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title: Share an input device with a guest using evdev
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# Share an input device
> *Input grabbing on Wayland doesn't currently work as expected. Destkop environments based on the X session manager may work better in this regard*
## Virtio-input
> Input grabbing on Wayland doesn't currently work as expected. Destkop environments based on the X session manager may work better.
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There are multiple ways to share an input device with a virtual machine.
## Event device
Libvirt offers a very low-latency way to share an input device device with a local virtual machine, using the linux evdev event interface.
Event device or simply `evdev` is a generic input event interface that is part of the Linux kernel.
The following is an XML snippet example for sharing a mouse and a keyboard.