Bug 495906

Summary: Add precision mode feature
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: jyes74249
Component: kcm_tabletAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: aleixpol, josh, nate, nicolas.fella
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description jyes74249 2024-11-07 02:28:48 UTC 
SUMMARY:

An action that can be assigned as a hotkey (preferably on a tablet button) called 'Precision mode' is not available on KDE Plasma.

Precision mode allows toggling between having the tablet mapped to the whole screen to having a much smaller region (I think this would work best if the alternate region size). The alternative region would have some sort of graphical effect indicating where it begins and ends (in windows it has a border and everything outside of it is darkened). the location of the precision mode would be aligned with the location of the tablet cursor, so that the cursor is in the center of the region.

This is different from just setting a manual custom region because I cannot change the positioning of it while drawing and there is no indicator as to where it is. I relied on this feature often so its absence makes drawing much more difficult.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Press a hotkey set to toggle precision mode.

 RESULT
There is no precision mode.

EXPECTED RESULT
Precision mode, or similar equivalent is enabled.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0 
Qt Version: 6.8.0
Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2024-12-25 23:19:14 UTC 
> I relied on this feature often so its absence makes drawing much more difficult.

What platform have you used this on?
Comment 2 jyes74249 2024-12-26 22:29:05 UTC 
(In reply to Nicolas Fella from comment #1)
> > I relied on this feature often so its absence makes drawing much more difficult.
> 
> What platform have you used this on?

Windows 10.

I am sorry. I have forgotten to mention to this in my original post.