Disable touchscreen on Libra Colour?

[pdurrant]

I currently have a Kindle Oasis. One feature it has that I want in my next ereader is the ability to disable the touchscreen - at least until the next time it sleeps or is turned off.

The reason is that water droplets really make using a touchscreen difficult, and one of the reasons I have a water-resistant ereader is to use it near water - swimming pool, spa, etc. Without the ability to turn off the touchscreen, this becomes difficult in my experience.

So: does the Kobo Libra Colour have the ability to turn off the touchscreen? Or is the touchscreen so clever that it's usable even with wet hands/water droplets on the screen?

[salamanderjuice]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I currently have a Kindle Oasis. One feature it has that I want in my next ereader is the ability to disable the touchscreen - at least until the next time it sleeps or is turned off.

The reason is that water droplets really make using a touchscreen difficult, and one of the reasons I have a water-resistant ereader is to use it near water - swimming pool, spa, etc. Without the ability to turn off the touchscreen, this becomes difficult in my experience.

So: does the Kobo Libra Colour have the ability to turn off the touchscreen? Or is the touchscreen so clever that it's usable even with wet hands/water droplets on the screen?

In the out of the box settings, no. You can change tapping for page turns to swiping only but you can't turn off the touch screen entirely. Maybe it is something that is possible to patch? But I don't know about that.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I currently have a Kindle Oasis. One feature it has that I want in my next ereader is the ability to disable the touchscreen - at least until the next time it sleeps or is turned off.



The reason is that water droplets really make using a touchscreen difficult, and one of the reasons I have a water-resistant ereader is to use it near water - swimming pool, spa, etc. Without the ability to turn off the touchscreen, this becomes difficult in my experience.



So: does the Kobo Libra Colour have the ability to turn off the touchscreen? Or is the touchscreen so clever that it's usable even with wet hands/water droplets on the screen?

I'm currently sitting outdirs. Had thought with the nicer weather coming I'd enjoy a read and my coffee. Of course, it's raining lightly! No issues with rain drops on the KLC causing problems while reading, although I do mostly use the buttons to move through the book.

Unfortunately it's not as warm now as I'd hoped for so probably heading back inside shortly.

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[rcentros]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

So: does the Kobo Libra Colour have the ability to turn off the touchscreen? Or is the touchscreen so clever that it's usable even with wet hands/water droplets on the screen?

This is a feature I like on my PocketBook.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by salamanderjuice

In the out of the box settings, no. You can change tapping for page turns to swiping only but you can't turn off the touch screen entirely. Maybe it is something that is possible to patch? But I don't know about that.

I would not patch the touchscreen off if it's possible. If something were to happen and you needed the touchscreen, then it could be off.