Bug 494687

Summary:	Add global actions to control tablets on Wayland, like the ones for Wacom tablets on X11
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Roman Odaisky <to.roma.from.kdebug>
Component:	input	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	butirsky, duha.bugs, fanzhuyifan, josh, kde, natalie_clarius, nate, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	6.1.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Roman Odaisky 2024-10-13 18:10:36 UTC

Go to Settings > Touchscreen > Touchscreen. Observe that it shows a device named “Wacom HID 488F Finger” and the Enable checkbox works.

Go to Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts. Observe that a section called “Wacom Tablet” exists, it contains a shortcut named “Enable/Disable the Touch Tool” and the shortcut set for it is the same as was set in KDE 5, at which time it worked. Press the shortcut, nothing happens. Try normal things such as changing the shortcut to something else, deleting the Wacom Tablet section etc., doesn’t help.

Given that the Enable checkbox works fine, hopefully it’s not a complicated hardware problem but just a question of the shortcut triggering the correct action.

Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2024-10-13 19:54:27 UTC

The Wacom Tablet section refers to graphics tablets only, it's not supposed to affect touchscreens

Comment 2 Roman Odaisky 2024-10-14 03:04:07 UTC

(In reply to Nicolas Fella from comment #1)
> The Wacom Tablet section refers to graphics tablets only, it's not supposed
> to affect touchscreens

The Wacom driver is also used for touchscreens. Is there a different section that can be used to set up a toggle shortcut?

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-11-25 21:53:03 UTC

On Wayland, the Libinput driver is used instead.

Probably we should filter out this section in the KCM on Wayland, since stuff in there won't do anything.

Comment 4 Roman Odaisky 2024-11-25 22:58:38 UTC

In the meantime, where can I edit libinput shortcuts, in particular, the touchscreen toggle shortcut?

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2024-11-26 21:20:49 UTC

I don't believe there is one. Let's use this bug report to request that they be added in KWin.

Comment 6 Nicolas Fella 2024-11-26 21:26:51 UTC

Is this about touchscreens or graphics tablets? Even though there's some technical overlap those are very different things that are handled differently

Comment 7 Roman Odaisky 2024-11-27 19:23:32 UTC

(In reply to Nicolas Fella from comment #6)
> Is this about touchscreens or graphics tablets? Even though there's some
> technical overlap those are very different things that are handled
> differently

At the very least, a toggle shortcut is important for a touchscreen for use cases as simple as cleaning it, less so for a graphics tablet

Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2024-12-12 03:46:40 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 9 Roman Odaisky 2024-12-12 04:39:01 UTC

Removing the NEEDSINFO status. To be explicit, this is about a keyboard shortcut to toggle the touchscreen. The one that exists doesn’t work while it used to in KDE 5 on X11.