Bug 337135

Summary: [WACOM] Assigning modifier keys to the pen buttons doesn't work
Product: [Applications] krita Reporter: Wayne Parker <artmessiah>
Component: Tablets (tablet issues are only very rarely bugs in Krita!)Assignee: Krita Bugs <krita-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: aechag, borninbham1979, dimula73, eevee.kdebugs, Galatejaa, halla, jakob, krita, siebtzen, til.schmitter, vaksdal
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 2.9 Beta   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Microsoft Windows   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
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Description Wayne Parker 2014-07-06 06:24:32 UTC 
Tried to assign the color pick toggle (CTRL) with the newest krita build for windows and it doesn't recognize the side button as an option. I can use ctrl on my keyboard or even on the cintiq express keys, but not for some odd reason on my pen side button. I Used to be able to the do this with previous builds, but the last 3 builds something changed so I haven't been able to do it. The side buttons on my surface pro 2 pen can be assigned the alt or ctrl so maybe it's a cintiq 24hd windows 7 thing. I've been making do with assigning ctrl on one of the express keys, but it would be nice to be able to have that option to be on my pen again. Thank you for the hard work on Krita, it's developed into a super useful painting application   

BTW I've tried changing (via the alternate invocation) the "CTRL" modifier to ALT or a variety of letters and numbers with no luck. The problem is still there 

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Halla Rempt 2014-07-15 15:06:39 UTC 
Hi Wayne,

Thanks for your report. I haven't been able to reproduce it yet -- my cintiq hybrid companion doesn't seem to show the issue, or maybe I'm doing something wrong in the wacom config utility.
Comment 2 Dmitry Kazakov 2014-07-30 10:19:21 UTC 
Confirm. The modifier is coming but the real button press not, so no color picking is happening.
Comment 3 Ren 2014-09-09 23:03:32 UTC 
Still an issue for me as well: I have the latest (as of writing) Wacom driver 6.3.9w3 for my Cintiq 22HD and when I assign the modifier ALT to the side pen button I can see the icon changing to the colour-picker, but when I click I don't pick a colour.
I would also note that I switched from an Intuos 3 to the Cintiq and I didn't have a problem with that with the same version of Krita. This happens every single time I attempt it.
Comment 4 Ren 2014-09-09 23:05:00 UTC 
I'm on Windows 7 64bit.
Comment 5 Halla Rempt 2014-10-24 10:57:17 UTC 
In the meantime, I've been able to reproduce the issue.
Comment 6 Wayne Parker 2015-09-03 21:32:17 UTC 
Hey Boud, have you've been able to track down this issue yet?  I'm missing this function a bit.   It's how I've used my pen forever in Painter and Photoshop, kinda sucks I can't in krita on windows.  BTW this function seems to work fine on my surface 2  tablet.  I can assign the modifier CTRL to a stylus side button just fine my tablet running wacom "feel" drivers on windows 10, just not on pc with a wacom cintiq or tablet.
Comment 7 Halla Rempt 2015-09-12 09:41:17 UTC 
No, I haven't been able to figure it out yet...
Comment 8 wolthera 2015-11-22 14:55:20 UTC 
*** Bug 353305 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Eevee 2016-01-23 06:26:46 UTC 
I have the same problem on Arch Linux, I believe since 2.9.7.  I have a pen side button bound (via xsetwacom) to "key +ctrl button 1 key -ctrl", and pressing it makes the brush cursor slightly smaller but does nothing else.  The workaround I've been using is to bind it only to "key +ctrl", then hold it and tap to pick a color.

Perhaps a related problem that started at the same time: I have another button bound to ctrl-z (as "key +ctrl z -ctrl").  Sometimes I'll press that button and immediately try to draw a new stroke, but Krita will colorpick instead, as if there's a slight delay before it realizes the ctrl key has been released.
Comment 10 Eevee 2016-01-23 06:28:05 UTC 
Oh, I've also tried binding a single key (like `) to colorpick rather than needing to click at all, and that just doesn't work at all, even from the keyboard.
Comment 11 Galina 2016-04-11 15:21:51 UTC 
krita-2.99.89. while pressing the ctrl, does not capture the color, version krita_x64_2.9.11.0 no such problem, windows 8.1 64 bit, graphics tablet Yiynova, if you take the mouse, the same problem.
Comment 12 Halla Rempt 2016-06-17 09:29:37 UTC 
*** Bug 350162 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13 Halla Rempt 2018-04-28 12:23:06 UTC 
*** Bug 351605 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 14 til.schmitter 2018-05-22 18:04:27 UTC 
i have a similar problem with my pen buttons. using a wacom intuos draw with a slightly older driver, however i tried the new one too and it's happening there too. it starts with 60% of the time that the wacom driver settings are set to default and one of my buttons not working correctly. sometimes when i restart it uses the settings i set up, but the one button doesn't work as intended. it worked more frequently before i tried to reinstall the wacom driver. (windows 10 home 64 bit)
Comment 15 til.schmitter 2018-05-22 18:17:17 UTC 
also when i change the mapping while krita is open, it's changed to some strange mapping that doesn't match any standard or custom profiles
Comment 16 til.schmitter 2018-05-22 18:22:55 UTC 
if i restart my pc, the first instance of krita has functioning buttons, however spacebar + click doesn't work if space is a button on the pen, same as ren described it for alt
Comment 17 Dmitry Kazakov 2019-04-17 15:15:21 UTC 
Hi, all!

After all the refactoring and work, the feature now works in the latest nightly builds! :)

Please check with these builds:
https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/Krita_Nightly_Windows_Build/