Graphics Tablets

General advice

  • use OpenTabletDriver unless it is completely impossible for you
  • if you absolutely must use manufacturer’s drivers, use wintab-adapter instead of OpenKneeboard’s built-in wintab support (under Settings -> Input)
  • check if the steps in the how-to have changed, and go through them again

The buttons on my pen/tablet don’t work

Use OpenTabletDriver.

Some Huion tablets have a physical switch on the side which disables the buttons on the tablet. Check the manual for your tablet, and make sure the switch is in the position that enables the buttons.

If you cannot use OpenTabletDriver:

  • if you have a Wacom tablet supported by v6.4.5 of their driver:
    1. uninstall your current Wacom driver
    2. install v6.4.5
    3. use wintab-adapter
  • otherwise, ask your manufacturer to add support for application-defined button usage to their WinTab driver

Wacom intentionally removed this feature from later versions of their driver.

If your manufacturer’s driver supports launching programs when buttons are pressed, you might find the remote controls useful

Tablet only works properly when OpenKneeboard is the active window

  • Use OpenTabletDriver
  • If you cannot use OpenTabletDriver, use wintab-adapter instead of OpenKneeboard’s built-in wintab support
  • If that is not enough, ask your tablet manufacturer to fix WTOverlap() and WT_CTXOVERLAP in their driver

The tablet doesn’t work when the game is the active window

  • do not run the game as Administrator
  • make sure User Account Control (UAC) is not set to the lowest setting. If it is, reboot.
  • make sure that OpenTabletDriver (recommended) or wintab-adapter (last resort) is running

Only a small area of the tablet works

Use OpenTabletDriver. If you cannot use OpenTabletDriver, follow the wintab-adapter instructions for configuring your tablet.