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xsetwacom — Change settings for Wacom pen tablets at runtime. More information: <https://manned.org/xsetwacom>.

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Problem

How to use the xsetwacom command: Change settings for Wacom pen tablets at runtime. More information: <https://manned.org/xsetwacom>.

Solution

xsetwacom — Change settings for Wacom pen tablets at runtime. More information: <https://manned.org/xsetwacom>.

List all the available Wacom devices. The device name is in the first column:
xsetwacom list


Set Wacom area to specific screen. Get name of the screen with xrandr:
xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" MapToOutput {{screen}}


Set mode to relative (like a mouse) or absolute (like a pen) mode:
xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" Mode "{{Relative|Absolute}}"


Rotate the input (useful for tablet-PC when rotating screen) by 0|90|180|270 degrees from "natural" rotation:
xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" Rotate {{none|half|cw|ccw}}


Set button to only work when the tip of the pen is touching the tablet:
xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" TabletPCButton "on"

Code Snippets

List all the available Wacom devices. The device name is in the first column

xsetwacom list

Set Wacom area to specific screen. Get name of the screen with `xrandr`

xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" MapToOutput {{screen}}

Set mode to relative (like a mouse) or absolute (like a pen) mode

xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" Mode "{{Relative|Absolute}}"

Rotate the input (useful for tablet-PC when rotating screen) by 0|90|180|270 degrees from "natural" rotation

xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" Rotate {{none|half|cw|ccw}}

Set button to only work when the tip of the pen is touching the tablet

xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" TabletPCButton "on"

Context

tldr-pages: linux/xsetwacom

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