Windows: Pressure sensitivity does only work after second start

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Windows: Pressure sensitivity does only work after second start

andreasb242 opened this issue 6 years ago · 18 comments

On the first start pressure sensitivity is not available, after restart it's working.
As this is probably a GTK issue there will probably be no real fix, instead create a workaround.

Answer 1 · 2018-12-30T17:46:01.000Z

After testing I found out:
start Xournal++, do not touch with the pen
start again, touch with the Pen. Does not work
start the 3rd time: working

So it don't matter how many times it's started, it needs pen contact and then a restart. Strange, and really hard to find a workaround.

Answer 2 · 2018-12-31T13:44:10.000Z

GTK Bug https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1549

Answer 3 · 2019-02-17T09:03:08.000Z

Also, just to note that xournal does this too (presumably b/c its underlying GTK bug).

Answer 4 · 2019-02-17T09:14:20.000Z

Yes, this is a GTK Bug, I found it already, but had no time to fix it.

 andreasb242 @andreasb242 commented 1 day ago

I got a hint on my other Merge Request: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/blob/gtk-3-24/gdk/win32/gdkdevicemanager-win32.c#L1065

The axes count is initialized dynamically on init. My guess is now, that this count is not there, if the pen has not yet touched the screen. I didn't check this yet, but it would produce exactly the current behavior.

I could confirm this behavior, but I didn't get my mac pull merged yet, so I wont work on two GTK pulls at the same time.

Answer 5 · 2019-05-28T07:31:26.000Z

I have a Surface Pro4 and my Stylus is always recognized as a normal mouse. I have tried the workarounds from above, but they dont't work. I have the Xournal++ Version 1.0.12

Answer 6 · 2019-05-28T07:39:19.000Z

@jason076
Please try #1151.
You will have to compile by hand though.

Answer 7 · 2019-05-28T19:48:18.000Z

@jason076
Please try #1151.
You will have to compile by hand though.

@LittleHuba
I have compiled and tried it, but it does not recognizes any input devices. The stylus is still working like a normal mouse.

Answer 8 · 2019-05-28T19:56:04.000Z

Did you activate the new input system in the settings and set the specific device class for your devices?

Answer 9 · 2019-08-19T17:38:29.000Z

Is there help I could provide to get this resolved?

Answer 10 · 2020-02-15T19:31:33.000Z

@jason076
Please try #1151.
You will have to compile by hand though.

@LittleHuba
I have compiled and tried it, but it does not recognizes any input devices. The stylus is still working like a normal mouse.

Same for me. Any updates on this? SurfacePro (2017).

Answer 11 · 2020-06-17T01:01:42.000Z

I have a Surface Pro4 and my Stylus is always recognized as a normal mouse. I have tried the workarounds from above, but they dont't work. I have the Xournal++ Version 1.0.12

I have this issue too, on the latest 1.0.18. The above PR is merged, but only one device comes up when configuring input devices.

I have a Dell Inspiron 7586, which uses the same pen tech as Surface devices (and is compatible with Surface pens). It works on Linux, but not Windows.

Any progress on this? Should I create a dedicated issue?

Answer 12 · 2020-06-17T01:07:08.000Z

It seems that our issue is caused by #1346.

Answer 13 · 2020-11-15T03:17:09.000Z

I just installed 1.0.19 and no pressure witrh Wacom trablet on Win 10 no matter how many times I restart. This used to work in the 1.0.18 :(

Answer 14 · 2021-08-02T02:57:37.000Z

I have the same issue on ROG Flow X13 which have the same pen tech as Surface.

Answer 15 · 2021-08-02T05:48:31.000Z

Have you tried version 1.1.0-hotfix.1 ?

Answer 16 · 2021-08-02T07:39:46.000Z

Now I have tried it, it fixed my problem. Thanks.

Answer 17 · 2021-08-02T07:53:58.000Z

I am closing the issue, since the problem was fixed in GTK+ 3.24.30, which is contained in the 1.1.0-hotfix.1 release.

Answer 18 · 2021-10-16T18:03:57.000Z

The note in the readme can be removed.