Dragging a document by touch allows the user to freely pan the display area of the page view, even if the hand tool is disabled. This is the most basic operation, along with zooming in and out by pinching. However, if there happens to be a comment at the location you touch while trying to drag, you will unintentionally select and move that comment. In the first place, just by looking at the page, we cannot determine whether what we see there is a comment or base content.
When the exclusive mode is enabled, tapping on a comment does not select it and dragging does not move it, regardless of whether the Hand tool or the Comment tool is enabled. However, when the exclusive mode is enabled, the tooltip does not appear when operated with a stylus or mouse, and double-clicking on a comment does not open a pop-up note. These are all behaviors that the exclusive mode intentionally causes. If you enable exclusive mode just because you don't want to select a comment with a tap, the effect on other operations is too great. However, that does not mean that it is very practical to enable the exclusive mode when performing touch operations and disable it when performing stylus or mouse operations.
Note that disabling the 'Allow Draw with a Finger Touch' option in the 'Commenting' category of the 'Preferences' dialog does not prevent selection by tap or movement of comments by drag.
I just want to pan by dragging or zoom in/out by pinching, but it is very tiring to touch the screen while always being careful whether the hand tool is active or not, or whether the exclusive mode is active or not.
The request for the comment tool to be activated by double-tapping, which I reported in the following topic, was based on the same purpose.
- Comment tool responds to double-tap even if 'Allow Draw with a Finger Touch' option is disabled
https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?t=40842
If you mainly use a stylus, you will be able to concentrate more on writing if you can limit touch operations to the minimum necessary in the settings. In this regard, other touch-friendly PDF software offers more detailed options for touch operations than PDF-XChange Editor. For example, Drawboard PDF offers the following options, all of which I have disabled.Tracker Supp-Stefan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:21 am Our devs told me that there is no reason to turn that feature off - as double tap is not used for anything else in that configuration - so there's no harm to leave it working like this.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message.
Best regards,
rakunavi
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