https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513184
Bug ID: 513184
Summary: Allow stylus input to optionally behave like
touchscreen input (tap-to-click, gesture actions,
scrolling)
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version First unspecified
Reported In:
Platform: Neon
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: input
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Currently in KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland), stylus input is handled strictly as "pen"
type devices, which results in very different behavior compared to touchscreen
(finger) input. This creates usability problems for tablet PC/2-in-1 devices,
where users often want the stylus to act like a finger in certain scenarios.
Examples of missing behaviors:
– No tap-to-click behavior identical to touchscreen tap.
– No touchscreen-style scrolling by dragging (stylus only selects text instead
of scrolling).
– No gesture support (e.g. swipe back, swipe to open overview, edge gestures).
– No option to treat a stylus tap as a normal pointer tap (without hover
behavior).
Many users on convertible devices expect stylus ≈ finger behavior, but KDE
currently provides no option to remap pen input to touchscreen-like input for
basic interactions.
Feature request:
Add an optional mode (e.g. in kcm_tablet) which allows the user to enable
"touch-like stylus mode". This mode would:
1. Convert stylus taps into touchscreen-like taps (same gesture triggers).
2. Enable drag-to-scroll behavior like on a touchscreen.
3. Optionally disable hover actions.
4. Allow stylus actions to trigger global gestures handled by KWin.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use a 2-in-1 device or tablet PC under KDE Plasma 6.
2. Interact with applications using the stylus.
3. Attempt touchscreen-like actions such as:
– scrolling by dragging
– swipe gestures
– simple tap-to-click behavior
4. Stylus behaves strictly as a pointer device, not as touch input.
OBSERVED RESULT
Stylus acts as a classic pointer device like touchpad (hover, selection, no
gestures, no drag scroll).
EXPECTED RESULT
Optionally allow stylus to behave like finger input:
– tap behaves as touchscreen tap
– drag scrolls content
– gestures work
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