Bug 480824 - Please allow Wacom tablets to be mapped across both screens
Summary: Please allow Wacom tablets to be mapped across both screens
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_tablet (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Kubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-02-04 03:24 UTC by stib
Modified: 2024-02-06 21:49 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.0
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Description stib 2024-02-04 03:24:04 UTC
SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start Plasma / Wayland session (this might also be the case in X11, I haven't tried)
2. Use Wacom tablet with  multiple monitors
3. Open System settings / Graphics Tablet and sigh deeply as you stare in dismay at the available choices

OBSERVED RESULT
The only options available are "Follow active screen" and mapping to an individual monitor. 
"Follow active screen" means that to click on either screen the user must first use another pointing device to click somewhere in the other screen to make it active, and only then can they use the pen on that monitor. For applications that span multiple monitors this is so klunky as to be almost entirely useless, because the user will often be clicking back and forth all the time. Putting down the pen and grabbing the mouse, then finding an inactive area of the screen to click on before you can use the mouse is not a productive way to spend your time.

EXPECTED RESULT
User can use tablet pen as pointing device across multiple screens, as is the default mode in other desktop environments, and generic Mac / Windows shells.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 22.04  
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Wayland, Wacom Intuos Pro 5
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-02-06 21:49:14 UTC
> KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.7
If you want to have to sigh less deeply, you might consider updating to a newer version of Plasma, as the Tablet page was a relatively recent feature in 5.24. By 5.27 it had gained more settings, and for 6.0 it has even more--including the feature you're asking for here.