| Summary: | Tablet pen and mouse do not sync cursor positions when using Wayland | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] kwin | Reporter: | cromachina |
| Component: | wayland-generic | Assignee: | KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | ajcartmell, findanotherplace, josh, julien, kdedev, madness742, mainquea, nate, regionstellarship_fouroner, wolflordtk |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 6.3.5 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | NixOS | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/24b464874279c509b6e713df2d9c1a5130e5e331 | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | |
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Description
cromachina
2025-06-16 15:10:12 UTC
This is intentional. Pointer and tablet input are independent. (In reply to Vlad Zahorodnii from comment #1) > This is intentional. Pointer and tablet input are independent. Okay, then this is a feature request :) > This is kind of annoying and it would be nice to have an option to have cursor positions be synced like in X11. Changing to a feature request to sync pointer and touch input (In reply to Vlad Zahorodnii from comment #1) > This is intentional. Pointer and tablet input are independent. That is terrible. Wayland not for artist with use graphic stylus pen user? this intentional for really security and usability? Krita or gimp or many create tool no usability with use graphic stylus and mouse in wayland. If I krita drawing, if I little touch mouse, cursor position warp, So dive in panic. I can't draw with this non usability wayland. Why I using X11 answer is this. A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/8189 A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3233 *** Bug 510509 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Glad to see that some work is being done on this issue. I'll add an explanation of why I want/need this to be an option. I have tendon problems in my hand which make it very uncomfortable to use normal mice and so use a tablet as my only input device for mouse usage. In order to get all of the possible click inputs (left click, middle click, right click, and pen input [not all apps treat pen input the same as a left click]), I use foot pedals to send left, middle, and right click inputs. Using the buttons on the side of the pen is a non-starter, as I find them uncomfortable to use and there isn't enough of them. There is also the issue that when clicking using the pen or the side buttons, it can be difficult to click fast enough to get applications not to treat it as a hold input. It's also nice to be able to freely float my hand above the tablet while holding middle click to pan in 3D software, for example. Making sure that the mouse clicks and holds map directly to the tablet's cursor input at all times is necessary for how I use a computer. I find using this combination of foot pedal + drawing tablet the only way to do mouse input without discomfort and hand pain. (In reply to Vlad Zahorodnii from comment #1) > This is intentional. Pointer and tablet input are independent. W h y This makes using a tablet for art godawful, who thought this was a good idea? If they have multiple positions just make them separate cursors or something. This is a bug tracker, not a forum; please don't use it as a vehicle for complaining. The issue is acknowledged and there's already an open merge request to change it. It's just a matter of time before the issue will be resolved. Thanks for understanding! This would be most welcome, I'm another person who uses a Wacom pen as my "mouse". Having the option for the tablet pen to control the "mouse" cursor instead of the second cursor would make things a LOT easier. Git commit 92b48ae5dfe4f8ded39290652e6077ac7b2afd6b by Joshua Goins. Committed on 14/02/2026 at 02:48. Pushed by redstrate into branch 'master'. input: Add an option to sync tablet cursor position with the mouse Currently, KWin tracks the stylus cursor and mouse cursor in two separate positions. While this is preferred by some users, it's apparent this is actually quite the opinionated option and is a blocker for some tablet-users moving to Wayland. M +1 -1 autotests/integration/buttonrebind_test.cpp M +166 -1 autotests/integration/pointer_input.cpp M +10 -0 src/input.cpp M +3 -0 src/input.h M +5 -0 src/pointer_input.cpp M +5 -1 src/tablet_input.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/92b48ae5dfe4f8ded39290652e6077ac7b2afd6b Git commit 24b464874279c509b6e713df2d9c1a5130e5e331 by Joshua Goins. Committed on 14/02/2026 at 03:15. Pushed by redstrate into branch 'master'. kcms/tablet: Add an option to sync tablet cursor with the mouse M +31 -1 kcms/tablet/kcmtablet.cpp M +6 -0 kcms/tablet/kcmtablet.h M +6 -0 kcms/tablet/ui/StylusTab.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/24b464874279c509b6e713df2d9c1a5130e5e331 |