[Bf-committers] Improving Blender's keymap: a proposal

[Nathan Vegdahl]

The side buttons are pressure sensitive...?

--Nathan


On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Mike Erwin <significant.bit at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's the way I have mine set up too. The Wacom defaults on
> Mac/Windows are RMB and double-click, so you have to make a custom
> profile for blender. I was just pointing out that they're all pressure
> sensitive, not just LMB, and can be used for drawing.
>
> Mike Erwin
> musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire
>
>
>
>> For me:
>> Tap = LMB
>> Side-button-1 click = MMB
>> Side-button-2 click = RMB
>>
>> I don't use the side buttons as modifiers, I use them as actual
>> buttons.  I thought this was standard?  I've never used a tablet any
>> other way, and I've never done any special configuration...?
>>
>> Then again, I am on Linux.  So the default behavior may be different.
>>
>> --Nathan
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Mike Erwin <significant.bit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> For people using mice, switching painting functionality to RMB will
>>>> work fine.  But for tablet users it's important for LMB to be paint,
>>>> since that's the one with pressure sensitivity.
>>>>
>>>> --Nathan
>>>
>>> All "buttons" of the pen should already be pressure sensitive, whether
>>> or not the sideswitch is used to make them MMB, RMB, or whatever. The
>>> eraser end comes through as button 1 as well (LMB by default). Unless
>>> you're talking about some strange hardware I haven't tested.