Add support for GNOME 42.

[Lashriel]

This pull request adds version 42 to metadata.json and rewrites a small part of the extension in order to not throw an error on GNOME 42. Fixes issue #7 .

Tested working on an Acer ConceptD Ezel CC314-72G.

[Lashriel]

Credit to @shyzus for the workaround on extension.json.

[strzinek]

This fix does not work for me on Fedora 36 with Gnome 42. The screen does seem to get rotated first, but keyboard and mouse stop working, making the Gnome unusable.

[Lashriel]

This fix does not work for me on Fedora 36 with Gnome 42. The screen does seem to get rotated first, but keyboard and mouse stop working, making the Gnome unusable.

I think this doesn't have to do with the fix applied in this pull-request, as I didn't touch anything related to tablet mode or even changed the operation of the extension all that much (It's pretty much just a try/catch applied around one bit of code that was error'ing out).

I think your device switches to Tablet Mode through its gyroscope, but then maybe it doesn't switch back when the screen is rotated back to normal, which would be a separate issue (and I'm not sure this extension is to blame).

When you lose keyboard and mouse input, try using the touchscreen to select a text field (the Search bar in the Activities overview will work fine) - if an on-screen keyboard pops up, it's in Tablet Mode.

[strzinek]

When the patched extension is active, the screen actually rotates, but neither mouse, keyboard nor touch is working. Mouse cursor shows on and moves, but mouse cursor does not get rotated with screen and no mouse buttons work. Besides that, desktop background image is shown only partially when in portrait mode.

[Lashriel]

When the patched extension is active, the screen actually rotates, but neither mouse, keyboard nor touch is working. Mouse cursor shows on and moves, but mouse cursor does not get rotated with screen and no mouse buttons work. Besides that, desktop background image is shown only partially when in portrait mode.

I assume you have all those inputs before the screen rotates?

If so, can you do me a favor and enable Looking Glass (alt+f2, then type "lg" in the prompt that shows up)
, select "extensions", and press "Show Errors" on the Screen Autorotate extension, then rotate the screen?

Because I can't reproduce the error on my end, so that's the only way I can think of to see if anything is error'ing out in the extension.

The background thing is most likely due to the wallpaper being set to "Zoom" which causes it to zoom in on a section of wallpaper (as opposed to stretching it across the screen). Set that to "Stretch" or "Span" and it should show your wallpaper normally while rotated.

EDIT: Hmm. I just tried again on Xorg and it does seem to "freeze" input for a few seconds every time I rotate on there - but given that information, I seriously think it's an entirely separate issue. Please file a separate bug report.

[DasJott]

Works for me. Just tested it with Fedora 36 - made the changes manually.
Simply works, except the mouse direction is not changing but I don't remember whether or not it worked before.

For a quick fix I would highly recommend to accept this request as it makes it work again.

[RoepLuke]

This fix works flawlessly for me on Fedora 36 (wayland) on an HP Envy x360. No lag and keyboard, mouse and touch work without a problem. Thank you for the fix!

[rikozeta]

It works fine in Manjaro, wayland & xorg, on a HP Spectre x360. Thanxs!

[AlecWaichunas]

This fix worked for me as well in Arch, wayland, on a Lenovo ideapad Flex 5. Thanks!

[seltzered]

This PR worked as well for me on Ubuntu 22.04 (wayland) on an HP tablet, thanks! @kosmospredanie any plans to make a new release?