I think I understand. But... what about simply being able to start
editing the text? Once in the box I don't need the stylus (i can use
arrows and shift) but the problem is that one cannot get into the
text-edit mode
--dmg
Denis> Ah, I see. I think the problem is that the text editing widget is
Denis> still not compatible with XInput (the mouse actions to select text
Denis> inside the box and drag it around don't all work properly); presumably
Denis> it never will be, since GTK+ 2.x isn't evolving much anymore. So we
Denis> need to disable XInput when we are in the process of editing text and
Denis> the cursor goes into the text box area. Disabling XInput causes all
Denis> devices to report themselves as the Core Pointer -- and then the
Denis> touch-as-handtool option probably kicks in. I am a bit confused about
Denis> why it kicks in already when you try to add your first text box, I
Denis> would have imagined that it would hit you only the second time around,
Denis> but anyway -- the truth is that I don't know a good way around
Denis> this. Once you are editing your first text box, there is just no way
Denis> of knowing whether the next button event comes from pen or from touch
Denis> (because XInput is temporarily disabled)...
Denis> I'll keep it in mind as something to try to fix someday, but right now
Denis> I probably won't postpone the release just because of this issue.
Denis> Denis
Denis> On 06/29/2014 07:03 PM, dmg wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:56 AM, dmg <d...@uvic.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> The main issue I have found is a problem when selecting "use touch as
>>> handtool" where I can't add a text box with the stylus.
>>> I need to switch the option off before I can do it.
>>
>>
>> It only happens in windows. I am using "core pointer" as the
>> designated hand touch device. In my linux thinkpad everything works as
>> expected
>>
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