Feature Request: Add support for multiple tablets about wacom-gui HOT 14 CLOSED

Note - I'm not sure using two (or more) identical tablets will work as expected - as AFAIK there is no way to distinguish which Wacom devices map to which particular tablet ...

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I noticed that the 'touch' device on a "Cintiq Pro 16" is on a different USB ID than the 'stylus' and 'eraser' devices

The libwacom '.tablet' files refers to these 2nd USB IDs as 'PairedIDs' - so I've re-done my multiple tablet patch by taking these into account - which appears to work ...

(I also didn't realise I could attach patches to these issues ...)

New Patch:

multiple-tablets-v2.patch.gz

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Can you please run /usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices for the Cintiq Pro 16 and let me know what the output shows as? I'm thinking this might be a cleaner way to detect the tablets. I didn't know this command existed...

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I had actually considered suggesting that you might want to use the libwacom utilities/data files with wacom-gui - it would certainly make it 'easier' to support newer models - and it also comes with svg 'images' of the button layouts - the svg files also contain info about the buttons/controls/etc on the tablet - although I guess it would be a lot of work to convert wacom-gui to use libwacom ? - and that you would also have to supply the 'latest' version and not reply on the older version shipped with the OS ?

Using list-devices (see issue #20) gives for the Cintiq Pro 16:

[Device]
Name=Wacom Cintiq Pro 16
DeviceMatch=usb:056a:0350;
PairedID=usb:056a:0354;
Class=Cintiq
Width=14
Height=8
IntegratedIn=Display;
Styli=0x842;0x84a;0x160802;0x16080a;0x100802;0x10080a;0x140802;0x14080a;0x120802;0x100804;0x10080c;0x100902;0x10090a;0x80842;

[Features]
Reversible=false
Stylus=true
Ring=false
Ring2=false
Touch=true
TouchSwitch=false
StatusLEDs=
NumStrips=0
Buttons=0

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Given I'd prefer to have people able to swap between multiple tablets without needing to reload the GUI and using libwacom-data for the information this is a significantly bigger rewrite than originally planned for. It's going to be a little bit before I get the pieces in a working state for people to test.

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OK - let me know if you need help testing when you have something

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GUI rework in progress:

• new GUI in place; supports multiple tablets and refreshing of tablet list if you are connecting/disconnecting tablets. This is done by tracking tablet device ID as supplied by xsetwacom rather than name
• uses information from libwacom (latest release data will be included in RPM) for correct tablet information, hopefully to streamline device support.
• layout is effectively aping the layout of the official wacom settings app to hopefully make usage a little clearer
• multiple tablets of the same kind are detected correctly now, however they will use the same config file
• multiple configs are possible, however will be disabled until the rest of the GUI is on par (or at least close) to original GUI
• currently rewriting the tool classes to support using IDs vs device name

I don't have an ETA for a public alpha release yet, but just wanted to provide an update so you know stuff is in the works.

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Thanks for the progress report

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Still in progress... given the rework I decided to try and fix other things that were rather hack-y with how the GUI is working. If you check out the gui-rebuild branch you can test out the new hotkey programming widget.

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Express Key programming has been reworked. You now select the keypresses from a list, generate your own keystroke commands, as well as add keyboard shortcuts to run commands.

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I've done some tweaks to the Express Keys display and now have the Stylus programming updated as well. I still need to do some tweaking for the pressure curve, and to implement the mapping, and update config writing to match the new format, but it's ~70% up to spec with the old GUI.

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@jcpearson
Ready for testing: https://github.com/tb2097/wacom-gui/releases/tag/v0.3.0-rc1

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I haven't had time to look at this yet - but the changes (and images) look good ... thanks!

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Closing this issue as the feature is now part of the 3.0.x release series. If any issues arise with the feature please open a new ticket.

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