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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"

This document was created using the contents of the tldr project.