Any xorg config wizards here?
I have a touchscreen (attached to a Pi, if relevant) that will show web pages in a kiosky way. That means I want to disable everything that the touchscreen can do beyond point and click. That is, I want to get rid of any right-click emulation, click&drag to select, multi-touch, etc.
Bit of a long shot but my Googling so far isn't throwing up any likely solutions.
I *think* what I want is: - short press = click - long press = click (ie no different from short press) - drag across screen = do nothing (unless very short distance in which case treat as a click) - any multi-touch = do nothing
Mark
On 22/03/18 18:02, Mark Rogers wrote:
Any xorg config wizards here?
I have a touchscreen (attached to a Pi, if relevant) that will show web pages in a kiosky way. That means I want to disable everything that the touchscreen can do beyond point and click. That is, I want to get rid of any right-click emulation, click&drag to select, multi-touch, etc.
Bit of a long shot but my Googling so far isn't throwing up any likely solutions.
I *think* what I want is:
- short press = click
- long press = click (ie no different from short press)
- drag across screen = do nothing (unless very short distance in which
case treat as a click)
- any multi-touch = do nothing
This isn't an answer to your question, however, it might be helpful.
TheMagPi magazine March 2018 has a small information column saying
Webkiosk OS 7 Released. A Raspberry Pi makes for an ideal kiosk PC, but you'll need a robust, secure and dedicated OS to go with it - enter Raspberry Webkiosk 7 - now updated to Raspbian Stretch
Hope this is of help to someone.
Steve
On 23 March 2018 at 00:21, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
TheMagPi magazine March 2018 has a small information column saying
Webkiosk OS 7 Released. A Raspberry Pi makes for an ideal kiosk PC, but you'll need a robust, secure and dedicated OS to go with it - enter Raspberry Webkiosk 7 - now updated to Raspbian Stretch
Thanks, I'll download it and see if it does what I need, then try and pinch the settings from it.
I also found FullPageOS and Screenly, which I'm also looking at (Screenly didn't fix it, FullPageOS I'm not sure about yet as I haven't driven it far enough to be able to test it).
On 22/03/18 18:02, Mark Rogers wrote:
Any xorg config wizards here?
I have a touchscreen (attached to a Pi, if relevant) that will show web pages in a kiosky way. That means I want to disable everything that the touchscreen can do beyond point and click. That is, I want to get rid of any right-click emulation, click&drag to select, multi-touch, etc.
Bit of a long shot but my Googling so far isn't throwing up any likely solutions.
I *think* what I want is:
- short press = click
- long press = click (ie no different from short press)
- drag across screen = do nothing (unless very short distance in which
case treat as a click)
- any multi-touch = do nothing
Mark
I'm no xorg wizard, but I installed Mint Cinnamon 18 on an HP laptop with a touch screen and it just worked. When I next get hold of it, I could let you have copied of whatever config files you want, as there might be clues on there.
Cheers, Laurie.
On 23 March 2018 at 09:43, Laurie Brown laurie@brownowl.com wrote:
I'm no xorg wizard, but I installed Mint Cinnamon 18 on an HP laptop with a touch screen and it just worked. When I next get hold of it, I could let you have copied of whatever config files you want, as there might be clues on there.
Thanks, but getting the touchscreen to work wasn't actually that much of a challenge. The problem is disabling all those things that make sense on a desktop (such as selecting text by dragging over it, long-press for right-click, gestures, etc) but which don't make sense in a kiosk where you just want simple point & click.
Chances are that some of the settings I need won't even be touchscreen related. Eg: Click your normal mouse and drag across the screen and it'll select stuff. That's the sort of thing I want to disable. Might be something related to accessibility?
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