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YES!, please add this feature. there are MANY situations where an app not expecting pen input can accept multiple lines. I would love to be able to use the apple pencil and scribble to enter text via scribble in these situations for example - entering text in markdown (in obsidian) or replying to a slack message, [or even entering a post in a developer.apple.com forum!]

I'm also having this problem. I can't write on notes I can use any ofther stylus to highlight but I do use my pencil to write.

I have an Ipad mini 5 with the first generation of Apple Pencil, but i can’s use scribble and i don’t have an option to turn it on in anywhere in the settings.

Some more experimentation, this doesn't happen with the pen tool as far as I can tell, only the pencil...

I wouldn't over think it too much, Sidecar runs like a champ in my experience and the iPad Pro runs great with or without a cable hooked up. Apple did their homework very well building Sidecar. I can open Affinity Photo using Sidecar and use the Apple Pencil to edit photos like the application was built for pencil. I'd say even for a beta, its a pretty solid feature.

Ok. Thanks for your reply. No 3D touch is actually fine. I just need to get regular touch (without pressure sensitivity) to work.Right now, when regular touch is used, nothing happens, as force is 0 (default) and hence detected as no pressure.Note that when using the Apple Pencil it can also return a force of 0. So I suspect this is valid.So either I have to 1) disable Pencil pressure sensitivity, or 2) Ignore regular touch.However, none of those options sound very appealing.So to rephrase: Is there any way to detect if a touch event is coming from regular touch or from the Apple Pencil, or better yet, if force is updated and accurate?Thanks a bunch.Best,-karma

So, I think there are actually two different cases at play here: I'm afraid I haven't made my point clear, in the scenario described above the user is holding the pencil without it touching the screen at all, what I want is to trigger its haptic engine over-the-air in response to a finger touch (to compensate for the lack of a haptic engine in the iPad itself). It's been a very long time since I looked at this in detail, but I think there was actually some logic in the pencil itself that prevented it from vibrating when it wasn't in contact. Even in the other scenario, where both a finger and the pencil are touching the screen simultaneously, I can't get a finger touch to generate a buzz in the pencil. Only when I trigger the feedback from a pencil-generated touch does the pencil ever buzz. What did you try here? What I would expect to work here is generating view motion that moved to the point where the pencil was located, but it's possible we're

I am also requesting a manual scribble new line request. It would be helpful to have a manual new line function to the apple pencil rather than some time automated feature. I would suggest scribble create a new line when the pencil is in eraser mode and the user makes a down and left arrow gesture (the symbol on a lot of keyboards for return) while not erasing anything.

Investigating this I've come across a computed variable in the default PKInk named validWidthRange it has these ranges: for .pen: 0.8781664588318914...25.659259612471967 for .pencil: 2.4000000953674316...16.0 Is there any way I can increase these ranges? Or create a copy of .pen PKInk with my own validWidthRange?

Investigating this I've come across a computed variable in the default PKInk named validWidthRange it has these ranges: for .pen: 0.8781664588318914...25.659259612471967 for .pencil: 2.4000000953674316...16.0 Is there any way I can increase these ranges? Or crate a copy of .pen PKInk with my own validWidthRange?

My friend had an apple pen that was never opened. sadly he passed away, but I just opened it now as i mispalced my own one and connected it to my Ipad. the Pair option comes up and goes really fast. If i do manage to press Pair, it says the Pen is connected but immediatly say Not Connected. I have done all the software updates on my Ipad but still the same issue....Please help.