JavaFX8: Multittouch support under Linux

[Anthony Petrov]

Hi Stefan,

No, currently it's not. Here's a JIRA that you may want to watch:

https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-25079

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best regards,
Anthony

On 4/1/2014 3:52 PM, Stefan Schwandter wrote:
> Hello all!
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> Is multitouch-input supposed to be supported on Java 8 SE running on Linux? I use a capacitive touch screen, with a DMC controller, connected to a Ubuntu 13.10 PC via USB, and none of the sample code that I've tried seems to recognize any touch events. Under Windows 7, touch events are recognized, I can swipe, zoom, etc.
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> So I wonder, if multitouch input is simply not supported under Linux with JavaFX 8, or I have another problem.
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> Best regards,
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> Stefan
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