On Sunday 28 January 2007 16:30, simastrick wrote: > I just want to mention this again. > > The following behavior can be seen in the Windows OS: > Wacom tablets have the ability to detect the pen even when it goes > beyond the demarcated borders on the tablet. This makes it very easy > to move the cursor along the very edges of the screen when the whole > tablet is being used.
Which version of the kernel/X drivers have you've been testing this with? The kernel-driver got a patch for graphires (my mail-history indicates you've got one of those, right?) that addresses this in 0.7.6-2, and the X-driver got a correction for tablets with only one channel that affects this somewhere in December which is available in the latest development release. > This is one of those "usability" things that I'm almost sure Wacom > intentionally implemented in their tablets. Sadly, the linuxwacom > drivers completely ignore the pen once it goes beyond the demarcated > area on the tablet. This makes it difficult to position the cursor at > the edge of the screen (when using the whole tablet). > > Because of this, I set the active area of my tablet smaller than I > would otherwise, just so I don't get the "sticky" edges when using the > tablet. > > It would be very nice if the linuxwacom devs can implement this > behavior. Any thoughts? > > P.S. You can try for yourself even on linux. Click the pen tip a bit > outside the rectangle on your tablet. You will see that the light > turns green, but the cursor stays where it is (desired behavior is > that it should jump to the corresponding edge). Running with a (slighly pre-) 0.7.7-2 version of the X-driver it behaves as you (and I) wish. BR Magnus ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-discuss mailing list Linuxwacom-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-discuss
