Microsoft 2WR-00002 Surface Dial

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When customizing the Surface Dial user experience, you should always ensure that a particular function or behavior is available and enabled by the user. Custom tools Ensure that your SHD software is up to date. In particular, the firmware version displayed in the plugin must be 1.29 or later:

Easy to use and wonderfully designed the Surface Dial still isn't essential for everyone (Image credit: Future / Microsoft) Setting the active tool based on UI context, such as proximity to a control, canvas, or window, can improve the user experience by reducing the steps required to perform a task. Developer guidanceprivate void MyController_RotationChanged(RadialController sender, RadialControllerRotationChangedEventArgs args)

Ensure that your Volumio installation is up to date to v1.118. In the web interface, go to Settings then System and use the System Updates section to bring your installation up to date: To change the tools you see when you rotate Surface Dial, select the Start button, then select Settings > Devices > Wheel. Some app/tool modes can conflict with, or disable, interactions that rely on rotation. Tools such as the ruler in the Windows Ink toolbar, should be toggled on or off through other UI affordances (the Ink Toolbar provides a built-in ToggleButton control). Generally speaking, Office apps optimized for Surface Studio and Surface Dial. Specifically speaking the following apps work well with Surface Dial: For Windows, the Surface Dial represents a totally new type of input device in the system, which we refer to as a radial controller. To go along with this brand-new type of input, Windows has delivered an integrated experience that makes it easier and faster for users to customize and do the things they love – all with a turn of the Dial.Hold the pairing button (shown in the photo below) until the pairing LED blinks at 1-second intervals. Since writing that original column, I have to confess that my Surface Dial has sat on my desk collecting dust. It isn't that I don't like the device. I think it has a lot of potential. It's just that I don't have a Surface Studio, and I find it easier to use a mouse to do most of the other things that the Surface Dial is designed to do. We recommend providing a single custom tool for your app or app context. Doing so enables you to set that tool based on what the user is doing without requiring them to activate the Surface Dial menu and select a tool. Going one step further, you also can get context for the intent of the user’s interaction from the on-screen position which can help make your custom tools more compelling. You can see this in the way the Surface Dial guides and drives the on-screen ruler in the Windows Ink Workspace’s Sketchpad, and the engineers at Bluebeam and Drawboard take this same approach with their respective Split Zoom and Ruler features. The Microsoft Store offers a number of apps that work with the Surface Dial. Take a look at the Surface Dial apps here.

Surface Dial is a simple yet very elegant tool to navigate, access, customize and reimagine physical tools in the digital world. The accessory may not appeal to non-creatives much; it intrigues anyone who sees it. Its primary function is to act as an aide for drawing or creative shortcuts and is compatible with any Windows PC running the Anniversary Update. To set up Surface Dial in Photoshop, you need to connect it first and open the Photoshop application. Then, you can use the brush icon and hit the dial button. Next, you can choose size, opacity and make other adjustments as per your requirements. For your information, it mainly works with Brush in Photoshop. Can you use the Surface Dial on any computer? Some other recommended apps that work great with Surface Dial and available on Microsoft Store are: An WiFi and Bluetooth USB adapter with the Realtek 8821CU chipset. This adapter provides the Bluetooth interface needed for the Surface Dial, and can also be used for Wi-Fi connectivity for your SHD Series processor. (See the SHD Series User Manual for details on Wi-Fi setup.)

Building a Custom Tool for the Surface Dial

Pull the bottom off your Surface Dial to open the battery compartment. Make sure there are two AAA batteries inside. Undo specifies a primary action, but redo (the complementary action) can be inferred and easily discovered by the user The Surface Dial is an accessory for Windows 10 accessory aimed to give people as new way to create. It’s compatible with any PC, laptop, or tablet running Windows 10 with Bluetooth support. In October 2016, Surface Dial was announced as an accessory to the newly unveiled Surface Studio, but since its introduction, Microsoft has expanded Surface Dial for use beyond the Surface Studio to any Windows 10 PC.