Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)

Re:Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware ... by treacle on Friday December 10, 2021 @07:49AM (#29509242)

I like the idea of the nipple in the home row, but it always feels like too much work. Too much pressure etc. So I have resorted to the touchpad on the Thinkpad. But you could do pinch gestures on that, and it isn't too far away.

Perhaps joycon style keys on F and J?

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Re:Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware ... by themodelplumber on Friday December 10, 2021 @08:54AM (#29509833)

I tend to prefer alt-scrollwheel myself. Not sure if that's available in Ubuntu though.

Joycon keys are an interesting idea. I had an idea for a keyboard-mashing library that would map all keys into groups of several directional zones e.g. up down right left, and you could mash generally in the zone of your choice to steer a flight sim or paint or modify paint dynamics. Anyway.

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Re:Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware ... by treacle on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:23AM (#29540346)

Damn I'm missing a scroll wheel.

Found myself an old school Kensington trackball. With no scroll wheel. Which is a pain. But I quite like the ball. Shame it's not in the middle of the keyboard.

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