System Grab Bag

View all TLDR pages from Linux (or from all pages)

xsetwacom

Command-line tool to change settings for Wacom pen tablets at runtime. More information: https://manned.org/xsetwacom.
  • List all the available Wacom devices. The device name is in the first column:
    xsetwacom list
  • Set Wacom area to specific screen. Get name of the screen with xrandr:
    xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" MapToOutput {{screen}}
  • Set mode to relative (like a mouse) or absolute (like a pen) mode:
    xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" Mode "{{Relative|Absolute}}"
  • Rotate the input (useful for tablet-PC when rotating screen) by 0|90|180|270 degrees from "natural" rotation:
    xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" Rotate {{none|half|cw|ccw}}
  • Set button to only work when the tip of the pen is touching the tablet:
    xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" TabletPCButton "on"

License and Disclaimer

The content on this page is copyright © 2014—present the tldr-pages team and contributors.
This page is used with permission under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

While we do attempt to make sure content is accurate, there isn't a warranty of any kind.