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Questions tagged [touchscreen]

Use this tag for questions about touchscreen compatibility, and how to use compatible touchscreens with the Raspberry Pi.

While not the only touchscreen that works with the Raspberry Pi, the Raspberry Pi Foundation's official touchscreen can be found here.

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How can I determine if a given touchscreen is compatible?

I want to attach a touchscreen to my Raspberry Pi. While doing some internet search about this, I found out that this is not trivial, because not all touchscreens are compatible. How do I find out, whether a touchscreen is compatible to the…
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Virtual keyboard activation

I bought a raspberry pi2 and 7 inch waveshare touchscreen. The SD card came along with the system already flashed. It turns on and everything works, but how do I activate the virtual keyboard. Do I need a USB keyboard initially to do so?
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What qualities should I look for in a small, 7" or 10" monitor?

Hi, which small small and portable monitors would you suggest to combine with Raspberry Pi. As Raspberry Pi is part of huge range of different project please suggest which would be best in each of these categories. Home PC Smart home touch screen…
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Larger Touch Screen Displays

I was hoping to find a larger touchscreen display that will work with my Raspberry Pi. I wanted to make a "kitchen use" kiosk for looking up recipes, watching cooking shows etc. I was hoping to find a touch screen display that was 14" or larger…
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Adjusting the Brightness of the Official Touchscreen Display

Is there a way to adjust the brightness of the official touchscreen display? I couldn't find a definite answer. I'm running the latest release of Raspbian Jessie.
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How to permanently hide mouse pointer or cursor on Raspberry PI?

I am running Raspbian Jessie on Raspberry PI 2 Model B along with a touchscreen. I just noticed that whenever I use the touchscreen display, mouse pointer also follows my finger tips. I don't want that. I want to be able to permanently hide the…
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Multiple Display Screens

I want to build a mini multimedia system based on the raspberry pi B+, which has 2 display screens: The main screen (like a 42" LED TV), which plays the main video in Full HD. HDMI RCA/AV/Composite The control touch screen (like a 3~8"…
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How to get touchscreen right click on Raspbian Stretch

I am currently using Raspbian Stretch with a Waveshare 7 inch touchscreen, and I would like to get right click input (preferably with two finger or long touch). There appear to be no solutions for Raspbian Stretch, and I have tried to use solutions…
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Raspberry Pi Raspbian Web Kiosk Virtual Keyboard Solution

I followed Alan D. Moore's step-by-step guide to have my Raspberry Pi running in kiosk mode. I did my own configuration as I needed it to run on a touchscreen with no physical keyboard and mouse. Here's how my ~/.xinitrc file looks. xset s off xset…
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Is it possible to connect a Raspberry Pi to a 3.2" TFT LCD touch panel?

Can I connect a Raspberry Pi to a device like SainSmart 3.2" TFT LCD Display + Touch Panel + PCB adapter SD Slot for Arduino 2560? How hard would it be?
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Inverted GPIO Touchscreen (Using 99-calibration.conf)

I bought yesterday my first 3.5" Touchscreen for my Raspberry Pi. (Elegoo 3.5 inches TFT LCD Touch Screen Monitor) On my Raspberry runs an OctoPrint Image (Raspbian based). The Display is working. My problem is the touch function; it's kind of…
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Would this touchscreen work with a Raspberry Pi?

I'm looking at getting this 659GL-70NP/C/T touchscreen for my Raspberry Pi but I'm not sure if the touch surface will work with the Raspberry Pi Android OS. Will it?
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How can I install the KUMAN 3.5 inch-display?

I have a perfectly running Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, with a Raspbian Distribution on a 16 GB SD-Card. I connected a Screen with a HDMI-to-DVI Connector to it, a Mouse and Keyboard and I also have SSH access. Further I got a Kuman 3.5 Inch…
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How to make a Raspberry Pi into a tablet?

I am interested in making a tablet out of the Raspberry Pi, a touch screen, and some sort of case. Could someone Please tell me if this touch screen would work & where to find a case for the whole thing? Thanks!
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Touchscreen display turns off whenever audio plays (RPI2, DAC+, PITFT)

I'm using a Raspberry Pi 2 with a Hifiberry DAC+ Pro and the Adafruit 3.5" touchscreen. I attached the DAC+ to the Pi, and then the touchscreen to the DAC after soldering some extra connectors. It works fine until I actually try to play audio, the…
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