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Feature Request: Enhanced Surface Pen Functionality in Annotaion Editor
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(03-20-2017, 08:37 AM)Zuberman Wrote: So I've added what I can in terms of surface pen support. Microsoft did not expose any way to handle the eraser button - the OS handles that and no application can detect it.   Microsoft also did not provide any way to handle the right-click button unless the pen is actually touching the screen. This severely limits what it can be used for.  What I've done for now is that, if the right click button is held and you tap the screen, it will enter the annotations editor. Likewise, if you hold the button and tap the screen in the annotations editor it will save the changes and immediately exit. I think this provides more value than being able to pan while holding the button.  If you guys disagree, let me know. I'd rather not make it customizable unless there are tons of different ideas for how to use it, because it creates a lot of work (business logic, UI changes, translations into all the languages, manual updates, etc). I also added code so that if you switch to the eraser, it will activate the eraser tool while you drag the box, erase the annotations when you let go, and then switch back to whatever tool you were previously using.  It works pretty well. When I update the annotations to also support the more traditional eraser (one you can scribble with instead of drawing a box), I will update the eraser to use that.

Thanks,
Mike

Just tested it, works just as you described! Thanks so much Mike.

Are there key shortcuts for certain functions? (I may have missed it since the early days of Mobilesheets) - as in, pressing 'Q' for annotation mode. You can apparently reprogram the surface eraser/button using something like this:

https://windows.gadgethacks.com/how-to/r...t-0166903/

though of course that's a third party solution. If you did implement keyboard shortcuts though, for the common functions (and possibly work out how to implement that kind of hotkey script natively in the app...?), I'd say it might be useful for someone with a laptop, or a pen. It doesn't seem like a priority though, since your solution is great too.

Thanks for all you do!
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RE: Feature Request: Enhanced Surface Pen Functionality in Annotaion Editor - by androidxen - 03-30-2017, 12:44 AM



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