHidesHit = false;    // the laser-catching dot hides SteamVR's hit dot (Settings page)
+    Clock::time_point dropHoldUntil{};  // after a left release: keep the drag pose this long
+    bool debug = false;
+    std::string lastHit;
+    // The ft-screens panel the left button was pressed on, and where it was then (see the top).
+    std::string pressKey;
+    vr::HmdMatrix34_t pressPose{};
+    Clock::time_point lastDebug{};  // set in Init
+    vr::VROverlayHandle_t systemPointer = vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid;  // found in Init
+    Vec3 pivot, tiltOrigin, lastPoint, lastOrigin, lastAim{0, 0, -1};
+    Basis tiltBasis{};
+    bool headsetOff = false;  // nobody is wearing the headset (see the main loop)
+    Vec3 anchor;
+    double yaw = 0, pitch = 0;
+    Vec3 followRef{0, 0, -1};  // head follow's reference direction (see the top)
+    Clock::time_point followAt{};  // its last update, for the easing (set in Init)
+    bool following = false;                           // past the leash: easing toward the head
+    double followLag = 0;                             // radians the reference trails the head
+    std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point leashOutSince{};  // head past the leash since (delay)
+    // Gaze mode (see the top).
+    struct Gaze {
+        double hy = 0, hp = 0, rhy = 0, rhp = 0;  // corrected, and raw
+        Clock::time_point at{};
+    } gz;
+    bool gazeOwns = true;  // the pointer follows the gaze; false: the mouse has it
+    bool nudging = false;  // the mouse took it from the gaze: the next click may be a lesson
+    double nudgeRawHy = 0, nudgeRawHp = 0, nudgeMoved = 0;
+    vr::HmdMatrix34_t nudgeHead{}, lastHead{};
+    bool haveHead = false, havePoint = false;
+    Clock::time_point nudgeAt{}, retakeSince{};
+    // A held-back press (see the top): aimHeld while the button is down; then the click
+    // (clickPress at the end of the next frame, clickRelease 40 ms later). gazeBack: give
+    // the gaze the pointer again when the press or click is over.
+    vr::TrackedDeviceIndex_t ours = vr::k_unTrackedDeviceIndexInvalid;
+    bool aimHeld = false, clickPress = false, clickRelease = false, gazeBack = false;
+    bool aimHand = false;  // the held-back press is a hold's (below): it never turns into a real press
+    Clock::time_point aimSince{}, clickReleaseAt{};
+    // Holds (see "Gaze precision" and "Hands" at the top): a pinch or grip, or a gaze
+    // precision or gaze drag button, held now. What steers the pointer meanwhile (a hand, or
+    // the mouse through its own moves), from where it pointed when the hold began (for a
+    // hand: seen from the eye then, in the room), and the pointer then.
+    HandGestures handFile;
+    PoseHistory poses;
+    enum class Src { None, Hand, Mouse, Head };
+    struct Hold {
+        Src src = Src::None;
+        int side = -1;          // a hand's side (0 left, 1 right)
+        bool grip = false;      // pressed at once and dragging (a grip, gaze drag), not a click on release
+        bool engaged = false;   // past the dead zone
+        bool pressed = false;   // a real press went out (a grip or gaze drag, or a pinch without gaze mode)
+        bool promote = false;   // held still for POINTER_GAZE_HOLD, it becomes a real press (keyboard clicks)
+        bool right = false;     // the right button (gaze_right)
+        bool keyDrag = false;   // gaze_right pressed while gaze_left aimed: a left press, either key ends it
+        double pressYaw = 0, pressPitch = 0;  // the pointer at the press (a quick tap clicks there)
+        Vec3 origin;
+        double refYaw = 0, refPitch = 0, startYaw = 0, startPitch = 0, lastYaw = 0, lastPitch = 0;
+    } hold;
+    // "precision|gazedrag <source> 1|0" from the relay, done in the frame (see Holds).
+    struct DevicePress {
+        std::string source;
+        bool drag, down;
+    };
+    std::vector<DevicePress> devicePresses;
+    // "gazekey left|right 1|0" from the relay (keyboard clicks), done in the frame.
+    struct KeyPress {
+        bool right, down;
+    };
+    std::vector<KeyPress> keyPresses;
+    uint32_t seenBegins[2][2] = {}, seenEnds[2][2] = {};  // [pinch, grip][side], as last read
+    bool handBaseline = false;
+    int handOpens = 0;
+    uint64_t handSeq = 0, handPublished = 0;
+    Clock::time_point handUsed{};  // a gesture began then (keeps the pointer, like gaze mode)
+    Clock::time_point lastTyping{};  // the relay's last "typing": a key on a keyboard
+    // Gaze mode outside games, and its dot (see the top): lastMove/lastHeld/pulseAt.
+    bool inGame = false, gazeAwake = false;
+    Clock::time_point inGameAt{}, gazeAwakeAt{};
+    Clock::time_point lastMove{}, lastHeld{}, pulseAt{};
+    // The left button, as sent to the driver; pressRight: the next press is the right button
+    // instead (gaze_right), heldButton: the one pressed.
+    bool pressRight = false;
+    std::string heldButton = "trigger";
+    bool confirmLesson = false;  // a keyboard click's quick tap: a lesson with no correction (see the top)
+    // The gaze calibration panel is up until then ("calpanel 1"; see the top); calOpened: it just
+    // came up, so a press in progress ends without a click.
+    Clock::time_point calPanelUntil{};
+    bool calOpened = false;
+    Clock::time_point lastSlow{};  // set in Init
+
+    void ApplyConfig();
+    void Init();
+    void Wake(Clock::time_point t);
+    void PressLeft();
+    void ReleaseLeft();
+    bool CanAim();
+    void AimStart(bool right);
+    void ChordDrop();
+    void LeftButton(bool down);
+    bool RightButton(bool down);
+    bool MouseMoveHeld();
+    void SendPose(Vec3 originStanding, const Basis &b);
+    std::pair<bool, Vec3> HeadPos();
+    void Borrow();
+    void GiveBack();
+    std::string FindPanel(const char *key, Panel &p, Vec3 &eye);
+    void GrabProbe(const char *key);
+    std::string Place(const char *key, Vec3 target, const Basis &bt, double grabBelow);
+    // Nearest's answer: the nearest overlay along a ray.
+        struct Hit {
+            double along = 1e9;
+            std::string key;
+            bool scene = false;
+            Vec3 point, normal;
+        };
+    // Where the cursor is this frame (FindCursor), for DrawDot and SendRay.
+    struct Spot {
+        bool dragging = false;
+        Vec3 dir, point;
+        double best = 1e9, distance = 0;
+        bool onEdge = false, occluded = false, onScene = false, onPanel = false;
+    };
+
+    // The main loop's sections, in the order main calls them, and what they share.
+    void HeadsetOff();
+    void GazeAwake();
+    void RelayCommands();
+    void Command(const char *buf, const sockaddr_un &sender, socklen_t senderLen);
+    void ReadFrame(Frame &frame);
+    void ClaimPulse(const Frame &frame);
+    void PauseOverlayList();
+    void LaserMode();
+    void HandRole(const Frame &frame);
+    void LastUsedWins(const Frame &frame);
+    void Recenter(const Frame &frame);
+    void GazeMode(const Frame &frame);
+    void Hands(const Frame &frame);
+    bool HandAngles(const float p[3], uint64_t t_ns, const Vec3 &from, double &hy, double &hp);
+    void EndHold(bool lost);
+    void StartHold(bool press, Clock::time_point tnow);
+    void Steer(double hy, double hp, double deadzone, double gain, Clock::time_point tnow);
+    void BeginHold(int side, bool grip, const fh_pinch_t &g, Clock::time_point tnow);
+    void GazePrecisionButtons(const Frame &frame);
+    bool HeadAngles(const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd, double &hy, double &hp);
+    void KeyboardClicks(const Frame &frame);
+    void CalPanelOpened();
+    void HeadSteer(const Frame &frame);
+    void PinchesAndGrips(Frame &frame);
+    void HandsStopped(const Frame &frame);
+    void MarkHeld(const Frame &frame);
+    void HeadFollow(const Frame &frame);
+    void SlowWork();
+    void Cursor(const Frame &frame);
+    void Tilt(const Frame &frame);
+    Hit Nearest(Vec3 from, Vec3 d);
+    Spot FindCursor(const Frame &frame);
+    void DrawDot(const Frame &frame, const Spot &spot);
+    void SendRay(const Frame &frame, const Spot &spot);
+    void HeldBackPress(const Frame &frame);
+    void KeyboardClickHold(const Frame &frame);
+    void Click(const Frame &frame);
+    void PollControllerButtons();
+    bool SteamVRQuit();
+};

pointer/helper/pointer_config.h

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+// ft-pointer's settings, from ~/.config/frametop.conf. "The top" in comments here is the
+// header comment of ft-pointer.cpp, which describes every setting.
+#pragma once
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+inline std::map<std::string, std::string> ReadConfig() {
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> conf;
+    const char *home = std::getenv("HOME");
+    std::ifstream in(std::string(home ? home : "") + "/.config/frametop.conf");
+    std::string line;
+    while (std::getline(in, line)) {
+        line = line.substr(0, line.find('#'));
+        const auto eq = line.find('=');
+        if (eq == std::string::npos) continue;
+        auto trim = [](std::string s) {
+            s.erase(0, s.find_first_not_of(" \t"));
+            s.erase(s.find_last_not_of(" \t") + 1);
+            return s;
+        };
+        conf[trim(line.substr(0, eq))] = trim(line.substr(eq + 1));
+    }
+    return conf;
+}
+
+inline double ConfDouble(const std::map<std::string, std::string> &c, const char *key, double fallback) {
+    auto it = c.find(key);
+    return it == c.end() ? fallback : std::atof(it->second.c_str());
+}
+
+// POINTER_IGNORE: overlay keys the pointer passes through, as if they weren't there
+// (display-only panels such as a performance overlay). Comma-separated shell patterns
+// (fnmatch, no escapes), so "vendor.app*" covers an app's overlays.
+inline std::vector<std::string> ParseIgnore(const std::string &list) {
+    std::vector<std::string> out;
+    size_t at = 0;
+    while (at <= list.size()) {
+        const size_t comma = std::min(list.find(',', at), list.size());
+        std::string item = list.substr(at, comma - at);
+        item.erase(0, item.find_first_not_of(" \t"));
+        item.erase(item.find_last_not_of(" \t") + 1);
+        if (!item.empty()) out.push_back(item);
+        at = comma + 1;
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+
+struct PointerConfig {
+    double freeDistance = 1.5, cursorDeg = 0.4, originFraction = 0.95, originMargin = 0.15, sceneRadius = 0.5,
+           edgeReach = 0.3, grabOffset = 0.075,
+           slideSpeed = 0.5, leashDeg = 10, leashReturn = 0.2, leashDelay = 0.2, followReach = 70;
+    // POINTER_FOLLOW and POINTER_GAZE as read. They turn head follow and gaze mode on or off
+    // only when they change, so a "follow" or "gaze" command wins until then (ApplyConfig in
+    // ft-pointer.cpp).
+    bool follow = false, gaze = false;
+    double gazeRetake = 5, gazeNudgeMax = 55, gazeHold = 0.5, gazeShow = 1;
+    bool gazeDotAlways = true;  // POINTER_GAZE_DOT (see the top)
+    double headDeadzone = 0.5, keyTap = 0.25;  // POINTER_HEAD_DEADZONE, POINTER_KEY_TAP (keyboard clicks, see the top)
+    // Hands (see the top): POINTER_HANDS, POINTER_PINCH_GAIN, POINTER_PINCH_DEADZONE, POINTER_GRIP_GAIN.
+    bool handsOn = false;
+    double pinchGain = 0.5, pinchDeadzone = 1.5, gripGain = 1.0, handBelow = 0.35, typingHold = 1.0;
+    // Gaze precision (see the top): POINTER_GAZE_MOUSE (precision: the mouse's left button
+    // holds back its press in gaze mode; direct: it clicks at once), POINTER_ROLE.
+    bool gazeMousePrecision = true;
+    bool gazeMouseHeld = true;  // POINTER_GAZE_MOUSE_MOVE (see the top)
+    std::string role = "right";
+    double pickupScale = 1;  // POINTER_CONTROLLER_PICKUP: scales the controller-moved limits
+    std::vector<std::string> ignore;  // POINTER_IGNORE (see ParseIgnore)
+
+    void Load(const std::map<std::string, std::string> &conf) {
+        freeDistance = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_DISTANCE", 1.5), 0.3, 10.0);
+        cursorDeg = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_CURSOR_DEG", 0.4), 0.05, 5.0);
+        originFraction = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_ORIGIN_FRACTION", 0.95), 0.0, 0.98);
+        originMargin = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_ORIGIN_MARGIN", 0.15), 0.0, 1.0);
+        sceneRadius = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_SCENE_RADIUS", 0.5), 0.05, 2.0);
+        edgeReach = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_EDGE_REACH", 0.3), 0.0, 2.0);
+        grabOffset = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "LAYOUT_GRAB_OFFSET", 0.075), 0.0, 1.0);
+        slideSpeed = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "LAYOUT_SLIDE_SPEED", 0.5), 0.02, 2.0);
+        leashDeg = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_LEASH_DEG", 10), 0.0, 90.0);
+        leashReturn = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_LEASH_RETURN", 0.2), 0.0, 5.0);
+        leashDelay = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_LEASH_DELAY", 0.2), 0.0, 5.0);
+        followReach = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_FOLLOW_REACH", 70), 10.0, 89.0);
+        follow = ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_FOLLOW", 0) != 0;
+        gazeRetake = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_GAZE_RETAKE", 5), 1.0, 45.0);
+        gazeNudgeMax = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_GAZE_NUDGE_MAX", 55), 1.0, 110.0);
+        gazeHold = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_GAZE_HOLD", 0.5), 0.1, 5.0);
+        gazeShow = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_GAZE_SHOW", 1), 0.0, 30.0);
+        headDeadzone = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_HEAD_DEADZONE", 0.5), 0.0, 5.0);
+        keyTap = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_KEY_TAP", 0.25), 0.0, 1.0);
+        const auto gd = conf.find("POINTER_GAZE_DOT");
+        gazeDotAlways = gd == conf.end() || gd->second != "moving";
+        gaze = ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_GAZE", 0) != 0;
+        handsOn = ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_HANDS", 0) != 0;
+        pinchGain = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_PINCH_GAIN", 0.5), 0.05, 3.0);
+        pinchDeadzone = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_PINCH_DEADZONE", 1.5), 0.0, 10.0);
+        gripGain = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_GRIP_GAIN", 1.0), 0.05, 3.0);
+        handBelow = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_GRIP_BELOW", 0.35), 0.05, 1.0);
+        typingHold = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_PINCH_TYPING", 1.0), 0.0, 5.0);
+        const auto gm = conf.find("POINTER_GAZE_MOUSE");
+        gazeMousePrecision = gm == conf.end() || gm->second != "direct";
+        const auto mm = conf.find("POINTER_GAZE_MOUSE_MOVE");
+        gazeMouseHeld = mm == conf.end() || mm->second != "free";
+        const auto ro = conf.find("POINTER_ROLE");
+        role = ro != conf.end() && (ro->second == "left" || ro->second == "stylus") ? ro->second : "right";
+        pickupScale = std::clamp(ConfDouble(conf, "POINTER_CONTROLLER_PICKUP", 1), 0.5, 5.0);
+        const auto ig = conf.find("POINTER_IGNORE");
+        ignore = ParseIgnore(ig == conf.end() ? "" : ig->second);
+    }
+};

pointer/helper/pointer_cursor.cpp

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+// ft-pointer: recenter, head follow, the overlay handles, and the cursor (see "Cursor model" at
+// the top).
+// "The top" in comments here is the header comment of ft-pointer.cpp.
+#include "pointer.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+bool Ignored(const std::vector<std::string> &patterns, const std::string &key) {
+    for (const auto &p : patterns)
+        if (fnmatch(p.c_str(), key.c_str(), FNM_NOESCAPE) == 0) return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
+vr::HmdMatrix34_t Billboard(Vec3 at, Vec3 eye) {
+    // Overlay faces +Z; point +Z at the eye, keep +Y roughly up.
+    const Vec3 z = Normalize(eye - at);
+    const Vec3 x = Normalize(Cross({0, 1, 0}, z));
+    const Vec3 y = Cross(z, x);
+    vr::HmdMatrix34_t m{};
+    const Vec3 cols[3] = {x, y, z};
+    for (int c = 0; c < 3; ++c) {
+        m.m[0][c] = float(cols[c].x);
+        m.m[1][c] = float(cols[c].y);
+        m.m[2][c] = float(cols[c].z);
+    }
+    m.m[0][3] = float(at.x);
+    m.m[1][3] = float(at.y);
+    m.m[2][3] = float(at.z);
+    return m;
+}
+
+// Unit vector v, turned toward unit vector `center` until it's at most maxRad from it.
+Vec3 PullWithin(Vec3 v, Vec3 center, double maxRad) {
+    if (std::acos(std::clamp(Dot(v, center), -1.0, 1.0)) <= maxRad) return v;
+    Vec3 axis = Cross(center, v);
+    if (Length(axis) < 1e-9) axis = Cross(center, {0, 1, 0});  // opposite: any perpendicular
+    return RotateAbout(center, Normalize(axis), maxRad);
+}
+
+// Unit direction with its pitch limited to +-maxDeg (AimBasis needs it off vertical).
+Vec3 LimitPitch(Vec3 d, double maxDeg) {
+    const double pitch = std::clamp(std::asin(std::clamp(d.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI, -maxDeg, maxDeg);
+    return Direction(std::atan2(-d.x, -d.z) * 180 / M_PI, pitch);
+}
+
+// SteamVR Settings page (see the top): the laser starts this far from the eye, the dot is
+// drawn this far out, and the laser-catching dot sits this far out (metres).
+constexpr double SETTINGS_ORIGIN = 0.25, SETTINGS_DOT = 0.6, SETTINGS_CATCHER = 8.0;
+
+// Whether the line of sight from `eye` along `d` crosses the SteamVR Settings page, drawn by
+// the dashboard's scene-graph panel (valve.steam.gamepadui.frame.menu.N, transform t); see
+// "SteamVR Settings" at the top. The page has no size in OpenVR, so this is its area as
+// measured on the Frame, generously: in metres from the panel's origin, which is near the
+// page's left edge, it ran from about -0.35 (the sidebar) to 1.15 across and +-0.4 up and
+// down, with the transform scaled 0.369. Kept in the transform's units so it scales with it.
+bool OnSettingsPage(const vr::HmdMatrix34_t &t, Vec3 eye, Vec3 d) {
+    const Vec3 c = Position(t), x{t.m[0][0], t.m[1][0], t.m[2][0]}, y{t.m[0][1], t.m[1][1], t.m[2][1]},
+               z{t.m[0][2], t.m[1][2], t.m[2][2]};
+    const double sx = Dot(x, x), sy = Dot(y, y), denom = Dot(d, z);
+    if (sx < 1e-9 || sy < 1e-9 || std::fabs(denom) < 1e-6) return false;
+    const double along = Dot(c - eye, z) / denom;
+    if (along <= 0) return false;
+    const Vec3 off = eye + d * along - c;
+    const double u = Dot(off, x) / sx, v = Dot(off, y) / sy;  // in the transform's units
+    return u >= -1.35 && u <= 3.4 && std::fabs(v) <= 1.25;
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+// A pending recenter (the command, a wake, a first move): the anchor goes to the eye, aimed where the
+// head faces.
+void Pointer::Recenter(const Frame &frame) {
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd = frame.Hmd();
+    const auto &hm = hmd.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking.m;
+    const Vec3 &eye = frame.eye;
+    if (recenter && hmd.bPoseIsValid) {
+        anchor = eye;
+        const Vec3 f{-hm[0][2], -hm[1][2], -hm[2][2]};
+        yaw = std::atan2(-f.x, -f.z) * 180 / M_PI;
+        pitch = std::asin(std::clamp(f.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI;
+        anchored = true;
+        recenter = false;
+        followReset = true;
+    }
+}
+
+// Head follow (see the top): past the leash (for the delay), ease the reference to the
+// head's facing, and turn the cursor with it. Not in gaze mode: the gaze places it.
+void Pointer::HeadFollow(const Frame &frame) {
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd = frame.Hmd();
+    const auto &hm = hmd.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking.m;
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    const Vec3 &eye = frame.eye;
+    if (follow && !gazeOn && active && anchored && hmd.bPoseIsValid) {
+        const Vec3 head = LimitPitch(Vec3{-hm[0][2], -hm[1][2], -hm[2][2]}, 85);
+        if (followReset) {
+            followRef = head, followLag = 0, leashOutSince = {};
+            followReset = following = false;
+        }
+        const double dt = std::min(0.1, std::chrono::duration<double>(tnow - followAt).count());
+        const double leash = cfg.leashDeg * M_PI / 180;
+        const double lag = std::acos(std::clamp(Dot(followRef, head), -1.0, 1.0));
+        double keep = lag;  // how far the reference stays behind the head after this frame
+        if (leash <= 0) {
+            keep = 0;  // head-locked
+        } else if (following) {
+            keep = lag * (cfg.leashReturn > 0 ? std::exp(-dt / cfg.leashReturn) : 0.0);
+            // A fast turn drags it at the leash's end; past it already (after the delay), it
+            // can't fall further behind, and it closes in from there without a jump.
+            keep = std::min(keep, std::max(leash, followLag));
+            if (keep < 0.05 * M_PI / 180) keep = 0, following = false;  // landed on the facing
+        } else if (lag > leash) {
+            if (leashOutSince == decltype(leashOutSince){}) leashOutSince = tnow;
+            if (std::chrono::duration<double>(tnow - leashOutSince).count() >= cfg.leashDelay)
+                following = true, leashOutSince = {};
+        } else {
+            leashOutSince = {};  // back inside before the delay: a glance
+        }
+        followLag = keep;
+        const Vec3 ref = LimitPitch(PullWithin(followRef, head, keep), 85);
+        if (!leftHeld && tnow >= dropHoldUntil) {
+            // The cursor keeps its offset from the reference (frames without roll).
+            Vec3 d = FromBasis(AimBasis(ref), ToBasis(AimBasis(followRef), Direction(yaw, pitch)));
+            d = PullWithin(Normalize(d), ref, cfg.followReach * M_PI / 180);
+            yaw = std::atan2(-d.x, -d.z) * 180 / M_PI;
+            pitch = std::clamp(std::asin(std::clamp(d.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI, -85.0, 85.0);
+            // The ray origin closes in on the eye as the reference does on the facing.
+            anchor = eye + (anchor - eye) * (leash <= 0 ? 0.0 : lag > 1e-6 ? keep / lag : following ? 0.0 : 1.0);
+        }
+        followRef = ref;
+    }
+    followAt = tnow;
+}
+
+// Slow work, once a second: overlay handles, our device index, laser width.
+void Pointer::SlowWork() {
+    const auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+    if (now - lastSlow > std::chrono::seconds(1)) {
+        lastSlow = now;
+        handles.clear();
+        for (const auto &key : overlays.Keys()) {
+            if (Ignored(cfg.ignore, key)) continue;
+            vr::VROverlayHandle_t h;
+            if (overlay->FindOverlay(key.c_str(), &h) != vr::VROverlayError_None) continue;
+            handles[key] = h;
+            // Scene-graph overlays are placed absolutely. Other overlays can report no
+            // texture too (gamescope's app panels, placed as dashboard tabs, share theirs
+            // from another process), and ComputeOverlayIntersection handles those.
+            uint32_t tw = 0, th = 0;
+            overlay->GetOverlayTextureSize(h, &tw, &th);
+            vr::VROverlayTransformType tt = vr::VROverlayTransform_Invalid;
+            overlay->GetOverlayTransformType(h, &tt);
+            // ft-screens' panels (frametop.screen.N, floating windows with their popups,
+            // frametop.float.N..., the keyboard) are 0x0 and absolute too (a shared
+            // texture), but they're real panels of any size.
+            sceneGraph[key] = (tw == 0 || th == 0) && tt == vr::VROverlayTransform_Absolute &&
+                              key.rfind("frametop.", 0) != 0;
+        }
+        ours = vr::k_unTrackedDeviceIndexInvalid;
+        for (vr::TrackedDeviceIndex_t i = 0; i < vr::k_unMaxTrackedDeviceCount; ++i) {
+            char type[64] = "";
+            sys->GetStringTrackedDeviceProperty(i, vr::Prop_ControllerType_String, type, sizeof type);
+            if (std::strcmp(type, "ft_pointer") == 0) ours = i;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    if (now - lastVisible > std::chrono::milliseconds(50) || visible.size() != handles.size()) {
+        lastVisible = now;
+        visible.clear();
+        for (const auto &[key, h] : handles) visible[key] = overlay->IsOverlayVisible(h);
+    }
+}
+
+// The cursor: tilting a grabbed panel, or pointing (find the spot, draw the dot, send the ray).
+void Pointer::Cursor(const Frame &frame) {
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd = frame.Hmd();
+    if (active && anchored && hmd.bPoseIsValid && tilting) {
+        Tilt(frame);
+    } else if (active && anchored && hmd.bPoseIsValid) {
+        const Spot spot = FindCursor(frame);
+        DrawDot(frame, spot);
+        SendRay(frame, spot);
+    }
+}
+
+void Pointer::Tilt(const Frame &frame) {
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd = frame.Hmd();
+    const Vec3 &eye = frame.eye;
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmdRaw = frame.hmdRaw;
+    // Rotate the device around the grab point; the grabbed panel turns with it.
+    if (tiltStart) {
+        pivot = lastPoint;
+        tiltOrigin = lastOrigin;
+        tiltBasis = AimBasis(lastAim);
+        tiltStart = false;  // angles carry on from any earlier tilt in this drag
+        overlay->HideOverlay(cursor);
+        overlay->HideOverlay(marker);
+    }
+    const double yr = tiltYaw * M_PI / 180, pr = tiltPitch * M_PI / 180;
+    const Vec3 up{0, 1, 0}, side = tiltBasis.x;
+    auto turn = [&](Vec3 v) { return RotateAbout(RotateAbout(v, side, pr), up, yr); };
+    const Vec3 originStanding = pivot + turn(tiltOrigin - pivot);
+    const Basis b{turn(tiltBasis.x), turn(tiltBasis.y), turn(tiltBasis.z)};
+    const auto &S = hmd.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking, &R = hmdRaw.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking;
+    auto toRaw = [&](Vec3 v) { return Rotate(R, RotateInverse(S, v)); };  // directions: raw <- standing
+    const Vec3 originRaw = Position(R) + toRaw(originStanding - eye);
+    double q[4];
+    BasisQuat({toRaw(b.x), toRaw(b.y), toRaw(b.z)}, q);
+    char msg[200];
+    std::snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "posq %.5f %.5f %.5f %.6f %.6f %.6f %.6f", originRaw.x, originRaw.y,
+                  originRaw.z, q[0], q[1], q[2], q[3]);
+    SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", msg);
+}
+
+// Nearest visible overlay along a ray (frozen while dragging).
+Pointer::Hit Pointer::Nearest(Vec3 from, Vec3 d) {
+        Hit h;
+        for (const auto &[key, handle] : handles) {
+            if (!visible[key]) continue;
+            if (sceneGraph[key]) {
+                // Plane test: overlay origin and its +Z normal, within sceneRadius of the origin.
+                vr::ETrackingUniverseOrigin uo;
+                vr::HmdMatrix34_t t{};
+                if (overlay->GetOverlayTransformAbsolute(handle, &uo, &t) != vr::VROverlayError_None) continue;
+                const Vec3 center = Position(t), normal{t.m[0][2], t.m[1][2], t.m[2][2]};
+                const double denom = Dot(d, normal);
+                if (std::fabs(denom) < 1e-4) continue;
+                const double along = Dot(center - from, normal) / denom;
+                const Vec3 at = from + d * along;
+                if (along > 0.05 && along < h.along && std::sqrt(Dot(at - center, at - center)) <= cfg.sceneRadius)
+                    h.along = along, h.key = key, h.scene = true, h.point = at, h.normal = normal;
+                continue;
+            }
+            vr::VROverlayIntersectionParams_t params{};
+            params.vSource = {float(from.x), float(from.y), float(from.z)};
+            params.vDirection = {float(d.x), float(d.y), float(d.z)};
+            params.eOrigin = vr::TrackingUniverseStanding;
+            vr::VROverlayIntersectionResults_t r{};
+            if (overlay->ComputeOverlayIntersection(handle, &params, &r) && r.fDistance > 0.05f &&
+                r.fDistance < h.along) {
+                h.along = r.fDistance, h.key = key, h.scene = false;
+                h.point = {r.vPoint.v[0], r.vPoint.v[1], r.vPoint.v[2]};
+                h.normal = {r.vNormal.v[0], r.vNormal.v[1], r.vNormal.v[2]};
+            }
+        }
+        return h;
+}
+
+// Where the cursor is this frame: on a panel, a scene-graph plane, or a panel's edge, or out in free
+// space.
+Pointer::Spot Pointer::FindCursor(const Frame &frame) {
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    const Vec3 &eye = frame.eye;
+    const bool dragging = leftHeld || tnow < dropHoldUntil;
+    if (!dragging) tiltYaw = tiltPitch = 0;  // drop finished: back to plain pointing
+    const Vec3 dir = Direction(yaw, pitch);
+    Hit first;
+    if (!dragging) first = Nearest(anchor, dir);
+    double best = first.along;
+    std::string bestKey = first.key;
+    bool bestScene = first.scene;
+    Vec3 bestPoint = first.point, bestNormal = first.normal;
+    bool onEdge = false;
+    if (!dragging && best < 1e8 && !bestScene) {
+        edgeKey = bestKey, edgePoint = bestPoint, edgeNormal = Normalize(bestNormal), edgeLast = bestPoint;
+    } else if (!dragging && best >= 1e8 && !edgeKey.empty() && visible[edgeKey]) {
+        // Just off a panel: stay on its plane (see "Panel edges" at the top).
+        const double denom = Dot(dir, edgeNormal);
+        if (std::fabs(denom) > 1e-4) {
+            const double along = Dot(edgePoint - anchor, edgeNormal) / denom;
+            const Vec3 at = anchor + dir * along;
+            if (along > 0.05 && std::sqrt(Dot(at - edgeLast, at - edgeLast)) <= cfg.edgeReach) {
+                best = along;
+                bestKey = edgeKey;
+                onEdge = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // Held on one of ft-screens' panels that stays where it is: onto whichever of them
+    // the ray meets (see the top).
+    if (leftHeld && !pressKey.empty()) {
+        vr::ETrackingUniverseOrigin uo;
+        vr::HmdMatrix34_t now{};
+        auto it = handles.find(pressKey);
+        bool still = it != handles.end() &&
+                     overlay->GetOverlayTransformAbsolute(it->second, &uo, &now) == vr::VROverlayError_None;
+        for (int i = 0; still && i < 3; ++i)
+            for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j)
+                if (std::fabs(now.m[i][j] - pressPose.m[i][j]) > 0.001f) still = false;
+        if (still) {
+            Hit h;
+            for (const auto &[key, handle] : handles) {
+                if (!visible[key] || !FramePanel(key)) continue;
+                vr::VROverlayIntersectionParams_t params{};
+                params.vSource = {float(anchor.x), float(anchor.y), float(anchor.z)};
+                params.vDirection = {float(dir.x), float(dir.y), float(dir.z)};
+                params.eOrigin = vr::TrackingUniverseStanding;
+                vr::VROverlayIntersectionResults_t r{};
+                if (overlay->ComputeOverlayIntersection(handle, &params, &r) && r.fDistance > 0.05f &&
+                    r.fDistance < h.along)
+                    h.along = r.fDistance, h.key = key;
+            }
+            if (h.along < 1e8) dragDistance = h.along, lastHit = h.key;
+        } else {
+            pressKey.clear();  // carried: the lock holds for the rest of this press
+        }
+    }
+    // While dragging: keep the press-time distance and show the non-interactive marker.
+    // On a scene-graph plane or a panel's edge: the laser-catching dot goes 5 cm behind it.
+    double distance = dragging ? dragDistance : (best < 1e8 ? best : cfg.freeDistance);
+    Vec3 point = anchor + dir * distance;
+    bool occluded = false;
+    if (!dragging) {
+        // The cursor lands on what you see under it: the ray above starts at the anchor,
+        // not the eye, so after leaning it can pick a panel that something nearer
+        // covers from where you are now (panels close together in view, at different
+        // depths). Anything in front of the point on the eye's line of sight wins.
+        const double toPoint = std::sqrt(Dot(point - eye, point - eye));
+        const Hit front = Nearest(eye, Normalize(point - eye));
+        if (front.along < toPoint - 0.02) {
+            occluded = true;
+            bestKey = front.key, bestScene = front.scene;
+            point = front.point;
+            if (!front.scene) edgeKey = front.key, edgePoint = front.point, edgeNormal = Normalize(front.normal),
+                              edgeLast = front.point;
+            distance = std::sqrt(Dot(point - anchor, point - anchor));
+            best = distance;
+            onEdge = false;
+        }
+        lastDistance = distance, lastHit = bestKey;
+    }
+    const bool onScene = !dragging && ((bestScene && best < 1e8) || onEdge);
+    const bool onPanel = dragging || (best < 1e8 && !onScene);
+    Spot s;
+    s.dragging = dragging, s.dir = dir, s.point = point, s.best = best, s.distance = distance;
+    s.onEdge = onEdge, s.occluded = occluded, s.onScene = onScene, s.onPanel = onPanel;
+    return s;
+}
+
+// Our dot where the cursor is (see "Looks" and "SteamVR Settings" at the top).
+void Pointer::DrawDot(const Frame &frame, const Spot &spot) {
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    const Vec3 &eye = frame.eye;
+    const bool dragging = spot.dragging, onScene = spot.onScene, onPanel = spot.onPanel;
+    const Vec3 dir = spot.dir, point = spot.point;
+    const Vec3 sight = Normalize(point - eye);
+    if (!dragging) {
+        // SteamVR Settings (see the top): the dashboard's main panel is hidden and its
+        // scene-graph panel shows the page.
+        onVrSettings = false;
+        const auto mainIt = visible.find("valve.steam.gamepadui.main");
+        if (overlay->IsDashboardVisible() && !(mainIt != visible.end() && mainIt->second)) {
+            for (const auto &[key, handle] : handles) {
+                if (!visible[key] || key.rfind("valve.steam.gamepadui.frame.menu.", 0) != 0) continue;
+                vr::ETrackingUniverseOrigin uo;
+                vr::HmdMatrix34_t t{};
+                if (overlay->GetOverlayTransformAbsolute(handle, &uo, &t) == vr::VROverlayError_None &&
+                    OnSettingsPage(t, eye, sight))
+                    onVrSettings = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (onVrSettings != catcherHidesHit) {
+        overlay->SetOverlayFlag(cursor, vr::VROverlayFlags_HideLaserIntersection, onVrSettings);
+        catcherHidesHit = onVrSettings;
+    }
+
+    if (onVrSettings) {
+        // The dot close in front of the page, which is nearer than any guess of ours;
+        // the laser-catching dot far behind everything, invisible, so it never covers
+        // the page, with SteamVR's hit dot hidden on it.
+        const Vec3 near = eye + sight * SETTINGS_DOT, far = eye + sight * SETTINGS_CATCHER;
+        double alpha = 1;
+        if (gazeOn && !cfg.gazeDotAlways) {
+            auto secs = [&](Clock::time_point t) { return std::chrono::duration<double>(tnow - t).count(); };
+            alpha = std::clamp(1 - std::min(secs(lastMove) - cfg.gazeShow, secs(lastHeld)) / 0.25, 0.0, 1.0);
+        }
+        if (tnow < calPanelUntil) alpha = 0;
+        overlay->SetOverlayAlpha(marker, float(alpha));
+        overlay->SetOverlayWidthInMeters(marker, float(2 * SETTINGS_DOT * std::tan(cfg.cursorDeg * M_PI / 360)));
+        auto mm = Billboard(near, eye);
+        overlay->SetOverlayTransformAbsolute(marker, vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, &mm);
+        overlay->SetOverlayAlpha(cursor, 0);
+        overlay->SetOverlayWidthInMeters(cursor, float(2 * SETTINGS_CATCHER * std::tan(cfg.cursorDeg * M_PI / 360)));
+        auto mc = Billboard(far, eye);
+        overlay->SetOverlayTransformAbsolute(cursor, vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, &mc);
+        overlay->ShowOverlay(marker);
+        overlay->ShowOverlay(cursor);
+    } else {
+        // On a panel: the non-interactive marker, pulled 5 mm toward the eye so it
+        // draws on top. In free space: the interactive dot the laser lands on.
+        const vr::VROverlayHandle_t show = onPanel ? marker : cursor, hide = onPanel ? cursor : marker;
+        const Vec3 at = onPanel ? point + Normalize(eye - point) * 0.005 : onScene ? point + dir * 0.05 : point;
+        const double dist = std::sqrt(Dot(at - eye, at - eye));
+        // Gaze mode: a pulse for each click, and with POINTER_GAZE_DOT=moving, shown only
+        // while something moves it or a press holds it (see the top); transparent
+        // otherwise, the laser still lands on it.
+        double scale = 1, alpha = 1;
+        if (gazeOn) {
+            auto secs = [&](Clock::time_point t) { return std::chrono::duration<double>(tnow - t).count(); };
+            alpha = cfg.gazeDotAlways ? 1.0 : std::clamp(1 - std::min(secs(lastMove) - cfg.gazeShow, secs(lastHeld)) / 0.25, 0.0, 1.0);
+            const double pulse = secs(pulseAt);
+            if (pulse < 0.6) {
+                scale = 1 + 1.5 * std::max(0.0, 1 - pulse / 0.3);
+                alpha = std::max(alpha, std::clamp((0.6 - pulse) / 0.3, 0.0, 1.0));
+            }
+        }
+        if (tnow < calPanelUntil) alpha = 0;  // the calibration panel is up (see the top)
+        overlay->SetOverlayAlpha(show, float(alpha));
+        overlay->SetOverlayWidthInMeters(show, float(2 * dist * std::tan(scale * cfg.cursorDeg * M_PI / 360)));
+        auto m = Billboard(at, eye);
+        overlay->SetOverlayTransformAbsolute(show, vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, &m);
+        overlay->ShowOverlay(show);
+        overlay->HideOverlay(hide);
+    }
+}
+
+void Pointer::SendRay(const Frame &frame, const Spot &spot) {
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd = frame.Hmd();
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    const Vec3 &eye = frame.eye;
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmdRaw = frame.hmdRaw;
+    const bool dragging = spot.dragging, occluded = spot.occluded, onEdge = spot.onEdge, onScene = spot.onScene;
+    const double best = spot.best, distance = spot.distance;
+    const Vec3 point = spot.point;
+    // Controller ray: from the eye, aimed at the cursor point, converted from the
+    // standing universe to raw tracking space via the HMD's pose in both.
+    const Vec3 aimStanding = Normalize(point - eye);
+    const auto &S = hmd.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking, &R = hmdRaw.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking;
+    const Vec3 aim = Rotate(R, RotateInverse(S, aimStanding));  // raw <- head <- standing
+    // Origin partway along the line of sight to the cursor (smaller hit dot).
+    const double toPoint = std::sqrt(Dot(point - eye, point - eye));
+    double originDist = std::max(0.0, std::min(toPoint * cfg.originFraction, toPoint - cfg.originMargin));
+    if (onVrSettings) originDist = std::min(originDist, SETTINGS_ORIGIN);  // SteamVR finds the page
+    const Vec3 originStanding = eye + Normalize(point - eye) * originDist;
+    const Vec3 eyeRaw = Position(R) + Rotate(R, RotateInverse(S, originStanding - eye));
+    lastPoint = point, lastOrigin = originStanding, lastAim = aimStanding;  // tilt starts from here
+    havePoint = true;
+    if (debug && tnow - lastDebug > std::chrono::milliseconds(500)) {
+        lastDebug = tnow;
+        if (systemPointer == vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid) overlay->FindOverlay("system.pointer", &systemPointer);
+        std::printf("dbg %s hit=%s dist=%.2f eye->point=%.2f origin=%.2f vrsettings=%d yaw=%.1f pitch=%.1f gaze=%s steamvr_dot=%d primary=%u\n",
+                    dragging ? "DRAG" : occluded ? "INFRONT" : onEdge ? "EDGE" : onScene ? "SCENE" : (best < 1e8 ? "PANEL" : "FREE"), lastHit.empty() ? "-" : lastHit.c_str(),
+                    distance, toPoint, originDist, onVrSettings, yaw, pitch,
+                    !gazeOn ? "off" : tnow - gz.at > std::chrono::milliseconds(150) ? "stale" : gazeOwns ? "owns" : "mouse",
+                    systemPointer != vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid && overlay->IsOverlayVisible(systemPointer),
+                    overlay->GetPrimaryDashboardDevice());
+        std::fflush(stdout);
+    }
+    const double ayaw = std::atan2(-aim.x, -aim.z) * 180 / M_PI;
+    const double apitch = std::asin(std::clamp(aim.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI;
+    if (dragging && (tiltYaw != 0 || tiltPitch != 0)) {
+        // Keep this drag's tilt applied, about the current cursor point.
+        const double yr = tiltYaw * M_PI / 180, pr = tiltPitch * M_PI / 180;
+        const Basis base = AimBasis(aimStanding);
+        const Vec3 up{0, 1, 0}, side = base.x;
+        auto turn = [&](Vec3 v) { return RotateAbout(RotateAbout(v, side, pr), up, yr); };
+        const Vec3 o = point + turn(originStanding - point);
+        const Basis b{turn(base.x), turn(base.y), turn(base.z)};
+        auto toRaw = [&](Vec3 v) { return Rotate(R, RotateInverse(S, v)); };
+        const Vec3 oRaw = Position(R) + toRaw(o - eye);
+        double q[4];
+        BasisQuat({toRaw(b.x), toRaw(b.y), toRaw(b.z)}, q);
+        char msg[200];
+        std::snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "posq %.5f %.5f %.5f %.6f %.6f %.6f %.6f", oRaw.x, oRaw.y, oRaw.z, q[0],
+                      q[1], q[2], q[3]);
+        SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", msg);
+    } else {
+        char msg[160];
+        std::snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "pose %.5f %.5f %.5f %.4f %.4f", eyeRaw.x, eyeRaw.y, eyeRaw.z, ayaw, apitch);
+        SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", msg);
+    }
+}

pointer/helper/pointer_gaze.cpp

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+// ft-pointer: gaze mode and its held-back press (see "Gaze mode" at the top).
+// "The top" in comments here is the header comment of ft-pointer.cpp.
+#include "pointer.h"
+
+// Outside games, gaze mode keeps the pointer (see the top); the relay needs to know.
+void Pointer::GazeAwake() {
+    const auto t = Clock::now();
+    if (t - inGameAt > std::chrono::milliseconds(500)) {
+        inGameAt = t;
+        inGame = vr::VRApplications()->GetCurrentSceneProcessId() != 0;
+    }
+    // Hand gestures in the last two minutes keep it the same way.
+    const bool handsRecent = cfg.handsOn && handUsed != Clock::time_point{} && t - handUsed < std::chrono::minutes(2);
+    const bool awake = (gazeOn || handsRecent) && !inGame && !headsetOff;
+    if (awake != gazeAwake || t - gazeAwakeAt > std::chrono::seconds(5)) {
+        if (awake != gazeAwake)
+            std::printf("%s keeps the pointer: %s\n", gazeOn ? "gaze" : "hand use",
+                        awake ? "yes" : "no (off, in a game, or headset off)");
+        if (awake != gazeAwake) std::fflush(stdout);
+        gazeAwake = awake;
+        gazeAwakeAt = t;
+        SendTo(out, "frametop_relay", awake ? "gazeawake 1" : "gazeawake 0");
+    }
+}
+
+// Gaze mode (see the top): the gaze has the pointer, or takes it back when you look
+// well away from it. Not while a press holds the pointer, and only on fresh gaze.
+void Pointer::GazeMode(const Frame &frame) {
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd = frame.Hmd();
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    const Vec3 &eye = frame.eye;
+    if (hmd.bPoseIsValid) lastHead = hmd.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking, haveHead = true;
+    if (gazeOn && active && hmd.bPoseIsValid && !tilting && !leftHeld && !aimHeld && !clickPress && !clickRelease &&
+        tnow >= dropHoldUntil &&
+        tnow - gz.at < std::chrono::milliseconds(150)) {
+        const Vec3 g = Rotate(hmd.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking, Direction(gz.hy, gz.hp));
+        if (!gazeOwns && havePoint) {
+            const double off = std::acos(std::clamp(Dot(g, Normalize(lastPoint - eye)), -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI;
+            if (off > cfg.gazeRetake && tnow - lastMouse > std::chrono::milliseconds(300)) {
+                if (retakeSince == Clock::time_point{}) retakeSince = tnow;
+                if (tnow - retakeSince >= std::chrono::milliseconds(120)) gazeOwns = true, nudging = false;
+            } else {
+                retakeSince = {};
+            }
+        }
+        if (gazeOwns) {
+            retakeSince = {};
+            anchor = eye;
+            anchored = true;
+            yaw = std::atan2(-g.x, -g.z) * 180 / M_PI;
+            pitch = std::clamp(std::asin(std::clamp(g.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI, -85.0, 85.0);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void Pointer::CalPanelOpened() {
+    if (calOpened) {  // the calibration panel came up: a press in progress ends, no click
+        calOpened = false;
+        if (hold.src != Src::None) EndHold(true);
+        if (leftHeld) ReleaseLeft();
+        aimHeld = aimHand = clickPress = false;
+    }
+}
+
+// A held-back press (see the top): held still long enough, it's a real press (a drag);
+// released, it's a click where the pointer is now (this frame's pose has gone out).
+void Pointer::HeldBackPress(const Frame &frame) {
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    if (!active) aimHeld = aimRight = clickPress = aimHand = confirmLesson = false;  // released meanwhile: nothing to click
+    if (aimHeld && !aimHand && nudgeMoved < 0.2 && tnow - aimSince >= std::chrono::duration<double>(cfg.gazeHold)) {
+        aimHeld = false;
+        gazeBack = true;
+        pressRight = aimRight;  // the right button's: a real right press (see the top)
+        aimRight = false;
+        PressLeft();
+    }
+}
+
+// The click a held-back press ends in: the press now, the release 40 ms later.
+void Pointer::Click(const Frame &frame) {
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    if (clickPress) {
+        clickPress = false;
+        PressLeft();
+        clickRelease = true;
+        clickReleaseAt = tnow + std::chrono::milliseconds(40);
+    } else if (clickRelease && tnow >= clickReleaseAt) {
+        clickRelease = false;
+        ReleaseLeft();
+    }
+}

pointer/helper/pointer_holds.cpp

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+// ft-pointer: holds, hands, and the gaze precision buttons (see "Gaze precision" and "Hands" at
+// the top).
+// "The top" in comments here is the header comment of ft-pointer.cpp.
+#include "pointer.h"
+
+// Hands (see the top): pinches and grips from ft-hands.
+void Pointer::Hands(const Frame &frame) {
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    vr::TrackedDevicePose_t h0;
+    sys->GetDeviceToAbsoluteTrackingPose(vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, 0, &h0, 1);
+    if (h0.bPoseIsValid) poses.Add(tnow, h0.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking);
+}
+
+// Where a gesture's point is, seen from the hold's origin: yaw and pitch, degrees.
+bool Pointer::HandAngles(const float p[3], uint64_t t_ns, const Vec3 &from, double &hy, double &hp) {
+    vr::HmdMatrix34_t head;
+    if (!poses.At(t_ns, head)) return false;
+    const Vec3 d = Normalize(Position(head) + Rotate(head, Vec3{p[0], p[1], p[2]}) - from);
+    hy = std::atan2(-d.x, -d.z) * 180 / M_PI;
+    hp = std::asin(std::clamp(d.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI;
+    return true;
+}
+
+void Pointer::EndHold(bool lost) {
+    if (hold.pressed) {
+        if (leftHeld) ReleaseLeft();
+    } else if (aimHeld) {
+        aimHeld = aimHand = false;
+        if (lost) {
+            if (gazeOn) gazeOwns = true, nudging = false;  // no click: the pointer goes back to the gaze
+        } else {
+            clickPress = true;  // the click is on the release, where the pointer is now
+            pressRight = hold.right;
+            gazeBack = nudgeMoved < 0.2;
+        }
+    }
+    if (debug)
+        std::printf("hold %s %s%s\n", hold.src == Src::Hand ? (hold.grip ? "grip" : "pinch")
+                                      : hold.src == Src::Head ? (hold.right ? "key right" : "key left")
+                                      : hold.grip ? "gaze drag" : "gaze precision",
+                    lost ? "lost" : "released", hold.pressed ? "" : lost ? " (no click)" : " (click)");
+    if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+    hold = {};
+}
+
+// The press, once a hold's source is set: a real press (dragging until the release), or
+// held back like gaze mode's mouse press (see the top): the click comes on the release.
+void Pointer::StartHold(bool press, Clock::time_point tnow) {
+    hold.startYaw = hold.lastYaw = yaw, hold.startPitch = hold.lastPitch = pitch;
+    hold.pressed = press;
+    if (press) {
+        gazeBack = gazeOn && gazeOwns;
+        PressLeft();
+    } else {
+        gazeOwns = false;
+        nudging = gazeOn && haveHead && tnow - gz.at < std::chrono::milliseconds(200);
+        nudgeRawHy = gz.rhy, nudgeRawHp = gz.rhp, nudgeHead = lastHead;
+        nudgeAt = aimSince = tnow, nudgeMoved = 0;
+        aimHeld = aimHand = true;
+        pulseAt = tnow;
+    }
+}
+
+// The hold's source moved to (hy, hp): past the dead zone, the pointer follows at the gain,
+// from where it was when it got past.
+void Pointer::Steer(double hy, double hp, double deadzone, double gain, Clock::time_point tnow) {
+    const double dy = std::remainder(hy - hold.refYaw, 360.0), dp = hp - hold.refPitch;
+    if (!hold.engaged) {
+        if (std::hypot(dy, dp) <= deadzone) return;
+        hold.engaged = true;
+        hold.refYaw = hy, hold.refPitch = hp;
+        hold.startYaw = hold.lastYaw = yaw, hold.startPitch = hold.lastPitch = pitch;
+        return;
+    }
+    yaw = std::remainder(hold.startYaw + gain * dy, 360.0);
+    pitch = std::clamp(hold.startPitch + gain * dp, -85.0, 85.0);
+    // How far the nudge went: for a keyboard click, from where the dot was at the press
+    // (a head wobbles on the way); otherwise the path, as with the mouse.
+    if (!hold.pressed && hold.src == Src::Head)
+        nudgeMoved = std::hypot(std::remainder(yaw - hold.pressYaw, 360.0), pitch - hold.pressPitch);
+    else if (!hold.pressed)
+        nudgeMoved += std::hypot(std::remainder(yaw - hold.lastYaw, 360.0), pitch - hold.lastPitch);
+    hold.lastYaw = yaw, hold.lastPitch = pitch;
+    lastMove = tnow;  // the dot shows while it moves (gaze mode)
+}
+
+void Pointer::BeginHold(int side, bool grip, const fh_pinch_t &g, Clock::time_point tnow) {
+    handUsed = tnow;
+    if (hold.src != Src::None) {
+        // A grip takes over a pinch on the way to it (closing the hand passes through
+        // one); otherwise one hold at a time.
+        if (hold.src != Src::Hand || !grip || hold.grip) return;
+        aimHeld = aimHand = false;
+        hold = {};
+    }
+    if (leftHeld || aimHeld || clickPress || clickRelease) return;  // the mouse's button is busy
+    if (!active) {
+        Wake(tnow);  // the first gesture only wakes the pointer, like the first mouse move
+        return;
+    }
+    vr::HmdMatrix34_t head;
+    if (!poses.At(g.begin_ns, head)) return;
+    // No pinch just after a key (typing touches thumb to index), and a grip only with
+    // the hand held up (hands on a desk curl like a loose fist; looking down at them
+    // puts them straight ahead in the head's frame, where ft-hands can't tell).
+    const Vec3 at = Position(head) + Rotate(head, Vec3{g.begin_point[0], g.begin_point[1], g.begin_point[2]});
+    if (!grip && tnow - lastTyping < std::chrono::duration<double>(cfg.typingHold)) {
+        if (debug) std::printf("hand pinch ignored: typing\n");
+        return;
+    }
+    if (grip && Position(head).y - at.y > cfg.handBelow) {
+        if (debug) std::printf("hand grip ignored: %.2f m below the eyes\n", Position(head).y - at.y);
+        return;
+    }
+    Hold h;
+    h.src = Src::Hand, h.side = side, h.grip = grip, h.origin = Position(head);
+    if (!HandAngles(g.begin_point, g.begin_ns, h.origin, h.refYaw, h.refPitch)) return;
+    hold = h;
+    // A grip, or a pinch without gaze mode: a real press where the pointer is (where
+    // you look, in gaze mode), dragging with the hand until it opens.
+    StartHold(grip || !gazeOn, tnow);
+    if (debug) std::printf("hand %s %s began\n", side ? "right" : "left", grip ? "grip" : "pinch");
+    if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+// Gaze precision and gaze drag buttons (see the top): the mouse steers.
+void Pointer::GazePrecisionButtons(const Frame &frame) {
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    for (const DevicePress &p : devicePresses) {
+        if (p.source == "left" || p.source == "right") continue;  // no controllers in gaze mode
+        if (!p.down) {
+            if (hold.src == Src::Mouse) EndHold(false);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (hold.src != Src::None || leftHeld || aimHeld || clickPress || clickRelease) continue;
+        Hold h;
+        h.src = Src::Mouse, h.grip = p.drag;
+        hold = h;
+        StartHold(p.drag, tnow);
+        if (debug) std::printf("hold gaze %s began (%s)\n", p.drag ? "drag" : "precision", p.source.c_str());
+        if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+    }
+    devicePresses.clear();
+}
+
+// Pinches and grips from ft-hands (see "Hands" at the top), read every frame.
+void Pointer::PinchesAndGrips(Frame &frame) {
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    fh_gestures_t hg;
+    const bool handOk = cfg.handsOn && handFile.Read(hg);
+    frame.handOk = handOk;
+    if (handOk && (hg.seq != handSeq || handFile.opens != handOpens)) {
+        handSeq = hg.seq;
+        handPublished = hg.publish_ns;
+        const fh_pinch_t *slots[2] = {hg.pinch, hg.grip};
+        // A new file, or a tracker whose counters went back: start counting from here.
+        bool rebase = !handBaseline || handFile.opens != handOpens;
+        for (int k = 0; k < 2; ++k)
+            for (int s = 0; s < 2; ++s)
+                rebase = rebase || slots[k][s].begins < seenBegins[k][s] || slots[k][s].ends < seenEnds[k][s];
+        if (rebase) {
+            if (hold.src == Src::Hand) EndHold(true);
+            for (int k = 0; k < 2; ++k)
+                for (int s = 0; s < 2; ++s) seenBegins[k][s] = slots[k][s].begins, seenEnds[k][s] = slots[k][s].ends;
+            handBaseline = true, handOpens = handFile.opens;
+        }
+        // Not over a VR game (unless the dashboard is up), and not with the headset off.
+        const bool allowed = !headsetOff && (!inGame || overlay->IsDashboardVisible());
+        for (int k = 1; k >= 0; --k)  // grips first: one takes over a pinch
+            for (int s = 0; s < 2; ++s) {
+                const fh_pinch_t &g = slots[k][s];
+                const bool began = g.begins != seenBegins[k][s], ended = g.ends != seenEnds[k][s];
+                const bool lost = g.flags & FH_PINCH_LOST;
+                seenBegins[k][s] = g.begins, seenEnds[k][s] = g.ends;
+                auto holding = [&] { return hold.src == Src::Hand && hold.side == s && hold.grip == (k == 1); };
+                if (holding() && ended) EndHold(lost);  // the one held ended (another may have begun)
+                if (began && allowed) {
+                    BeginHold(s, k == 1, g, tnow);
+                    // begun and ended since the last read (a quick tap): its release too
+                    if (!(g.flags & FH_PINCH_DOWN) && holding()) EndHold(lost);
+                }
+            }
+        // The held gesture's hand moves the pointer: past the dead zone (a tap's jitter,
+        // the pinch point shifting as the fingers close), then at the gain, from there.
+        if (hold.src == Src::Hand) {
+            const fh_pinch_t &g = hold.grip ? hg.grip[hold.side] : hg.pinch[hold.side];
+            double hy, hp;
+            if ((g.flags & FH_PINCH_TRACKED) && HandAngles(g.point, hg.capture_ns, hold.origin, hy, hp))
+                Steer(hy, hp, hold.grip ? 0.5 : cfg.pinchDeadzone, hold.grip ? cfg.gripGain : cfg.pinchGain, tnow);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// ft-hands stopped (or hung) with a gesture held: it's over, as lost.
+void Pointer::HandsStopped(const Frame &frame) {
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    const bool handOk = frame.handOk;
+    const uint64_t nowNs =
+        uint64_t(std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(tnow.time_since_epoch()).count());
+    if (hold.src == Src::Hand && (!handOk || !active || nowNs - handPublished > 1'500'000'000ull)) EndHold(true);
+    if (hold.src != Src::None && hold.src != Src::Hand && !active) EndHold(true);
+}

pointer/helper/pointer_input.cpp

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+// ft-pointer: waking the pointer, its buttons, and the commands from the relay.
+// "The top" in comments here is the header comment of ft-pointer.cpp.
+#include "pointer.h"
+
+void Pointer::Wake(Clock::time_point t) {
+    if (t < noWakeUntil || headsetOff) return;
+    wokeAt = t;
+    active = true;
+    recenter = true;
+    SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "role " + cfg.role);  // POINTER_ROLE, before it takes it
+    SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "show");
+    claimPending = true;  // take the laser without clicking, once SteamVR has bound the device
+    claimAt = t + std::chrono::milliseconds(300);
+}
+
+void Pointer::PressLeft() {
+    // ft-screens sends the keyboard to the panel clicked last; it sees clicks on
+    // its own screens, but only we know when one lands on another panel.
+    SendTo(out, "ft_screens", "click " + (lastHit.empty() ? std::string("-") : lastHit));
+    // A click after nudging the gaze-placed pointer: the nudge is a lesson, or past
+    // POINTER_GAZE_NUDGE_MAX, a quick check (see the top).
+    if (gazeOn && nudging && !gazeOwns && havePoint && Clock::now() - nudgeAt < std::chrono::seconds(10) &&
+        (confirmLesson || nudgeMoved >= 0.2)) {
+        const Vec3 d = RotateInverse(nudgeHead, Normalize(lastPoint - Position(nudgeHead)));
+        const double ty = std::atan2(-d.x, -d.z) * 180 / M_PI, tp = std::asin(std::clamp(d.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI;
+        const double off = std::hypot(std::remainder(ty - nudgeRawHy, 360.0), tp - nudgeRawHp);
+        char msg[160];
+        if (off <= cfg.gazeNudgeMax)
+            std::snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "lesson %.3f %.3f %.3f %.3f", nudgeRawHy, nudgeRawHp, ty, tp);
+        else
+            std::snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "recheck %.0f", off);
+        SendTo(out, "ft_gazed", msg);
+        if (debug) std::printf("gaze %s (nudged %.2f deg, off %.2f)\n", msg, nudgeMoved, off);
+        if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+    }
+    nudging = confirmLesson = false;
+    leftHeld = true;
+    dragDistance = lastDistance;
+    pressKey.clear();
+    if (FramePanel(lastHit)) {
+        vr::ETrackingUniverseOrigin uo;
+        auto it = handles.find(lastHit);
+        if (it != handles.end() &&
+            overlay->GetOverlayTransformAbsolute(it->second, &uo, &pressPose) == vr::VROverlayError_None)
+            pressKey = lastHit;
+    }
+    tiltYaw = tiltPitch = 0;  // a new drag starts untilted
+    dropHoldUntil = {};
+    pulseAt = Clock::now();
+    heldButton = pressRight ? "b" : "trigger";
+    pressRight = false;
+    SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "btn " + heldButton + " 1");
+}
+
+void Pointer::ReleaseLeft() {
+    leftHeld = false;
+    tilting = false;
+    // Hold the drag pose (tilt, frozen distance) while SteamVR finishes the drop.
+    dropHoldUntil = Clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds(500);
+    SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "btn " + heldButton + " 0");
+    // ft-screens releases a button held on its screens in KWin even when SteamVR hands
+    // the release to some other overlay (its catcher usually gets it; this is the backstop).
+    SendTo(out, "ft_screens", "up");
+    if (gazeBack) gazeOwns = true, gazeBack = false;
+}
+
+// The left button, from the relay's "btn trigger", with gaze mode's held-back press (see
+// the top).
+bool Pointer::CanAim() {
+    return gazeOn && cfg.gazeMousePrecision && gazeOwns && !aimHeld && !clickPress && !clickRelease &&
+           hold.src == Src::None;
+}
+
+// Hold the press back: the pointer stops where the gaze put it.
+void Pointer::AimStart(bool right) {
+    gazeOwns = false;
+    nudging = haveHead && Clock::now() - gz.at < std::chrono::milliseconds(200);
+    nudgeRawHy = gz.rhy, nudgeRawHp = gz.rhp, nudgeHead = lastHead;
+    nudgeAt = aimSince = Clock::now(), nudgeMoved = 0;
+    aimHeld = true, aimRight = right;
+}
+
+// A drag the right button began (chordDrag): it lasts while either button is held.
+void Pointer::ChordDrop() {
+    chordDrag = false;
+    if (leftHeld) ReleaseLeft();
+    if (debug) std::printf("mouse drag dropped\n");
+    if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+void Pointer::LeftButton(bool down) {
+    leftDown = down;
+    if (down) {
+        if (aimHeld && aimRight && !aimHand) {
+            ignoreLeftUp = true;  // the right's press is held back: the left does nothing
+            return;
+        }
+        if (CanAim()) {
+            AimStart(false);
+            return;
+        }
+        PressLeft();
+        return;
+    }
+    if (ignoreLeftUp) {
+        ignoreLeftUp = false;
+        return;
+    }
+    if (chordDrag) {
+        if (!rightDown) ChordDrop();  // otherwise the right holds it (tilting, maybe)
+        return;
+    }
+    if (aimHeld && !aimHand && !aimRight) {
+        aimHeld = false;
+        clickPress = true;  // after this frame's pose, so it lands where the pointer was moved to
+        gazeBack = nudgeMoved < 0.2;
+        return;
+    }
+    if (leftHeld) ReleaseLeft();
+}
+
+// The right button (see the top); false: not taken here (a tilt, or passed on as it is).
+bool Pointer::RightButton(bool down) {
+    rightDown = down;
+    if (down) {
+        if (aimHeld && !aimHand && !aimRight) {
+            // During the left's held-back press: press the left where the pointer is now (the
+            // correction is a lesson), and the mouse drags.
+            aimHeld = false;
+            chordDrag = gazeBack = true;
+            PressLeft();
+            if (debug) std::printf("mouse drag began (right during left)\n");
+            if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (CanAim() && !leftHeld) {
+            AimStart(true);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (chordDrag) {
+        if (leftDown) return !swallowedRight;  // the left holds it; a tilt's release ends the tilt
+        tilting = swallowedRight = false;
+        ChordDrop();
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (aimHeld && !aimHand && aimRight) {
+        aimHeld = aimRight = false;
+        pressRight = clickPress = true;  // the right click, where the pointer was moved to
+        gazeBack = nudgeMoved < 0.2;
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (leftHeld && heldButton == "b") {  // its press, held still into a real one
+        ReleaseLeft();
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+// POINTER_GAZE_MOUSE_MOVE=held (see the top): the gaze is fresh and nothing is pressed, so a
+// mouse move doesn't move the pointer.
+bool Pointer::MouseMoveHeld() {
+    return gazeOn && cfg.gazeMouseHeld && !inGame && !headsetOff && Clock::now() - gz.at < std::chrono::seconds(1) &&
+           !aimHeld && !leftHeld && !tilting && hold.src == Src::None && !clickPress && !clickRelease;
+}
+
+// Commands from the relay.
+void Pointer::RelayCommands() {
+    char buf[256];
+    ssize_t n;
+    sockaddr_un from{};
+    socklen_t fromLen = sizeof from;
+    while ((n = recvfrom(in, buf, sizeof buf - 1, 0, reinterpret_cast<sockaddr *>(&from), &fromLen)) > 0) {
+        buf[n] = 0;
+        // Reply to the sender (the layout tool binds an abstract address to get answers).
+        const sockaddr_un sender = from;
+        const socklen_t senderLen = fromLen;
+        fromLen = sizeof from;
+        Command(buf, sender, senderLen);
+    }
+}
+
+// One command from the relay (or another sender: reply answers it).
+void Pointer::Command(const char *buf, const sockaddr_un &sender, socklen_t senderLen) {
+    auto reply = [&](const std::string &msg) {
+        if (senderLen > offsetof(sockaddr_un, sun_path))
+            sendto(out, msg.data(), msg.size(), 0, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr *>(&sender), senderLen);
+    };
+    // The gaze, from ft-gazed: not mouse input, it never wakes the pointer.
+    double g[4];
+    if (std::sscanf(buf, "gz %lf %lf %lf %lf", &g[0], &g[1], &g[2], &g[3]) == 4) {
+        gz = {g[0], g[1], g[2], g[3], Clock::now()};
+        return;
+    }
+    // The gaze calibration panel (see the top): presses answer it instead of clicking.
+    {
+        int on;
+        if (std::sscanf(buf, "calpanel %d", &on) == 1) {
+            const bool was = Clock::now() < calPanelUntil;
+            calPanelUntil = on ? Clock::now() + std::chrono::seconds(3) : Clock::time_point{};
+            if (on && !was) calOpened = true;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    if (Clock::now() < calPanelUntil) {
+        const bool accept = !std::strncmp(buf, "btn trigger 1", 13) || !std::strncmp(buf, "gazekey left 1", 14);
+        const bool quit = !std::strncmp(buf, "btn b 1", 7) || !std::strncmp(buf, "gazekey right 1", 15);
+        if (accept || quit) {
+            SendTo(out, "ft_gazed", accept ? "calaccept" : "calquit");
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!std::strncmp(buf, "btn ", 4) || !std::strncmp(buf, "gazekey ", 8) ||
+            !std::strncmp(buf, "precision ", 10) || !std::strncmp(buf, "gazedrag ", 9))
+            return;  // their releases, and the other buttons: nothing to click now
+    }
+    {
+        char kind[16], source[16];
+        int v;
+        if (std::sscanf(buf, "%15s %15s %d", kind, source, &v) == 3 &&
+            (!std::strcmp(kind, "precision") || !std::strcmp(kind, "gazedrag"))) {
+            lastMouse = Clock::now();
+            if (!active) Wake(Clock::now());
+            devicePresses.push_back({source, !std::strcmp(kind, "gazedrag"), v != 0});
+            return;
+        }
+        if (std::sscanf(buf, "gazekey %15s %d", source, &v) == 2 &&
+            (!std::strcmp(source, "left") || !std::strcmp(source, "right"))) {
+            lastMouse = Clock::now();
+            if (!active) Wake(Clock::now());
+            keyPresses.push_back({!std::strcmp(source, "right"), v != 0});
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    if (std::strcmp(buf, "typing") == 0) {  // not mouse input: it never wakes the pointer
+        lastTyping = Clock::now();
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::strncmp(buf, "vrbind", 6) == 0) {
+        std::printf("controller buttons: %s\n", controllerButtons.Bind(buf + 6).c_str());
+        std::fflush(stdout);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::strncmp(buf, "vrglobal", 8) == 0) {
+        const char *arg = buf + 8;
+        while (*arg == ' ') ++arg;
+        ControllerButtons::SetGlobal(std::strncmp(arg, "off", 3) != 0);
+        reply(controllerButtons.Status());
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::strncmp(buf, "vrstatus", 8) == 0) {
+        reply(controllerButtons.Status());
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::strncmp(buf, "overlays", 8) == 0) {
+        overlays.Request(sender, senderLen);  // answered from the list's thread
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::strncmp(buf, "gaze", 4) == 0) {
+        const char *arg = buf + 4;
+        while (*arg == ' ') ++arg;
+        if (*arg != '?') {  // "gaze ?" only asks
+            gazeOn = std::strncmp(arg, "on", 2) == 0    ? true
+                     : std::strncmp(arg, "off", 3) == 0 ? false
+                                                        : !gazeOn;
+            gazeOwns = true, nudging = false;
+            std::printf("gaze mode %s\n", gazeOn ? "on" : "off");
+            std::fflush(stdout);
+        }
+        reply(gazeOn ? "ok on" : "ok off");
+        return;
+    }
+    const bool mouseInput = std::strncmp(buf, "move", 4) == 0 || std::strncmp(buf, "btn", 3) == 0 ||
+                            std::strncmp(buf, "scroll", 6) == 0;
+    // A move held back (POINTER_GAZE_MOUSE_MOVE=held) only wakes the pointer: it isn't using
+    // the mouse, so a drifting mouse doesn't keep the gaze from taking the pointer back.
+    const bool moveHeldBack = std::strncmp(buf, "move", 4) == 0 && MouseMoveHeld();
+    if (mouseInput && !moveHeldBack) lastMouse = Clock::now();
+    // Any mouse input wakes the pointer (after a controller took over, or a helper restart).
+    if (!active && mouseInput) Wake(Clock::now());
+    if (moveHeldBack) return;
+    double a, b;
+    char key[128];
+    double px, py, pz, pyaw, ppitch, proll = 0, pgrab = -1;
+    if (std::sscanf(buf, "grabprobe %127s", key) == 1) {
+        GrabProbe(key);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::sscanf(buf, "place %127s %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf", key, &px, &py, &pz, &pyaw, &ppitch, &proll,
+                    &pgrab) >= 6) {
+        reply(Place(key, {px, py, pz}, PanelBasis(pyaw, ppitch, proll), pgrab >= 0 ? pgrab : cfg.grabOffset));
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::sscanf(buf, "measure %127s", key) == 1) {
+        Panel p;
+        Vec3 eye;
+        const std::string err = FindPanel(key, p, eye);
+        char msg[400] = "";
+        if (err.empty())
+            std::snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "ok %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f %.4f",
+                          p.center.x, p.center.y, p.center.z, p.width, p.height, p.basis.x.x, p.basis.x.y,
+                          p.basis.x.z, p.basis.y.x, p.basis.y.y, p.basis.y.z, p.basis.z.x, p.basis.z.y,
+                          p.basis.z.z);
+        reply(err.empty() ? msg : "error " + err);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::strncmp(buf, "head", 4) == 0) {
+        vr::TrackedDevicePose_t h;
+        sys->GetDeviceToAbsoluteTrackingPose(vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, 0, &h, 1);
+        const Vec3 e = Position(h.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking);
+        const Vec3 f = Rotate(h.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking, {0, 0, -1});
+        char msg[200];
+        std::snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "ok %.4f %.4f %.4f %.2f %.2f", e.x, e.y, e.z,
+                      std::atan2(-f.x, -f.z) * 180 / M_PI, std::asin(std::clamp(f.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI);
+        reply(h.bPoseIsValid ? msg : "error no head pose (headset off?)");
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::strncmp(buf, "debug", 5) == 0) {
+        debug = !debug;
+        std::printf("debug %s\n", debug ? "on" : "off");
+        std::fflush(stdout);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::strncmp(buf, "btn trigger 1", 13) == 0) {
+        LeftButton(true);
+        return;
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "btn trigger 0", 13) == 0) {
+        LeftButton(false);
+        return;
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "btn b 1", 7) == 0 && RightButton(true)) {
+        return;
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "btn b 0", 7) == 0 && RightButton(false)) {
+        return;
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "btn b 1", 7) == 0 && leftHeld) {
+        tilting = tiltStart = swallowedRight = true;  // right press while dragging: tilt, no right-click
+        return;
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "btn b 0", 7) == 0 && swallowedRight) {
+        tilting = swallowedRight = false;
+        return;
+    }
+    if (tilting && std::sscanf(buf, "move %lf %lf", &a, &b) == 2) {
+        tiltYaw += a;
+        tiltPitch = std::clamp(tiltPitch + b, -80.0, 80.0);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (std::sscanf(buf, "move %lf %lf", &a, &b) == 2) {
+        lastMove = Clock::now();  // the dot shows while the mouse moves it (gaze mode)
+        if (gazeOn && gazeOwns) {
+            // The mouse takes the pointer from the gaze, from where the gaze left it.
+            gazeOwns = false;
+            nudging = haveHead && Clock::now() - gz.at < std::chrono::milliseconds(200);
+            nudgeRawHy = gz.rhy, nudgeRawHp = gz.rhp, nudgeHead = lastHead;
+            nudgeAt = Clock::now(), nudgeMoved = 0;
+        }
+        if (nudging || aimHeld) nudgeMoved += std::hypot(a, b);
+        if (!anchored) recenter = true;
+        yaw += a;
+        while (yaw > 180) yaw -= 360;
+        while (yaw < -180) yaw += 360;
+        pitch = std::clamp(pitch + b, -85.0, 85.0);
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "recenter", 8) == 0) {
+        recenter = true;
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "reload", 6) == 0) {
+        cfg.Load(ReadConfig());
+        ApplyConfig();
+        lastSlow = Clock::now() - std::chrono::seconds(10);  // apply POINTER_IGNORE now
+        std::printf("reloaded: free distance %.2f m, dot %.2f deg, origin %.2f, head follow %s, leash %.0f deg, "
+                    "controller pickup %.1fx, %zu ignored\n",
+                    cfg.freeDistance, cfg.cursorDeg, cfg.originFraction, follow ? "on" : "off", cfg.leashDeg, cfg.pickupScale,
+                    cfg.ignore.size());
+        std::fflush(stdout);
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "follow", 6) == 0) {
+        const char *arg = buf + 6;
+        while (*arg == ' ') ++arg;
+        const bool was = follow;
+        follow = std::strncmp(arg, "on", 2) == 0 ? true : std::strncmp(arg, "off", 3) == 0 ? false : !follow;
+        if (follow && !was) followReset = true;
+        std::printf("head follow %s (leash %.0f deg)\n", follow ? "on" : "off", cfg.leashDeg);
+        std::fflush(stdout);
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "show", 4) == 0) {
+        if (!active) Wake(Clock::now());
+    } else if (std::strncmp(buf, "hide", 4) == 0) {
+        active = false;
+        overlay->HideOverlay(cursor);
+        overlay->HideOverlay(marker);
+        SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "hide");
+    } else {
+        SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", buf);  // btn, scroll
+    }
+}

pointer/helper/pointer_keys.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+// ft-pointer: keyboard clicks (see "Keyboard clicks" under "Gaze precision" at the top).
+// "The top" in comments here is the header comment of ft-pointer.cpp.
+#include "pointer.h"
+
+// Where the head faces: yaw and pitch, degrees.
+bool Pointer::HeadAngles(const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd, double &hy, double &hp) {
+    const auto &hm = hmd.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking.m;
+    if (!hmd.bPoseIsValid) return false;
+    const Vec3 f = Normalize({-hm[0][2], -hm[1][2], -hm[2][2]});
+    hy = std::atan2(-f.x, -f.z) * 180 / M_PI;
+    hp = std::asin(std::clamp(f.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI;
+    return true;
+}
+
+// Keyboard clicks (see the top): held back at the gaze, steered by the head.
+void Pointer::KeyboardClicks(const Frame &frame) {
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd = frame.Hmd();
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    for (const KeyPress &k : keyPresses) {
+        (k.right ? keyRightDown : keyLeftDown) = k.down;
+        if (!k.down) {
+            if (keyTilting && k.right) {  // the tilt ends; the head drags again from here
+                keyTilting = tilting = false;
+                hold.engaged = false;
+                if (debug) std::printf("hold key left: tilt ended\n");
+                if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+            }
+            // The keys holding it: a gaze_left then gaze_right drag, either; otherwise its own.
+            const bool held = hold.keyDrag ? keyLeftDown || keyRightDown : hold.right ? keyRightDown : keyLeftDown;
+            if (hold.src == Src::Head && !held) {
+                if (!hold.pressed && aimHeld && tnow - aimSince < std::chrono::duration<double>(cfg.keyTap)) {
+                    // A quick tap: a click where the dot was at the press, and the gaze was right.
+                    yaw = hold.pressYaw, pitch = hold.pressPitch;
+                    nudgeMoved = 0;
+                    confirmLesson = true;
+                }
+                EndHold(false);
+                keyTilting = false;
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (k.right && hold.src == Src::Head && !hold.right && hold.pressed && leftHeld) {
+            // gaze_right during a gaze_left drag: tilt while it's held (see the top).
+            tilting = tiltStart = keyTilting = true;
+            HeadAngles(hmd, keyTiltYaw, keyTiltPitch);
+            if (debug) std::printf("hold key left: tilt began\n");
+            if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (k.right && hold.src == Src::Head && !hold.right && !hold.pressed && aimHeld) {
+            // gaze_right while gaze_left aims: press the left button where the dot is now
+            // (the correction is a lesson), then the head drags.
+            aimHeld = aimHand = false;
+            hold.pressed = hold.grip = hold.keyDrag = true, hold.promote = false, hold.engaged = false;
+            HeadAngles(hmd, hold.refYaw, hold.refPitch);
+            gazeBack = gazeOn;
+            pressRight = false;
+            PressLeft();
+            if (debug) std::printf("hold key left: pressed (right key)\n");
+            if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (hold.src != Src::None || leftHeld || aimHeld || clickPress || clickRelease) continue;
+        Hold h;
+        h.src = Src::Head, h.promote = true, h.right = k.right, h.pressYaw = yaw, h.pressPitch = pitch;
+        if (!HeadAngles(hmd, h.refYaw, h.refPitch)) continue;
+        hold = h;
+        StartHold(false, tnow);
+        if (debug) std::printf("hold key %s began\n", k.right ? "right" : "left");
+        if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+    }
+    keyPresses.clear();
+}
+
+// A keyboard click's hold: the head steers the pointer, or turns the panel in a tilt.
+void Pointer::HeadSteer(const Frame &frame) {
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd = frame.Hmd();
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    if (hold.src == Src::Head) {
+        double hy, hp;
+        if (HeadAngles(hmd, hy, hp) && keyTilting) {
+            // The head turns the panel, as the mouse does in a tilt; the pointer stays put.
+            tiltYaw += std::remainder(hy - keyTiltYaw, 360.0);
+            tiltPitch = std::clamp(tiltPitch + hp - keyTiltPitch, -80.0, 80.0);
+            keyTiltYaw = hy, keyTiltPitch = hp;
+        } else if (HeadAngles(hmd, hy, hp)) {
+            Steer(hy, hp, hold.pressed ? 0.3 : cfg.headDeadzone, 1.0, tnow);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// A keyboard click held still for POINTER_GAZE_HOLD: a real press, then the head drags
+// (from where it is now).
+void Pointer::KeyboardClickHold(const Frame &frame) {
+    const vr::TrackedDevicePose_t &hmd = frame.Hmd();
+    const auto &hm = hmd.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking.m;
+    const auto tnow = frame.tnow;
+    if (aimHeld && aimHand && hold.promote && !hold.engaged &&
+        tnow - aimSince >= std::chrono::duration<double>(cfg.gazeHold)) {
+        aimHeld = aimHand = false;
+        hold.pressed = hold.grip = true;
+        if (hmd.bPoseIsValid) {
+            const Vec3 f = Normalize({-hm[0][2], -hm[1][2], -hm[2][2]});
+            hold.refYaw = std::atan2(-f.x, -f.z) * 180 / M_PI;
+            hold.refPitch = std::asin(std::clamp(f.y, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI;
+        }
+        gazeBack = gazeOn;
+        pressRight = hold.right;
+        PressLeft();
+        if (debug) std::printf("hold key %s: pressed (held still)\n", hold.right ? "right" : "left");
+        if (debug) std::fflush(stdout);
+    }
+}

pointer/helper/pointer_place.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+// ft-pointer: panel placement for layouts (see "Placement" at the top).
+// "The top" in comments here is the header comment of ft-pointer.cpp.
+#include "pointer.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+void SleepMs(int ms) { std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(ms)); }
+
+}  // namespace
+
+// Placement speeds (see "Placement" at the top).
+constexpr double kPlaceDegPerSec = 60;      // tested: 40 deg/s is applied exactly
+
+// --- Panel placement (see "Placement" at the top of the file) ---
+// Device pose, given in the standing universe, sent to the driver in raw space.
+void Pointer::SendPose(Vec3 originStanding, const Basis &b) {
+    vr::TrackedDevicePose_t s, r;
+    sys->GetDeviceToAbsoluteTrackingPose(vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, 0, &s, 1);
+    sys->GetDeviceToAbsoluteTrackingPose(vr::TrackingUniverseRawAndUncalibrated, 0, &r, 1);
+    const auto &S = s.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking, &R = r.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking;
+    auto toRaw = [&](Vec3 v) { return Rotate(R, RotateInverse(S, v)); };
+    const Vec3 o = Position(R) + toRaw(originStanding - Position(S));
+    double q[4];
+    BasisQuat({toRaw(b.x), toRaw(b.y), toRaw(b.z)}, q);
+    char msg[200];
+    std::snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "posq %.5f %.5f %.5f %.6f %.6f %.6f %.6f", o.x, o.y, o.z, q[0], q[1], q[2], q[3]);
+    SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", msg);
+}
+
+std::pair<bool, Vec3> Pointer::HeadPos() {
+    vr::TrackedDevicePose_t s;
+    sys->GetDeviceToAbsoluteTrackingPose(vr::TrackingUniverseStanding, 0, &s, 1);
+    return std::make_pair(s.bPoseIsValid, Position(s.mDeviceToAbsoluteTracking));
+}
+
+// Borrow the device and the laser for a placement: connect, claim, laser mode on.
+void Pointer::Borrow() {
+    SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "show");
+    overlay->ShowOverlay(laserMode);
+    overlay->HideOverlay(cursor);
+    overlay->HideOverlay(marker);
+    SleepMs(active ? 50 : 400);  // a fresh connect needs SteamVR to bind the device
+    SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "btn a 1");
+    SleepMs(60);
+    SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "btn a 0");
+}
+
+void Pointer::GiveBack() {
+    if (!active) {
+        SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "hide");
+        overlay->HideOverlay(laserMode);
+        laserModeShown = false;
+    }
+}
+
+std::string Pointer::FindPanel(const char *key, Panel &p, Vec3 &eye) {
+    vr::VROverlayHandle_t h;
+    if (overlay->FindOverlay(key, &h) != vr::VROverlayError_None) return std::string("no overlay ") + key;
+    bool valid;
+    std::tie(valid, eye) = HeadPos();
+    if (!valid) return "no head pose (headset off?)";
+    p = ScanPanel(h, eye, 0.5);
+    if (!p.found) return std::string("panel not visible: ") + key;
+    return "";
+}
+
+// grabprobe (maintenance): aim down from the panel's bottom edge, 1 cm a step, and log where
+// SteamVR's laser hits something (the hit dot shows) and whether the window controls are up.
+void Pointer::GrabProbe(const char *key) {
+    Panel p;
+    Vec3 eye;
+    const std::string err = FindPanel(key, p, eye);
+    if (!err.empty()) {
+        std::printf("grabprobe: %s\n", err.c_str());
+        std::fflush(stdout);
+        return;
+    }
+    Borrow();
+    vr::VROverlayHandle_t footer = vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid;
+    overlay->FindOverlay("valve.steam.gamepadui.floatingfooter", &footer);
+    const Vec3 bottom = p.center - p.basis.y * (p.height / 2);
+    std::printf("grabprobe %s: center (%.3f %.3f %.3f) %.3f x %.3f m\n", key, p.center.x, p.center.y, p.center.z,
+                p.width, p.height);
+    for (int cm = -5; cm <= 45; ++cm) {
+        const Vec3 target = bottom - p.basis.y * (cm / 100.0);
+        SendPose(eye, AimBasis(target - eye));
+        SleepMs(90);
+        const bool dot = systemPointer != vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid && overlay->IsOverlayVisible(systemPointer);
+        const bool foot = footer != vr::k_ulOverlayHandleInvalid && overlay->IsOverlayVisible(footer);
+        std::printf("  %+3d cm below the bottom edge: steamvr_dot=%d footer=%d", cm, dot, foot);
+        if (foot) {
+            vr::ETrackingUniverseOrigin uo;
+            vr::HmdMatrix34_t t{};
+            if (overlay->GetOverlayTransformAbsolute(footer, &uo, &t) == vr::VROverlayError_None) {
+                const Vec3 f = Position(t) - p.center;
+                std::printf(" footer at panel (%.3f %.3f %.3f)", Dot(f, p.basis.x), Dot(f, p.basis.y),
+                            Dot(f, p.basis.z));
+            }
+        }
+        std::printf("\n");
+    }
+    std::fflush(stdout);
+    GiveBack();
+}
+
+// Carry a floating panel so its centre lands on `target` with frame `bt` (see
+// "Placement" at the top). Returns "ok ..." or "error ...".
+std::string Pointer::Place(const char *key, Vec3 target, const Basis &bt, double grabBelow) {
+    Panel p;
+    Vec3 eye;
+    std::string err = FindPanel(key, p, eye);
+    if (!err.empty()) return "error " + err;
+    auto offBy = [&](const Panel &q, double &cm, double &deg) {
+        cm = Length(q.center - target) * 100;
+        const double c = (Dot(q.basis.x, bt.x) + Dot(q.basis.y, bt.y) + Dot(q.basis.z, bt.z) - 1) / 2;
+        deg = std::acos(std::clamp(c, -1.0, 1.0)) * 180 / M_PI;
+    };
+    double cm, deg;
+    int moves = 0;
+    Borrow();
+    for (int attempt = 0; attempt < 3; ++attempt) {
+        offBy(p, cm, deg);
+        if (cm < 1.5 && deg < 1.0) break;
+        // The rigid motion that takes the panel to the target: rotate by R, then move.
+        auto turn = [&](Vec3 v) { return FromBasis(bt, ToBasis(p.basis, v)); };
+        double q[4];
+        BasisQuat({turn({1, 0, 0}), turn({0, 1, 0}), turn({0, 0, 1})}, q);
+        const double angle = 2 * std::acos(std::clamp(q[0], -1.0, 1.0));
+        const Vec3 axis = std::sin(angle / 2) > 1e-6 ? Normalize({q[1], q[2], q[3]}) : Vec3{0, 1, 0};
+        const Vec3 grab = p.center - p.basis.y * (p.height / 2 + grabBelow);
+        const Basis d0 = AimBasis(grab - eye);
+        const Vec3 o1 = target + turn(eye - p.center);  // device origin at the end
+        ++moves;
+        SendPose(eye, d0);
+        SleepMs(150);  // hover: the window controls come up
+        SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "btn trigger 1");
+        SleepMs(150);
+        // 1. Rotate about the device origin (the eye): the dashboard applies it exactly.
+        const int rsteps = std::max(4, int(angle * 180 / M_PI / kPlaceDegPerSec * 60));
+        for (int i = 1; i <= rsteps; ++i) {
+            const double a = angle * i / rsteps;
+            auto r = [&](Vec3 v) { return RotateAbout(v, axis, a); };
+            SendPose(eye, {r(d0.x), r(d0.y), r(d0.z)});
+            SleepMs(16);
+        }
+        // 2. Slide the device slowly: fast moves are accelerated by the dashboard.
+        const Basis d1{turn(d0.x), turn(d0.y), turn(d0.z)};
+        const int tsteps = std::max(4, int(Length(o1 - eye) / cfg.slideSpeed * 60));
+        for (int i = 1; i <= tsteps; ++i) {
+            SendPose(eye + (o1 - eye) * (double(i) / tsteps), d1);
+            SleepMs(16);
+        }
+        SleepMs(100);
+        SendTo(out, "ft_pointer", "btn trigger 0");
+        SleepMs(600);  // the dashboard re-reads the pose up to 150 ms after the release
+        err = FindPanel(key, p, eye);
+        if (!err.empty()) break;
+    }
+    GiveBack();
+    if (!err.empty()) return "error after the move: " + err;
+    offBy(p, cm, deg);
+    char msg[160];
+    std::snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "ok %s off by %.1f cm, %.1f deg after %d move%s", key, cm, deg, moves,
+                  moves == 1 ? "" : "s");
+    std::printf("place: %s\n", msg);
+    std::fflush(stdout);
+    return msg;
+}

screens/compositor.c

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
 
 #include "vr.h"
+#include "controller-click.h"
 
 #define MAX_SCREENS 24  // screens and spare outputs
 
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ struct server {
     struct wl_list buffers;  // tracked_buffer
     struct wl_event_source *tick;
     struct screen *pointer_focus;
+    struct ft_controller_click controller_click;
     pid_t child;
     // Where typing goes: the screens after a click on one, Steam after a click on another
     // panel. The input relay grabs the keyboards while it's the screens (see keys_update).
@@ -292,6 +294,11 @@ static void handle_vr_event(const struct ft_event *e, void *data) {
         return;
     }
     if (e->screen < 0 || e->screen >= MAX_SCREENS || !s->screens[e->screen]) return;
+    struct ft_event filtered = *e;
+    if (e->screen < s->n_config &&
+        !ft_controller_click_filter(&s->controller_click, &filtered, s->scale[e->screen])) return;
+    e = &filtered;
+    if (e->screen < 0 || e->screen >= MAX_SCREENS || !s->screens[e->screen]) return;
     struct screen *sc = s->screens[e->screen];
     struct wlr_surface *surface = sc->toplevel->base->surface;
     const uint32_t t = now_ms();
@@ -514,7 +521,18 @@ static int control_readable(int fd, uint32_t mask, void *data) {
         unsigned code;
         int value, index, w, h;
         double scale;
-        if (sscanf(buf, "size %d %d %d", &index, &w, &h) == 3) {
+        char tail;
+        if (strcmp(buf, "controller-click?") == 0) {
+            snprintf(reply, sizeof reply,
+                "{\"supported\":true,\"threshold\":%.3f,\"held\":%s,\"dragging\":%s,\"suppressedMotions\":%lu,\"clicks\":%lu,\"drags\":%lu}",
+                s->controller_click.threshold, s->controller_click.held ? "true" : "false",
+                s->controller_click.dragging ? "true" : "false", s->controller_click.suppressed,
+                s->controller_click.clicks, s->controller_click.drags);
+        } else if (sscanf(buf, "controller-click %lf %c", &scale, &tail) == 1) {
+            if (!isfinite(scale) || scale < 0 || scale > 64 || s->controller_click.buttons)
+                snprintf(reply, sizeof reply, "error threshold or held controller button");
+            else { s->controller_click.threshold = scale; snprintf(reply, sizeof reply, "ok"); }
+        } else if (sscanf(buf, "size %d %d %d", &index, &w, &h) == 3) {
             // A new resolution for a screen, live: KWin resizes the screen to match. (KWin makes
             // it this size times its scale; ft-floatd sends spares' sizes divided by theirs.)
             const int min_w = index - 1 < s->n_config ? 320 : 64, min_h = index - 1 < s->n_config ? 200 : 64;
@@ -641,6 +659,7 @@ static bool setup_dmabuf(struct server *s) {
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     struct server s = {0};
+    s.controller_click.threshold = 8;
     for (int i = 0; i < MAX_SCREENS; ++i) s.scale[i] = 1;
     s.kb_screen = -1;
     const char *socket_name = "ft-screens-0", *control_name = "ft_screens";

screens/controller-click.h

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#ifndef FT_CONTROLLER_CLICK_H
+#define FT_CONTROLLER_CLICK_H
+#include <math.h>
+#include <linux/input-event-codes.h>
+#include "vr.h"
+struct ft_controller_click {
+    bool held, dragging;
+    int screen;
+    uint32_t buttons;
+    double x, y, threshold, radius;
+    unsigned long suppressed, clicks, drags;
+};
+// Hold the desktop position at press time until movement exceeds a logical-pixel
+// radius. No timer or delayed button-down. Only a hand controller's press starts
+// it: the 3D mouse drives a laser too, and its short drags must stay drags.
+static inline bool ft_controller_click_filter(struct ft_controller_click *c,
+                                              struct ft_event *e, double scale) {
+    if (e->type == FT_BUTTON && e->button >= BTN_LEFT && e->button < BTN_LEFT+8) {
+        uint32_t bit = 1u << (e->button-BTN_LEFT);
+        if (e->pressed) c->buttons |= bit; else c->buttons &= ~bit;
+    }
+    if (e->type == FT_BUTTON && e->pressed) {
+        if (e->button == BTN_LEFT && e->controller && !c->held && c->threshold > 0) {
+            c->held = true; c->dragging = false; c->screen = e->screen;
+            c->x = e->x; c->y = e->y; c->radius = c->threshold * scale;
+        } else if (e->button != BTN_LEFT) {
+            c->held = false; // Multi-button gestures retain their usual semantics.
+        }
+    } else if (e->type == FT_MOTION && c->held && !c->dragging) {
+        if (e->screen == c->screen && hypot(e->x-c->x, e->y-c->y) <= c->radius) {
+            ++c->suppressed;
+            return false;
+        }
+        c->dragging = true; ++c->drags;
+    } else if (e->type == FT_BUTTON && e->button == BTN_LEFT && !e->pressed && c->held) {
+        if (!c->dragging) {
+            e->screen = c->screen; e->x = c->x; e->y = c->y;
+            ++c->clicks;
+        }
+        c->held = false; c->dragging = false;
+    } else if (e->type == FT_LEAVE && c->held) {
+        return false; // Preserve the implicit grab through tiny edge excursions.
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+#endif

screens/tests/controller-click-test.c

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include <assert.h>
+#include "../controller-click.h"
+static struct ft_event event(enum ft_event_type t, bool down, double x, double y) {
+    return (struct ft_event){.type=t,.screen=0,.button=BTN_LEFT,.pressed=down,.controller=true,.x=x,.y=y};
+}
+int main(void) {
+    struct ft_controller_click c={.threshold=8};
+    struct ft_event e=event(FT_BUTTON,true,100,100);
+    assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,2));
+    e=event(FT_MOTION,false,112,108);
+    assert(!ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,2));
+    assert(c.held && !c.dragging && c.suppressed==1);
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,false,116,111);
+    assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,2));
+    assert(e.x==100 && e.y==100 && c.clicks==1 && !c.held);
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,true,100,100);ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1);
+    e=event(FT_MOTION,false,109,100);assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1));
+    assert(c.dragging && c.drags==1);
+    e=event(FT_MOTION,false,101,100);assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1));
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,false,103,100);assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1));
+    assert(e.x==103 && c.clicks==1 && !c.held && !c.dragging);
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,true,100,100);ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1);
+    e=event(FT_LEAVE,false,0,0);assert(!ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1));
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,false,800,900);e.screen=1;ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1);
+    assert(e.screen==0 && e.x==100 && c.clicks==2);
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,true,100,100);ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1);
+    e=event(FT_MOTION,false,101,100);e.screen=1;
+    assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1) && c.dragging);
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,false,101,100);ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1);
+    c.threshold=0;
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,true,100,100);ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1);
+    e=event(FT_MOTION,false,101,100);assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1) && !c.held);
+    c.threshold=8;
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,true,100,100);ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1);
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,true,100,100);e.button=BTN_RIGHT;ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1);
+    assert(!c.held);
+    // The 3D mouse's laser: a short drag stays a drag, and the release stays where it was.
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,true,100,100);e.controller=false;assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1) && !c.held);
+    e=event(FT_MOTION,false,104,100);assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1));
+    e=event(FT_BUTTON,false,106,100);e.controller=false;
+    assert(ft_controller_click_filter(&c,&e,1) && e.x==106 && c.clicks==2 && c.suppressed==1);
+}

screens/vr.cpp

@@ -1330,7 +1330,8 @@ void UpdateCatcher() {
     for (int k = 0; k < 3; ++k) params.vSource.v[k] = l.m[k][3], params.vDirection.v[k] = -l.m[k][2];
     for (auto &[i, s] : g_screens) {
         if (!s.visible) continue;
-        std::vector<vr::VROverlayHandle_t> parts(s.All().begin(), s.All().end());
+        const auto all = s.All();  // one copy: two calls give two temporaries, not one range
+        std::vector<vr::VROverlayHandle_t> parts(all.begin(), all.end());
         for (const auto &[k, sub] : s.subs) parts.push_back(sub.overlay);
         for (auto o : parts) {
             vr::VROverlayIntersectionResults_t hit;
@@ -1741,6 +1742,7 @@ void ft_vr_poll(void (*handle)(const struct ft_event *, void *), void *data) {
                     e.type = FT_BUTTON;
                     e.button = LinuxButton(ev.data.mouse.button);
                     e.pressed = ev.eventType == vr::VREvent_MouseButtonDown;
+                    e.controller = IsHandController(ev.trackedDeviceIndex);
                     at();
                     if (!e.pressed && s.titleCarry) e.x = s.carryX, e.y = s.carryY, s.titleCarry = false;
                     if (e.pressed) {

screens/vr.h

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ struct ft_event {
     double x, y;      // FT_MOTION: buffer pixels from the top left
     uint32_t button;  // FT_BUTTON: linux BTN_*
     bool pressed;
+    bool controller;  // FT_BUTTON: from a hand controller's laser (not the 3D mouse's)
     double dx, dy;    // FT_SCROLL: notches (positive dy: scroll down)
     uint32_t key;     // FT_KEY: linux KEY_* from our keyboard (pressed: down or up)
 };

scripts/test-controller-click.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+root=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)
+"$root/scripts/frame.sh" -C screens 'mkdir -p build; gcc -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra -Werror tests/controller-click-test.c -lm -o build/controller-click-test && build/controller-click-test'

scripts/update-check.py

@@ -285,11 +285,11 @@ def check_openvr():
 def check_overlays(desktop_up):
     code, out = run(f"{STEAMVR_BIN}/vrcmd", "--overlays",
                     env=dict(os.environ, LD_LIBRARY_PATH=STEAMVR_BIN))
-    # The format ft-pointer.cpp and ft_layout.py parse: 'key' -- 'name', WxH visible VROverlayType_...
+    # The format the pointer helper (pointer.h) and ft_layout.py parse: 'key' -- 'name', WxH visible VROverlayType_...
     keys = re.findall(r"^'([^']+)' -- '.*VROverlayType_", out, re.M)
     if not keys:
         report("FAIL", "vrcmd --overlays", "lists no overlays in the expected format, so the 3D mouse can't "
-               "find panels (pointer/helper/ft-pointer.cpp and layout/ft_layout.py parse it)")
+               "find panels (pointer/helper/pointer.h and layout/ft_layout.py parse it)")
     elif desktop_up and not any(re.fullmatch(r"frametop\.screen\.\d+", k) for k in keys):
         report("FAIL", "vrcmd --overlays", f"lists {len(keys)} overlays, but none of the desktop's screens")
     else: