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[ppelleti]

I have the Raspberry Pi LCD - 7" Touchscreen and it works great! I like it a lot.

However, I noticed on the product page that one of the features is "10 finger capacitive touch." Should I interpret "10 finger" as meaning multitouch?

If so, how do I make use of multitouch, from an API perspective? As far as I know, X11 only supports a notion of the "mouse" being in one place at a given time. So I'm not sure how to write software that can detect more than one finger at once.

Or does "10 finger" mean something else, not multitouch?

Thanks!

[Ross Robotics]

Should I interpret "10 finger" as meaning multitouch?
Thanks!

Yes, although I don't have one personally, I interpret that has being able to use all 10 fingers and it will recognize them individually.

[ppelleti]

Yes, although I don't have one personally, I interpret that has being able to use all 10 fingers and it will recognize them individually.

Thanks, glad to know I'm on the right track! But how do I write software that takes advantage of this capability?

[Ross Robotics]

Im sure if you search Google that you'll find something. Unfortunately, I don't have example code for this.