Other programs except osu!

[Tortenrandband]

I really like to use my touchpad in absolute mode with other programs than osu! Using it inside the browser for example with different drawing apps would be huge for me.

Are there any plans to implement such a thing in the future or are there other possible pathways to achieve something like that on windows or linux?

[apsun]

I tried this with two approaches: AbsoluteTouch and Pad2Screen. AbsoluteTouch had some problems with performance and didn't work well in games, but if you have a Synaptics touchpad, I think it does fit your usecase. Pad2Screen was a Windows kernel driver that would basically turn your touchpad into a touchscreen system-wide, the only problem is that I never actually got it to work since drivers are fickle things.

AbsoluteTouchEx technically works on things other than osu!, but it requires that the program use raw input, which is primarily used by games. I don't think browsers will ever support it, so chances are slim that this will ever happen with AbsoluteTouchEx :-(

[Tortenrandband]

AbsoluteTouch.exe worked (I have a Synaptics touchpad), Thank you Andrew. I didn't realize how hard it is to draw in absolute mode, when I'm just hovering with the cursor there is no way to click&hold other than double tapping with the pen and losing the previous position, because it's hard to hit the same spot. I'm using my second hand for other controls, otherwise I would use the seperate buttons on my touchpad for right and left click.

[gmpakpak12]

how do I use is on Osu! everytime i press shift + f6 my cursor just wont move.... I have synaptics touchpad though i installed different precision driver it works without issue its just that shift +f6 on osu! wont make my cusor move... I get it that i wont move when in calibration mode but when i exit calibration and turn on absolute touch i cant move it... help can you do a tutorial for noobs because i dont quite understand the tutorial on main page