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We might have an idea for this. Stay tuned.
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This was the very first thing I thought about when I saw the app. This is pretty much what I want Apple to do for an external Touch Bar enabled keyboard.
Imagine being able to two finger swipe between a regular QWERTY keyboard to an app specific keyboard (like large buttons for Photoshop functions).
I know there are RSI issues with a pure touchscreen keyboard for long form typing (say, coding), but for the majority of users? I could see this being a really, really useful UI method.
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Bottom of the screen: virtual keyboard
Above keyboard: touch bar
Remaining area on top of the screen: virtual trackpad
This way we can 100% control the mac from a connected iPad
EDIT: Maybe it would be better for practical reasons to have the trackpad area under the virtual keyboard.
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@stipus I've used a lot of virtual trackpads and they all suck; they have weird custom pointer acceleration, they're full of stutter and lag, and you can't get force touch. But the nail in the coffin has to be the ergonomics. Because the user can't rest their palms on the iPad, the keyboard must be at the bottom of the iPad's screen to be comfortable to use. This means that there's no good placement for a trackpad... unless you really feel like reaching over the keyboard to move your mouse.
For this reason, I firmly believe the iPad is a noticeably worse trackpad in every way. It's more intuitive and comfortable to use the Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse I already have.
IMO, all extra real estate should be used in a TouchBar-like way. Mission Control is one possible set of controls that could appear in that area, but theoretically expanded controls could become available for any app or system function if support was built in a-la TouchBar.
@AndreasVerhoeven any way I can get involved?
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We've just added a virtual keyboard to the iOS app! Check out the latest release and let us know what you think.
See the release text about why we haven't added a virtual trackpad, which is similar to what @GoldenChaos said above. We do not have plans for any custom widgets or functionality for the remainder of the screen, as that's not really what this app is meant for. Check out something like Quadro for this.
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Related Issues (20)
- SUGGESTION: Trackpad Support HOT 1
- swiping HOT 2
- iOS App crashes on iPad 2 (9.3.5) HOT 1
- Doesn't work on High Sierra HOT 2
- (enhancement) Option to drag the TouchBar around HOT 1
- Client: "Address already in use” error
- Keyboard works - touchbar does not HOT 5
- Broken on 16inch MacBook Pro
- Freezes
- Touchbar via Raspberry HOT 1
- New Mac support needed ! HOT 1
- Touch Bar Server "crashes" touchbar HOT 3
- [Suggestion] Allow physical function keys to control on screen touch bar HOT 1
- ios app link HOT 1
- Does not show up on 10.2.2 (16C67) HOT 2
- Does not show up on 10.12.3 (16D32) HOT 12
- Every key EXCEPT fn works. Uninstall? HOT 5
- Latest version still stops working after some time
- [suggestion] HOT 1
- [Suggestion] Adaptive iPhone small screen & Add touchpad mode HOT 1
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