Touch screen – TabletKiosk Sahara Slate PC i575/i535 User Manual
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Chapter 01: Getting Started
fingers or a stylus pen. Navigating with a touch screen is dif-
ferent from navigating with a mouse, while using a stylus pen
in Active Digitizer mode on the Sahara Slate PC i500 is actually
quite similar to navigating with a mouse.
Touch Screen
The Sahara Slate PC i500 features two different touch panel
options to choose from. The first is a traditional, passive resistive
touch panel and the second is a projected capacitive touch
screen that supports five-finger multi-touch. This means that the
capacitive screen will register up to five simultaneous touches at
the same time, thus enabling the use of finger gestures such as
two-finger tapping, pinching, rotating and multi-finger flicking
to initiate navigational and operational short-cuts.
The resistive panel recognizes only a single touch at a time, but
still supports certain gesture motions such as swiping and flick-
ing to aid in navigational operations. While not as sensitive as the
capacitive panel, it can be activated by pressure from any type
of touch such as a stylus pen, bare finger tip or heavily gloved
hand. The capacitive panel will only react to the touch of bare
skin, or for medical professionals, an latex gloved hand. Special
capacitive touch stylus pens and gloves are also available.
With either type of touch screen, simply tap on the element
you wish to interact with in order to select it, or if the element
is a button, to activate it. Sliding your finger while touching the
screen will move the on-screen pointer around as if you were
using a mouse and holding down the left mouse button. In
other words, you would be performing what is known as a drag
operation.
Also, as the screen is sensitive to touch, resting your palm on
it while tapping with your finger may make the pointer react
unpredictably.
Tapping on the screen will perform a standard left mouse button
click. Tapping twice in succession is the same as double-clicking
your mouse button. Pressing and holding your finger tip on