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Support stylus input on Windows 10 devices #65248

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Support stylus input on Windows 10 devices#65248
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P3Issues that are less important to the Flutter projecta: desktopRunning on desktopc: new featureNothing broken; request for a new capabilityc: proposalA detailed proposal for a change to Flutterengineflutter/engine related. See also e: labels.platform-windowsBuilding on or for Windows specificallyteam-windowsOwned by the Windows platform teamtriaged-windowsTriaged by the Windows platform team

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@daljit97
daljit97
opened on Sep 4, 2020

Flutter is currently unable to properly detect stylus events on Windows 10 (that requires information about pressure sensitivity and tilt). This feature is available on mobile platforms, but not on desktop platforms (the request for Linux can be found here). Stylus input is a very common technology used in Windows laptops and 2in1 devices and it'd be great if Flutter appropriately supported this.

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  1. pedromassangocode
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    engineflutter/engine related. See also e: labels.
    platform-windowsBuilding on or for Windows specifically
    c: proposalA detailed proposal for a change to Flutter
    c: new featureNothing broken; request for a new capability
    a: desktopRunning on desktop
    on Sep 4, 2020
  2. gspencergoog
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    P3Issues that are less important to the Flutter project
    on Oct 14, 2020
  3. pedromassangocode
    added
    passed first triage
    on Oct 16, 2020

  4. CodeDoctorDE commented on Oct 27, 2021

    @CodeDoctorDE
    CodeDoctorDE
    on Oct 27, 2021
    Contributor

    Any updates? The issue is a bit older but the feature is very useful!

  5. NWalker1208 commented on Apr 28, 2022

    @NWalker1208
    NWalker1208
    on Apr 28, 2022
    Contributor

    I ran into this issue when trying to prototype an app today. Has there been any progress towards this feature?

  6. CodeDoctorDE commented on Aug 6, 2022

    @CodeDoctorDE
    CodeDoctorDE
    on Aug 6, 2022
    Contributor

    maybe this helps: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/ns-winuser-pointer_pen_info

  7. flutter-triage-bot
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    team-desktop
    triaged-desktop
    on Jul 7, 2023
  8. Hixie
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    on Jul 8, 2023

  9. hairy-tortoise commented on Jul 10, 2023

    @hairy-tortoise
    hairy-tortoise
    on Jul 10, 2023

    If you disable "Let me use my pen as a mouse in some desktop apps" in Windows settings you can use the stylus in Flutter apps.
    Capture

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  11. cbracken
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    team-linuxOwned by the Linux platform team
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    team-linuxOwned by the Linux platform team
    team-desktop
    on Jun 6, 2024
  12. flutter-triage-bot
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    on Jun 6, 2024

  13. flutter-triage-bot commented on Jun 6, 2024

    @flutter-triage-bot
    flutter-triage-botbot
    on Jun 6, 2024

    The triaged-desktop label is irrelevant if there is no team-desktop label or fyi-desktop label.

  14. cbracken
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    triaged-windowsTriaged by the Windows platform team
    on Jun 7, 2024

  15. CodeDoctorDE commented on Mar 17, 2025

    @CodeDoctorDE
    CodeDoctorDE
    on Mar 17, 2025
    Contributor

    I made a second attempt since there is no activity since 2020: #165323.
    It recognizes the stylus, tests and additional pointer information are currently missing.
    I hope I can make it :)

  16. github-merge-queue
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 4, 2026

    Allow stylus support on windows (#165323)

    904dab8

  17. CodeDoctorDE commented on Mar 5, 2026

    @CodeDoctorDE
    CodeDoctorDE
    on Mar 5, 2026
    Contributor

    should be fixed in #165323

  18. xxxOVALxxx
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 10, 2026

    Allow stylus support on windows (flutter#165323)

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  19. mboetger
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 26, 2026

    Allow stylus support on windows (flutter#165323)

    f61dedc

  20. loic-sharma commented on Apr 20, 2026

    @loic-sharma
    loic-sharma
    on Apr 20, 2026
    Member

    Closing as this was added by: #165323

    Thanks for the wonderful contribution @CodeDoctorDE!

    If you run into any bugs, please open a new issue.

  21. loic-sharma
    closed this as completedon Apr 20, 2026

  22. github-actions commented on May 4, 2026

    @github-actions
    github-actionsbot
    on May 4, 2026 – with GitHub Actions

    This thread has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. If you are still experiencing a similar issue, please open a new bug, including the output of flutter doctor -v and a minimal reproduction of the issue.

  23. github-actions
    locked as resolved and limited conversation to collaborators on May 4, 2026
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