Chapter 3: Touch Screen Calibration – Windows (MT 7.12) 3-25
Touch Modes
TheavailableTouchModeoptionsareDrawing,Touchdown,and
Liftoff.
Drawing Mode (Default)
DrawingModeismostusefulfordraw,paint,illustration,and
graphicsapplications.
Touchingthescreenisequivalenttopressingandholdingdownthe
mousebutton.Liftingoffisequivalenttoreleasingthemousebutton.
To Click
Touchtheobject,liftoffthe
screen.
To Double-Click
Touchtheobjecttwicequickly
To Drag
Touchtheobject,slideyourfingertothenewlocationandthenlift
itoffthescreen.
Touchdown Mode
TouchdownModeenablesyoutocreateanimmediatebuttonaction
whenyoutouchthescreen.Youcanleaveyourfingeronthescreenbut
onlya
singletouchisregistered.
Touchingthescreenisequivalenttopressingandreleasingthemouse
button.Thismodeisbestforbutton‐basedapplications,suchasa
calculator.Drawingordraggingisnotsupportedinthismode.
Liftoff Mode
LiftoffModeenablesyoutopositionthecursorwhereyouwantbefore
creating
abuttonaction.
Touchingthescreenisequivalenttomovingthemouseposition.The
actionoccurswhenyouremoveyourfingerfromthescreen.Thismode
isusefulforapplicationsrequiringgreateraccuracybecauseitletsyou
carefullypositionthecursorbeforeactingonit.Drawingordraggingis
not
supportedinthismode.