Disable touchscreen on Kindle Oasis

LittleBiG · 05-03-2022, 03:46 AM

I am just wondering if this function is implemented. Without it it would not be possible to read in a spa using KOreader, we would be stuck to the stock reader. (It would be a real drawback for waterproof device...)
It would have been better to write "waterproof Kindles" into the title, because it most probably affects the latest Paperwhite as well. Nope, I was wrong. PWs don't have physical page turn buttons, so the disable touchscreen is not for them, only for Oasis.

NiLuJe · 05-03-2022, 12:25 PM

It wouldn't take much, a similar mechanism was implemented to kill input during suspend a few days ago.

Not planning to do much with it myself, but patches welcome

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LittleBiG · 05-03-2022, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

It wouldn't take much, a similar mechanism was implemented to kill input during suspend a few days ago.

Not planning to do much with it myself, but patches welcome

.

I see. Wouldn't be possible "simply" to run the original Kindle function which is behind the "Disable Touchscreen" menu item?

Does it mean that KOreader has no solution even for waterproof Kobos to read like next to or in a pool? Did nobody miss this feature??

NiLuJe · 05-03-2022, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LittleBiG

Wouldn't be possible "simply" to run the original Kindle function which is behind the "Disable Touchscreen" menu item?

That is actually a very good question. I don't know (and I did not have a device with said feature before, even if I *think* I saw it lurking on the PW5, which begs the question: how, err, do you *disable* this? Does it just disable page turns?).

LittleBiG · 05-04-2022, 08:02 AM

I wanted to do a workaround. Water drops can induce taps, so I wanted to disable all tap related functions to a new profile called "Waterproof". Only swipe would remain, which might be not as sensitive in wet environment.
No luck, because a Profile surprisingly cannot save your settings. It seems to be like a simple gesture setup...

05-03-2022, 03:46 AM	#1
LittleBiG Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, K4NT, Kobo Mini	Disable touchscreen on Kindle Oasis I am just wondering if this function is implemented. Without it it would not be possible to read in a spa using KOreader, we would be stuck to the stock reader. (It would be a real drawback for waterproof device...) It would have been better to write "waterproof Kindles" into the title, because it most probably affects the latest Paperwhite as well. Nope, I was wrong. PWs don't have physical page turn buttons, so the disable touchscreen is not for them, only for Oasis. Last edited by LittleBiG; 05-03-2022 at 10:38 AM. Reason: adding more info

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05-03-2022, 12:25 PM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	It wouldn't take much, a similar mechanism was implemented to kill input during suspend a few days ago. Not planning to do much with it myself, but patches welcome .

05-04-2022, 08:02 AM	#5
LittleBiG Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, K4NT, Kobo Mini	I wanted to do a workaround. Water drops can induce taps, so I wanted to disable all tap related functions to a new profile called "Waterproof". Only swipe would remain, which might be not as sensitive in wet environment. No luck, because a Profile surprisingly cannot save your settings. It seems to be like a simple gesture setup...