Features request for stylus users

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onlytolook
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Features request for stylus users

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Feature requests:

- Implementation of a stroke eraser
- Add a lasso
- Ability to use the vertical toolbar in full screen mode or other floating customizable bar, because every cm matters when it comes to tablet
- Option to easy format the vertical toolbar: see pictures of pdf annotator, samsung note, Drawboard PDF.
- Make fullscreen mode, more UI friendly for tablet users, every cm matters when it comes to tablet; DrawboardPDF, OneNote (microsof365 version 2301
- The ability to add margins to an existing page; PDFannotator, OneNote
- Horizontal scrolling -> One page, double page, cover page, continious etc.

- Ability to convert handwritten text (stylus) to text; Samsung Notes and windows have this feature
- Probably the most difficult, but definately worth it: OCR / A search option for handwritten notes (like OneNote).

- The ability to do active recall and spaced repetition, by blurring a part of your page; DoYouNotes, remNote
- when selecting or highlihting text, a top bar appears, with the following options; xodo
Change style/format ,Add comments, Translate, search dictionary, add text, Delete, Flatten (annotation), Share, Search (on web), Read (out loud),
Drawboard PDF - UI.png
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PDF Annotator - Full screen UI, toolbar.png
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Re: Features request for stylus users

Post by Tracker Supp-Stefan »

Hello onlytolook,

Thanks for your post and suggestions! Those have been passed on to the interface developers for consideration! We will post here as soon as there are any further news.

Kind regards,
Stefan
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Re: Features request for stylus users

Post by MedBooster »

+1 for stroke eraser and lasso tool.
There are other threads that have requested similar features.
https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?p=166171&hilit=lasso#p166171

Just opened this post by chance because I wanted to rant about the same :)
Much needed.

And with the lasso tool... it would as well be nice to(be able to) choose "include/exclude partially selected elements" :)
Last edited by MedBooster on Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Bookmarks with page numbers
Optional fixed small icon size in the toolbar
Shift to UNLOCK aspect ratio/i]
Allow more "toolbars" to the title bar
AltGr issues with character input and keyboard shortcuts
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Re: Features request for stylus users

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Hello MedBooster,

I've brought the attention of the devs back to this topic. We should have something to add here shortly!

Kind regards,
Stefan
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Re: Features request for stylus users

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Tracker Supp-Stefan wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:02 am Hello MedBooster,

I've brought the attention of the devs back to this topic. We should have something to add here shortly!

Kind regards,
Stefan
Did you have something shortly to add?
:?:
at least about the lasso thing? That would be useful even in cursor mode.
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Optional fixed small icon size in the toolbar
Shift to UNLOCK aspect ratio/i]
Allow more "toolbars" to the title bar
AltGr issues with character input and keyboard shortcuts
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Re: Features request for stylus users

Post by Tracker Supp-Stefan »

Hello MedBooster,

I am afraid that for the time being our devs would not be able to devote time to the features you are requesting in this topic, sorry.

Kind regards,
Stefan
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