SUMMARY In previous drawing programs, I map the space bar to a button on the pen barrel, so that holding the button activates the move tool and I can then scroll by dragging on the screen, but I am having trouble making this work in Krita. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Windows 10/Krita 4.2.5/XP-Pen Artist 15.6 2. Set either button on pen barrel to "space" 3. With any tool selected (most obvious with the brush tool), hold the pen barrel button down 4. Attempt to scroll by dragging pen across screen OBSERVED RESULT While holding the pen barrel button, the cursor turns into the move tool icon, as expected. However, upon dragging, the brush tool is activated again and it just draws on the screen. EXPECTED RESULT The canvas should scroll, as if the space bar was held down. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: Windows 10 macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Don't do that; set your pen button to middle click, and will pan automatically. We cannot get xp-pen tablets to send usable events if it's set to space. Note that we really do not recommend xp-pen; their drivers keep breaking and they don't, apparently, test their hardware with Krita.