After disabling "Allow draw with a Mouse", unable to select text using text selecting tool

[wdw]

If I disable "Allow draw with a Mouse", I cannot select text with mouse even if I'm in Text Select tool and the mouse shows as hand.

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi, wdw

I see the same and have asked the devs to investigate.

Their explanation makes sense, it is the intended behavior. The option was added to address some very specific touch UI related issues. It is disabled by default. It is meant to prevent the use of the mouse in this way.

Unless you have a specific reason to disable it, simply leave it on.

If you have that off your stylus replaces the mouse. If you have no stylus you definitely want that option on:

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[wdw]

Hi, wdw

I see the same and have asked the devs to investigate.

Their explanation makes sense, it is the intended behavior. The option was added to address some very specific touch UI related issues. It is disabled by default. It is meant to prevent the use of the mouse in this way.

Unless you have a specific reason to disable it, simply leave it on.

If you have that off your stylus replaces the mouse. If you have no stylus you definitely want that option on:


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Thank you for the update. I do have stylus and want to draw exclusively using that and not mouse/touchscreen, but I just realized that I don't need to disable those options to prevent unintentional draw with mouse. Thank you for helping.

[Loki@99]

I do have stylus and want to draw exclusively using that and not mouse/touchscreen, but I just realized that I don't need to disable those options to prevent unintentional draw with mouse. Thank you for helping.

Stylus palm rejection in PDFXCE also highly rely on the Exclusive Mode. I suggest you to pin it on Toolbar for a better experience.

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Btw, there is a dedicated subforum for touchscreen devices.

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi, Loki@99

that's a great suggestion. I needed it multiple times last night and it never occurred to me to pin it...