Touchscreen is HORRIBLY inaccurate

[SKCro]

Is it just me, or is the touchscreen on the Steam Deck *awful*? I love everything else about the Deck (it's a really nice computer in every other aspect), but the touchscreen tends to be awful at times - I can't scroll without it registering my swipes as multiple individual inputs/taps, and it only seems to scroll properly when I press down REALLY hard (which causes some concerning ripple patterns at the edges of the screen, implying that I'm pressing down too hard).

Not to mention, the on-screen keyboard is just horrible. There's no option to make it any smaller, from what I can see. It also tends to miss/drop inputs at complete random if I type any faster than like 1 word-per-minute.

Is anyone else having these touchscreen problems or is my particular Deck just screwy?

[Rodomar705]

Same experience on the touchscreen part on LCD, expecially on the virtual keyboard where half of the inputs often get ignored unless you wait enough to allow it to pick up the press. Not sure if it's a driver problem or the touchscreen part is just crap, but I'm gonna lean more on the second IMO.

[TheKrapfcat]

My Deck never gave me problems with the touchscreen the inputs are accurate enough and I can scroll easily the library without putting pressure on the screen to register the input so maybe a QA issue on your deck

still everything on the Deck screams that the Touchscreen is last resort and there just in case something is not working right IMO

[SKCro]

Originally posted by TheKrapfcat:

My Deck never gave me problems with the touchscreen the inputs are accurate enough and I can scroll easily the library without putting pressure on the screen to register the input so maybe a QA issue on your deck

still everything on the Deck screams that the Touchscreen is last resort and there just in case something is not working right IMO

Do you have an OLED or LCD model? I have an LCD model, so the touchscreen might have been improved since then. I also got my unit used, although it was in good condition and the seller didn't mention any touchscreen problems.

Not to mention, Googling around seems to reveal that other Deck owners have touchscreen problems too.

[SKCro]

Originally posted by Rodomar705:

Same experience on the touchscreen part on LCD, expecially on the virtual keyboard where half of the inputs often get ignored unless you wait enough to allow it to pick up the press. Not sure if it's a driver problem or the touchscreen part is just crap, but I'm gonna lean more on the second IMO.

It's probably a hardware issue, considering that it acts similar (if not exactly the same) under Windows. I heard somewhere that the Deck used screens recycled from old tablets (explaining why Windows defaults to vertical orientation during setup), but I'm not sure how true this claim is or if it has anything to do with the touchscreen. Maybe the touch digitizer is just lousy.

[deaddoof]

Originally posted by SKCro:

Originally posted by Rodomar705:

Same experience on the touchscreen part on LCD, expecially on the virtual keyboard where half of the inputs often get ignored unless you wait enough to allow it to pick up the press. Not sure if it's a driver problem or the touchscreen part is just crap, but I'm gonna lean more on the second IMO.

It's probably a hardware issue, considering that it acts similar (if not exactly the same) under Windows. I heard somewhere that the Deck used screens recycled from old tablets (explaining why Windows defaults to vertical orientation during setup), but I'm not sure how true this claim is or if it has anything to do with the touchscreen. Maybe the touch digitizer is just lousy.

Steam Deck is a cheap device. $400 is sacrifice everything range for a barely good enough experience. The next deck will have a hundred or more wiggle room for a better experience.

[SKCro]

Originally posted by deaddoof:

Originally posted by SKCro:

It's probably a hardware issue, considering that it acts similar (if not exactly the same) under Windows. I heard somewhere that the Deck used screens recycled from old tablets (explaining why Windows defaults to vertical orientation during setup), but I'm not sure how true this claim is or if it has anything to do with the touchscreen. Maybe the touch digitizer is just lousy.

Steam Deck is a cheap device. $400 is sacrifice everything range for a barely good enough experience. The next deck will have a hundred or more wiggle room for a better experience.

Fair point - I guess they had to cut corners somewhere :P

[TheKrapfcat]

Originally posted by SKCro:

Originally posted by TheKrapfcat:

My Deck never gave me problems with the touchscreen the inputs are accurate enough and I can scroll easily the library without putting pressure on the screen to register the input so maybe a QA issue on your deck

still everything on the Deck screams that the Touchscreen is last resort and there just in case something is not working right IMO

Do you have an OLED or LCD model? I have an LCD model, so the touchscreen might have been improved since then. I also got my unit used, although it was in good condition and the seller didn't mention any touchscreen problems.

Not to mention, Googling around seems to reveal that other Deck owners have touchscreen problems too.

I have an early 64GB LCD model, got mine over 17 months ago and so far nothing broke, only the left stick rubber ring detached which is impressive, since back in the day I would ruin 2-3 PS2 controllers in the same timeframe

[SKCro]

Originally posted by TheKrapfcat:

Originally posted by SKCro:

Do you have an OLED or LCD model? I have an LCD model, so the touchscreen might have been improved since then. I also got my unit used, although it was in good condition and the seller didn't mention any touchscreen problems.

Not to mention, Googling around seems to reveal that other Deck owners have touchscreen problems too.

I have an early 64GB LCD model, got mine over 17 months ago and so far nothing broke, only the left stick rubber ring detached which is impressive, since back in the day I would ruin 2-3 PS2 controllers in the same timeframe

Huh, I guess you just got lucky then.