Touchscreen right-click issue

[Sven Viking]

Some games are well suited to play with just the touchscreen, but on a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 at least it’s unfortunately virtually impossible to right-click. (This is not game-specific as I also tested it in the desktop view.)

I’ve tried the two-finger tap in a wide variety of ways (different timings, different relative positions and separations), and it registers a right-click maybe once in twenty or thirty attempts. I think most of the time it’s mistaking it for a minute pinch-to-zoom gesture. It could potentially be related to the Note 4 having a very high DPI display?

Less important, but I’m also not sure where the right-click would land if the gesture was working. Directly between the two touch points might be OK, but I suggest that it would perhaps be easier to control by placing one finger on the screen at the intended click point then quickly tapping with a second finger soon afterwards? (Or even vice versa.)

The three-finger tap to bring up the keyboard works every time for me, by the way.


P.S. Galaxy Note devices actually have a alternate-click function on their stylus. It’d be really nice if that was able to be supported.

[slouken]

It is actually supposed to work the way you describe. Tap where you want the right click (it'll generate a left click) and then tap another finger to generate the right click.

I'll contact Samsung and ask about the alternate click function.

Thanks!

[Sven Viking]

Thanks!

Just confirming that two-finger-tap attempts definitely are being taken as pinch-to-zoom or two-finger-drag gestures at least some of the time, since the screen is often moved slightly. Might just be that the gestures need to be made DPI-independent or similar.

[huangjs (idling )]

Same issue on s9+

[Sven Viking]

Still broken on high-DPI phones in version 1.1.11. Tapping *extremely lightly* with two fingers *simultaneously* works about one time in five, but then you can’t predict which tap point will be chosen as the click location. Anything else is interpreted as a pinch-to-zoom gesture rather than a right-click. The three-finger tap gesture to bring up the keyboard works every time.

(Samsung SM-N910G Android 6.0.1)

Edit: An option to disable pinch-to-zoom entirely would likely solve the problem, and ideally could also allow for right-dragging which is necessary in games like Shenzhen I/O.

[Kinsama]

Same problem on a Galaxy tab S3 (on Oreo), right click is taken as a pinch to zoom... Making a lot of games just unplayable.

I really don't see the point of this pinch to zoom feature but maybe some people use it so maybe an option to disable it would solve the problem?

[Sven Viking]

Just adding that the on-screen MB2 button on the new touch controller provides a workaround (enable beta participation in the Steam client settings). Removing all other controls, including the trackpad, works pretty well for some games — you can even right-drag. (Unfortunately some other issues still make it rather unsuited for Shenzhen I/O, e.g. the Enter key closing the keyboard.)

Of course, it’d still be ideal for the two finger touch gesture to also work as intended.

[Kinsama]

Originally posted by Sven Viking:

Just adding that the on-screen MB2 button on the new touch controller provides a workaround (enable beta participation in the Steam client settings). Removing all other controls, including the trackpad, works pretty well for some games — you can even right-drag. (Unfortunately some other issues still make it rather unsuited for Shenzhen I/O, e.g. the Enter key closing the keyboard.)

Of course, it’d still be ideal for the two finger touch gesture to also work as intended.

Thanks for the tips! It's a good workaround for now