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Pencil "Touches" on Catalyst are interrupted with modifier

I'm working on a catalyst video editor and I'm using my wacom graphic tablet to work. The wacom input gets translated into a pencil touch. Whenever I hold down a modifier (shift, cmd etc) the touch gets ended and also ends all gestures. The mouse (indirectPointer touch) doesn't exhibit this kind of behavior.

Is this expected behavior? If so is there a way to opt out? Any way to prevent this? This basically makes the typical transform gestures impossible to do when using the graphic tablet.

Answered by Frameworks Engineer in 842992022

wacom input gets translated into a pencil touch.

Expected

Whenever I hold down a modifier (shift, cmd etc) the touch gets ended and also ends all gestures

Not Expected. Please file a Feedback report on that.

is there a way to opt out? Any way to prevent this?

No

wacom input gets translated into a pencil touch.

Expected

Whenever I hold down a modifier (shift, cmd etc) the touch gets ended and also ends all gestures

Not Expected. Please file a Feedback report on that.

is there a way to opt out? Any way to prevent this?

No

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Pencil "Touches" on Catalyst are interrupted with modifier
 
 
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