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TSG: Pointer on wrong display

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Overview

If your pen is working on your tablet but it is moving the pointer on the wrong display, it is an easy problem to fix. Usually this is a problem with pen tablets (screenless tablets) but it can also occur with pen displays.

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Summary of fix

Overall: You need to go to your tablet driver and change which display the tablet's active area is mapped to.

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Instructions

For Wacom:

  • For pen tablets: In the Wacom Tablet Properties app, it will be under the Mapping tab or the Calibration tab

  • For pen displays:

    • In the Wacom Center app > Advanced > Advanced Settings > change Assigned display to your tablet

For Huion:

  • In the HuionTablet app, it will be under a tab called Working Area

For XP-Pen:

  • In the XP-Pen Pentablet app, it will be under the Screen tab

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