I'm running a Docker container (alphine) on MacOS 11.6, there's a Typescript app in that container. I need to simulate and record input from Docker on host. Is it possible to setup Docker in a way that would allow my container to control host's input using node.js osx-mouse package, or by writing a Swift wrapper creating CGEvents?

CodePudding user response：

That's almost certainly not possible. In general Docker containers are prohibited from accessing the host display or other host devices. Since Docker Desktop runs a hidden Linux VM, it's especially difficult: the display technologies are totally different and the VM layer makes it look like the container and host are on physically separate systems.

As a general rule, if you need to interact with the host display or any other hardware, it's much easier to run the task outside a container.