May 23, 2017 Hello there. I'm having some problems finding the 'pen and touch' menu on my windows 10. I REALLY need to turn the pen feedback off, I can't draw properly with the circle popping up every time I hold the pen for more then 1 second.
-->If your device includes a digitizer that provides both touch and pen functionality, you must report touch and pen collections separately. If your digitizer might be installed on a slate, tablet PC or other computer that has no mouse, you should also report a mouse collection.
Reporting Null Values
To facilitate palm rejection, the pen device should report data at a vertical distance higher than it normally would. It is highly recommended that this distance be 50 mm (or as close to this as possible), as this produces a better user experience. This will allow the host to handle touch input differently when it’s aware that the pen is in range. Since most devices that are able to detect the pen at a higher vertical distance won’t be able to accurately detect the coordinates of the pen, NULL coordinates should be reported by the device. The report descriptor below shows how NULL values can be supported for X and Y. When delivering NULL data, the device simply needs to set values that are outside the specified logical range for X and Y. Both values must be NULL for the host to recognize this reporting mode.
Touch Hardware Quality Assurance
When a device passes the logo requirements, Microsoft will issue a cryptographically signed binary blob to the device’s manufacturer. The manufacturer will place this blob into the device’s firmware prior to production. Within Windows, when a touch device attempts to connect, the signature will be verified.
The blob itself will consist of 256 bytes of binary data, and should be reported as illustrated by the highlighted lines in the HID descriptor below. Device manufacturers should be sure that prior to issuance of the signed binary blob from Microsoft that the sample blob provided below is presented to Windows instead.
The following is the sample blob in clear text.
A complete report descriptor example with the feature report containing the certification blob is shown in Single Finger Hybrid Mode Report Descriptor.
Windows 10 and early versions of Windows have long supported pen input. For the most part, though, that support was relegated to specific apps. As the company announced at its Build developers conference in San Francisco today, it’s now expanding pen support across its operating system — all developers have to do to implement this is add two lines of code to their apps.
The company argues that 72 percent of people still use pens for more than an hour a day.
Windows Ink, as Microsoft calls its pen support in Windows, will now be able to work above the log screen, for example. Maybe more interesting, though, is the addition of intelligent sticky notes to Windows 10 that will essentially work like regular notes. Apps that support this (like Microsoft Edge, for example) will allow you to go to a web page, write a note and when you go back to that page, the note will be there again.
Microsoft is also adding a sketchbook to Windows 10 so people can doodle on their touch-enabled devices. The sketchbook includes digital rulers, sharing features and other tools.
Enable Pen And Touch In Windows 10
Microsoft also today said that it worked with Adobe to improve that companies tools to support all of these new features.
Microsoft is also putting improved pen support in its Maps app, where you can now draw a route and the app will automatically tell you the distance. In Office, you will be able to use a stylus to proofread a document and draw shapes, too (and use Microsoft’s digital ruler).
Windows 10 Pen And Touch
With Microsoft (and Intel) putting an emphasis on 2-in-1 devices, having improved support for styli makes a lot of sense. For some applications like basic note taking, writing math formulas or even music, a pen is still a better solution than a keyboard, after all.