Re: [Linuxwacom-discuss] Bamboo buttons

[Ping C. <pin...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Michal Suchanek <hra...@ce...> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I tried running the Bamboo tablet with the touch ring and Bamboo Pen
> and Touch and on both the button assignment is quite odd.
>
> The Bamboo with touch ring has four buttons around the touch ring
> assigned like this:
>
> +-----±-----+
> |  1/   \2  |
> +--+     +--+
> |  3\   /8  |
> +-----∓-----+
>
> Since the button 1 press is generated by touching the pen to the
> tablet, buttons 2 and 3 are on the pen and buttons 4 and 5 are
> generated by the touch ring it would be more useful to have buttons
> 6,7,8 and 9 assigned to the pad buttons. Since buttons 6 and 7 are
> used for horizontal scrolling it would also match the symbols on the
> buttons.

Nice catch and great suggestion. I thought we were reporting buttons
1, 2, 3, and 4 for the Bamboo expresskeys.

> If the standard buttons are to be replicated on the pad then it would
> be advisable to place the buttons 1 and 3 in pair such as 1 3 2 2 or 6
> 7 1 3 (the button 2 by default emulated anyway).
>
> On Bamboo Pen and Touch the buttons are arranged like this:
>
> +---------+
> |         |
> |         |
> |    1    |
> |         |
> |         |
> +---------+
> |    2    |
> |         |
> +---------+
> +---------+
> |         |
> |    3    |
> +---------+
> |         |
> |         |
> |    8    |
> |         |
> |         |
> +---------+
>
> Again, it would be advisable to place the buttons 1 and 3 on the
> prominent positions like 1 2 2 3 or 1 4 5 3. Once the gestures work
> reliably it might be more useful to assign some high numbers by
> default.
>
> Is there any plan to make the default button assignments sensible or
> are they going to be just random with no use for the button unless
> everyone reassigns them on their tablets?

Can you submit a patch here? We will merge the patch once it is
reviewed and tested.

Thank you for your support.

Ping