Drawing with a pen

johnnyeightpence · 2022-10-17T14:27:53.457Z

I am using a Surface Pro 3.
When I use a mouse, it works.
Using the pen is not working.

In the web version both works, mouse and pen.
Restarting the app did not help.

personalizedrefriger · 2022-10-17T14:42:07.296Z

Are you opening the image editor by clicking a button with a stylus/pen? Does it work if you open the editor with a touchscreen/mouse?

johnnyeightpence · 2022-10-17T15:05:16.330Z

True Story: I installed all pending windows updates and rebooted the machine - its working now.
This is a good solution for now, but I am still looking forward to a Joplin made solution which can compete with OneNote.

Thanks for the support.

personalizedrefriger · 2022-10-17T15:29:24.698Z

I'm glad it's working!

Some aspects of the plugin should get better over the next few days (i.e. fixed/better stroke thickness). If you have other feature requests/bug reports, please let me know!

Keep in mind that Plugin: draw.io and Plugin: support Excalidraw in joplin also add support for drawing with a pen.

mforbes · 2023-10-22T03:16:41.878Z

CoCalc Whiteboard

Just an FYI: The open-source online platform CoCalc has implemented a Computational Whiteboard that works in the browser. They have done a lot of thinking about how to do this in terms of storing the vector information, pen input, etc.

This got me thinking about being able to Draw figures in the editor as well as annotating.

Note: The CoCalc team is very responsive and would likely be very willing to chat and share ideas. (I don't yet understand exactly what they have done under the hood, but part of their design allows for keeping a history.)

The CoCalc Markdown editor looks very similar to Joplin with the added feature of being able to include executable code. It would be very cool if both evolved similarly so one could use Joplin as a local version. (I am very new to Joplin, so perhaps this is discussed elsewhere.)

Update: I just tried the js-draw plugin on my Mac, and it gets pretty close to what want. Sorry for bumping: I did not realize this was implemented a year ago!

justonemorejoplinfan · 2023-10-29T19:08:44.043Z

Nice, there have been updates regarding stylus support on Android: github dot com/laurent22/joplin/issues/582#issuecomment-1727290244

There is a pre-release that works perfectly already... I hope, there will be a finally be an official release, because this feature is awesome.

zblesk · 2023-10-30T11:02:53.490Z

Welcome, @justonemorejoplinfan .
I assume you can't post links because you're new here; and I can't edit your post
So for the convenience of everyone else, here is the same link, but clickable:

github.com/laurent22/joplin

Enhancement: Android stylus support

opened 07:00PM - 31 May 18 UTC

closed 02:15PM - 02 Oct 23 UTC

Fmstrat

enhancement backlog

### Operating system - Android ### Application - Mobile Consider support… for stylus based notes, perhaps just plugging in https://github.com/oceanbrasil/ocean-services-pen-full or https://github.com/ayltai/Android-Lib-Pen

Thanks for digging it up!

gansuxin · 2023-11-01T08:33:44.462Z

joplin doesn't support pen input. I hope to get this feature, it's useful.
OneNote, Evernote, Google Keep, Notability, Goodnotes, Xournal++, and Squid support pen input and works well with wacom, ipad.

Wladefant · 2023-11-24T10:49:23.011Z

what do you mean. It works perfectly well on desktop and mobile. And it is especially created for pen support, though without pen buttons support unfortunately

justonemorejoplinfan · 2023-11-27T16:58:34.284Z

The drawing feature was "secretly" released a few days ago!

SoccerNerd · 2023-12-04T21:05:12.257Z

What platforms? Not seeing on the latest release for iPad

danielw2904 · 2023-12-04T22:39:42.955Z

It’s not out yet on iOS. It’ll be in 2.13 What's new in Joplin 2.13

laurent · 2023-12-05T20:56:55.343Z

It's released now and will be in the store as soon as Apple approves it

retorix · 2023-12-06T08:38:29.133Z

Is there a solution for windows? Using the pen directly in Joplin?

danielw2904 · 2023-12-06T20:54:21.809Z

To use handwriting? I think on PC you have to install the plugin manually

Wladefant · 2023-12-09T15:03:23.615Z

correct just install the plugin and you are good to go with the same functionality and same everything

SoccerNerd · 2023-12-11T19:09:45.338Z

App Store currently shows 12.12.3, what version will have pen support?

personalizedrefriger · 2023-12-13T23:08:35.607Z

On iOS, 12.13.10 should have drawing support. (It should also be available in the AppStore now!)

SoccerNerd · 2023-12-13T23:35:09.172Z

Awesome, trying it now

franzperdido · 2024-01-11T08:45:51.515Z

Hey guys, thanks for the plugin. I've been playing around with it and while it works mostly fine, there is one thing that bugs me: When using the eraser, I want to be able to remove only parts of the lines I've drawn and not the entire line object. This is the standard behavior in other apps such as Xournal++ or RNote. Hope that this is not too big of an issue to implement.