GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 300918
Tablet mouse does not behave correctly. (Windows)
Last modified: 2005-04-17 19:54:05 UTC
Please describe the problem: I have a WACOM Graphire 3 tablet, and I use only that as input (I don't have another mouse on the system). The pen works ok in Gimp, but when I try to use the mouse (sometimes a device with relative positioning works better than an absolute one for some things) the mouse cursor shows in Position A, but the actual action you take happens somewhere else in position B. This essentially makes the Wacom mouse useless. None of my other graphics programs have this problem. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a new image (not maximised to the screen) 2. Select paintbrush 3. try to paint a dot with the Wacom Mouse. Actual results: The Dot you paint either never happens (it's being panted off picture) or is a a different position to where you clicked. Expected results: The dot should appear where the cursor is. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information:
This needs to be fixed at the GTK+ level. The bug report should be reassigned to gtk+ but in order to do that, we need to know what version of gtk+ you are using. It is also likely that this report should be considered a duplicate of bug #168516.
I looked at #168516 and decided that it doesn't actually apply to my situation, the person in #168516 doesn't use the tablet mouse at all, and the problem he is experiencing, while irritating (I have it too) is not the same as this one. That has to do with switching devices, while my problem has to do with the tablet mouse device using relative position for the cursor, and absolute positioning for the actual tool coordinates. In experimenting last night, I tried changing settings, but nothing worked. If I lift the mouse slightly, then the cursor stops moving, but the paintbrush circle will still move. I have GTK+ 2.4.14
I just upgraded to GTK+ 2.6.4 and the problem still happens
Yes, unfortunately relative mode doesn't work correctly. You can use the wireless mouse if you reconfigure it to use absolute mode (pen mode), but I know this isn't ideal. This has already been reported in bug #154657. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 154657 ***