Better surface pen experience

[rogermiranda1000]

Hi, I have a Surface Pro X with its pen and I think it would be really good for drawing. I've check what Paint.NET has to offer, and I see that it takes the pen pressure (and that's something really good), but I think there are more features than this pen has that could be used...

1. In OneNote, you can hold the button on the right of the pen to select, and then when released you can move the selected region. In Paint.NET, this could be the equivalent as "button press -> select lasso tool" & "button released -> Ctrl+X & Ctrl+V"

2. The pen has a touch sensor also on the other tip; programs often use that as "eraser" (here, it uses the selected tool)

3. It would be nice, if a pen is detected, to not draw with the hand. Instead of drawing, moving the screen would be a more natural thing

 

I imagine this post will be replied with a "this is impossible due to code infraestructure" or something like this, so do you think it would be possible for me to create a Paint.NET plugin? Or they don't work with this kind of things?

Thanks.

[null54]

4 hours ago, rogermiranda1000 said:

so do you think it would be possible for me to create a Paint.NET plugin?

That is not something plugins could do.

[rogermiranda1000]

I was able to do it with AutoHotkey. You have the script here just in case anyone wants it: https://github.com/rogermiranda1000/Surface-Pro-3-AutoHotkey/blob/paint-net/Pen_X.ahk

Works with Surface Pro X, and should work with the 7 as well.