Windows driver feature request: Windows Precision Touchpad or touchscreen events for screenless touch enabled tablets
Hi.
I have been using touch input on a Cintiq Pro 13 and it feels great - the apps recognize the tablet as any other touchscreen and I can make use of custom app touch gestures in various apps just fine.
Sadly, I can't say the same for screenless tablets - the experience on Intuos Pro and Cintiq Pro 13 in tablet mode (screen off) isn't as great. The main issues being
- Touch gestures in Wacom Tablet Properties seem to send keystrokes to apps instead of touchpad events, making zooming or rotating choppy in any app.
- Pointer speed and acceleration cannot be precisely adjusted, making it impossible to tweak it to feel like other windows touchpads
I'd like to request a driver implementation of Windows Precision Touchpad API, making the touch input of wacom tablets feel similar to any other modern touchpad on a windows laptop. This would allow
- Use of built-in windows touchpad gestures
- Custom touch gestures set in windows settings
- Smooth rotation and zooming, as apps would handle the touch input of the wacom tablet as any other modern touchpad
- Custom touchpad gestures implemented in apps
- May attract some users just looking for massive touchpads that feel natural
- It may improve how touch feels in general
I'm hoping it won't be a hardware issue as wacom tablets can handle multi finger touch just fine. Some old Windows 8 era Lenovo Thinkpad laptops got a touchpad driver update that has enabled precision touchpad api when it was later introduced in Windows 10, hinting it may be possible with existing hardware.
Alternatively, I'd like to request a toggle to treat touch input on screenless tablet as a touchscreen input, just like on Cintiq with screen turned on - this would enable touch gestures in apps.
Thank you
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