Nobody is biting... so is anyone else out there interested in using HID touchscreens with JavaFX on OSX (or any other plaform) without using a third party driver?
On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 4:18 AM jfx user2 <jfxus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Multitouch display support JavaFX on Windows, iOS, and Android seems > straightforward. If the OS recognizes the display as multitouch, then the > chances are that JavaFX will also work with it since it relies on the > native multitouch support of the OS. > > When it comes to Linux and OSX, it's not always as easy. Linux sometimes > requires device mapping. I'm not sure if it works at all in OSX unless you > have specific drivers for the display. > > All of the platforms seem to support HID so maybe JavaFX could have direct > support for HID devices (optionally) if they are present instead of just > the current method. It may also improve performance in cases where the OS > is just piping HID events through their own API's to support multitouch. > Why not just go straight to the HID source and bypass that conduit. > > This would vastly improve multitouch app development on OSX. It would be > possible to connect a HID display and use it for testing apps that are > destined for platforms that formally support multitouch. > > Is there any work being done in this area? Is there a bigger picture > (e.g. better multi-display and connect/disconnect support in JavaFX)? > > ... coming from a frustrated OSX user with lots of HID displays and no > easy JavaFX support. > > https://www.usb.org/hid >
