Touch device support

simonjhudson

We mostly run Skirmish VT from a touch screen device (Surface Pro 3), since it is powerful, doesn't take up much space, doesn't need extra space for a mouse, is silent and have no trouble driving a HD/4K screen.

However some of the UI controls are extremely challenging using the Surface pen or pure touch. Ctrl Right click is a nightmare on anything but a mouse, for example. Right click on it's own is OK, Ctrl Left click is manageable, but anything more is hard.

Can the choice of UI control have an option for touch/pen as well as a mouse mode?

xavi

Sure, the thing is we don't have access to a touch screen, so we could never try it on one of those, so it is good to have feedback! Besides the ones you mentioned, are there any others that don't work well?
(PS: how do you do control left click on a touch screen without a keyboard? Also, how is right click handled on Surface?)

Also, we don't have access to a high res screens, if you could post screenshots of any issues you might find (really small windows or graphics or the like) that would be really helpful as well

simonjhudson

Ah, I can see how that might be a problem.

You can get some really cheap Windows 10 devices (http://amzn.com/B012C4BLWM though they are SLOW) but I know you guys are in start up so money is tight. I'd lend you one, but you are the wrong side of the pond. Alternatively I don't mind testing and giving you feedback - though I'm not always responsive - I can be away for a few days at a time.

I'll happily post observations and screenshots.

Under Windows 10 touch a right click is a touch and hold for 3 seconds action. Combining this with holding a modifier key (Ctrl, shift etc) is hard. The Surface pen has a Right Click button, but it's still a click and hold (dumb, but true) and holding a modifier key is still a problem. Modifier keys are even more of an issue if you only have the onscreen keyboard - the OSK often gets in the way of what you want to click and can be a problem to hold for 3 seconds (strange but true). Ideally right clicks should not have any modifiers, though they could pop up a context sensitive actions menu (which is what Windows does).

Left click is easier, since it is a click rather than a hold.

The easy touch actions are:

1. Tap
2. Double tap
3. Touch and hold
4. Touch and drag
5. Two finger tap
6. Two finger drag
   

xavi

No worries, that's helpful already!