libinput-measure(1)

libinput-measure1

Measure properties of devices

Usage

libinput measure [--help] <feature> [<args>]

Overview

The libinput measure tool measures properties of one (or more) devices. Depending on what is to be measured, this tool may not create a libinput context.

This is a debugging tool only, its output may change at any time. Do not rely on the output.

This tool usually needs to be run as root to have access to the /dev/input/eventX nodes.

Options

--help

Print help

Features

Features that can be measured include

libinput-measure-fuzz(1)

Measure touch fuzz to avoid pointer jitter

libinput-measure-touch-size(1)

Measure touch size and orientation

libinput-measure-touchpad-size(1)

Measure the size of a touchpad

libinput-measure-touchpad-tap(1)

Measure tap-to-click time

libinput-measure-touchpad-pressure(1)

Measure touch pressure

Libinput

Part of the libinput(1) suite

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

From libinput-tools 1.32.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.