https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513779
Bug ID: 513779
Summary: Many programs do not support pen tablet inputs
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version First 6.5.4
Reported In:
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: major
Priority: NOR
Component: wayland-generic
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I was considering to make this into specific reports for each application, but
maybe there is a more general way to fix this.
I am using a pen tablet as my primary mouse input device. The problem is that
pen inputs seem to be handled in a special way and lack support in many cases
(even on KDE itself in various places).
This is a primary reason that prevents me to fully switch over to Wayland.
Apps like Kwrite, Strawberry and AnyType are always completely unresponsive to
pen inputs. There's always a good chance that apps I install will not support
pen tablets.
The responsibility seems to be on the apps to fix this themselves. But since
none of them need to use the pen tablet specific features (pen tilt, rotation
and pressure), could it be possible to make them interpret the pen inputs as
mouse inputs by default?
Pen specific functionality could be opt-in, which could make pen tablet support
possible out of the box.
But this is coming from someone who has no idea how it is actually working
under the hood.
If I could work around this issue by rebinding the pen inputs per-application,
I would. I'd rebind them to regular left, middle and right mouse buttons and
keep them on regular pen button assignment on art software where it is needed.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use a pen tablet in Kwrite
OBSERVED RESULT
No pen inputs are used by the program
EXPECTED RESULT
Pen pressure and side buttons should always be interpreted as left, middle and
right mouse buttons by default.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.12-300.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon 780M Graphics
Manufacturer: Framework
Product Name: Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 7040Series)
System Version: A7
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