Touchscreen PC support?

  • SlipperyInNet
    11th Aug 2014 Member 1 Permalink

    I own a Surface Pro (a tablet PC that runs a full version of Windows). TPT seems like a perfect fit with such a touchscreen PC, as it has both finger and stylus support.

     

    TPT works perfectly on the touchscreen, except for one major flaw. When you tap one spot, let go, and then tap a different spot, TPT draws a line between the two points. I'm guessing this is because TPT expects the mouse to move from one point to the other instead of just "appearing" at the second point.

     

    Hopefully this can be easily fixed, I'd really appreciate it.

     

     

    Edit:

    Here's a video of the problem I'm facing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G695PpUGYKg

    I'm using a Surface Pro 2. There also seems to be a related problem where tapping the screen isn't registering as a click in TPT until I move my finger/stylus. Let me know if there's any other details you need or things I should try.

    Edited 2 times by SlipperyInNet. Last: 11th Aug 2014
  • wolfy1339
    11th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink
  • jacob1
    11th Aug 2014 Developer 1 Permalink
    hmm, I don't get this issue, when I use the touchscreen on my computer it recognizes the mouse release when I let go.
  • SlipperyInNet
    11th Aug 2014 Member 1 Permalink

    Wolfy: Your post doesn't mention the problem I'm having here. I'm not asking for a separate touchscreen version of TPT (though that would be great). I'm just asking for a fix to the problem I described in my first post.

    Edited 2 times by SlipperyInNet. Last: 11th Aug 2014
  • therocketeer
    11th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink
    Unfortunately (or fortunately for me) I don't have this issue when using my touchscreen monitor, and it works as one would expect it to.
  • Protcom
    11th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink

    @jacob1 (View Post)

    Could this thing SOMEHOW(/repeat) SOMEHOW (I'm sure after all of this attention people wont understand me and complain about it) be possible ?

    http://i.imgur.com/RMnxrr4.png

    I think it can fix the problem if we had costum super duper GUI of some sort.

    Edited 3 times by Protcom. Last: 11th Aug 2014
  • boxmein
    11th Aug 2014 Former Staff 1 Permalink
    @Protcom (View Post)
    Well, we might as well include the rest of the keys too
  • Protcom
    11th Aug 2014 Member 0 Permalink

    @boxmein (View Post)

    Yeah, even though that will take alot of space but it can be fixed like this

    http://i.imgur.com/T0sVFTz.gif

    Maaaybee.

    Edited 2 times by Protcom. Last: 12th Aug 2014
  • Sylvi
    11th Aug 2014 Moderator 1 Permalink

    @Protcom (View Post)

     TPT's UI doesn't support graphics like that easily. The system would need an entire re-write.

  • boxmein
    11th Aug 2014 Former Staff 1 Permalink
    @boxmein (View Post)
    lolno, there's better floating input methods everywhere, TPT doesn't need a native one