In addition to the button on the side, there's
an eraser button on the top of the pen.
The peripheral consists of a single barrel button and a tail
eraser button whereas Microsoft's patent illustrates two barrel buttons along with the tail eraser.
Holding down
the eraser button allows you to call up Cortana and give her voice commands immediately.
It has a small QWERTY keypad at the bottom with a couple of special keys, a «
eraser button» which allows you to move the cursor around the screen, primarily for highlighting text and taking notes.
Holding down
the eraser button now also brings up Cortana, a digital assistant that can help you with searches, set reminders, manage your calendar, and more.
As with the Surface Pro 3, clicking
the eraser button on the Surface Pen brings up OneNote instantly, which still works like a charm.
My suggestions were to hot - key the stylus
eraser button to do different things.
And sites must offer an «
eraser button,» whereby personally identifiable information is deleted upon demand.
Not exact matches
The top
button, when pressed, also acts as an
eraser in certain uses.
There is a
button on the pen that can convert its function between a pen and an
eraser, so it's easy to clean up your mistakes accurately.
This year, faculty and community members also distributed gift bags to families, with household items such as plastic containers and paper towels, and
erasers and
buttons for the children, as well as a list of the school's expectations for the year.
There are pencil -
eraser - sized
buttons for every climate control system.
There are two programmable
buttons on the side of the stylus, but no
eraser or top shortcut
button for invoking OneNote.
The other key accessory is the Microsoft Surface Pen, the same digitizer wand offered with the Pro 3, with two
buttons near the grip (right - click and
eraser), and another on the back end that wakes the tablet and launches OneNote for instant note - taking.
The keyboard is backlit and features a glass - covered precision touchpad with support for touch gestures, while the pen is a 22 grams 1024 pressure levels sensitive active digitizer with clip - on and
buttons that can be used as mouse
buttons,
eraser, highlighter, or app activation
buttons.
It has 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity and two side
buttons, but Lenovo's Active Pen lacks the
eraser - style
button on the Surface's stylus that opens OneNote quickly.
The Wacom - style stylus has a right - click
button, but lacks the
eraser tip that rivals like the Dell Latitude 10 and Microsoft Surface Pro have.
The top of the stylus works as an
eraser, it has a «right - click»
button on it, and there is an embedded magnet that attaches it to the tablet.
Unlike Wacom's patented styluses, the Apple Pencil doesn't offer an
eraser nib or special programmable
buttons: All your primary interactions with the iPad's screen happen through the Pencil's white nib.
Did I notice not having an
eraser and extra
buttons?
Gone is the pocket clip, and there's now an
eraser / shortcut
button on the top.
Erasing your scrawlings is a matter of pressing and holding the second function
button, which is less intuitive than the Apple Pencil's dedicated
eraser.
The
button closest to the tip has an
eraser function when you hold it and tap the screen.
The Surface Pen features left - and right - click
buttons down toward the tip and an «erase» function via the
eraser - like nub at the top end.
The Active Pen 2 offers up to 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, two
buttons, and an
eraser — all of which keeps in competitive with the Surface Pen.
But in June (at WWDC), Apple will release a Pencil 2 (or «the New Apple Pencil») that has added futures like an
eraser and a
button and the original pencil will be discontinued.
Both the
eraser nub and trackpad
buttons feel like they're still here for legacy reasons to keep ThinkPad customers comfortable, and frankly, I wish Lenovo would just kill them.
There's no
eraser, for example, or Bluetooth connectivity that pairs the pen to the machine to expand
button press functionality.
For example, the Wacom pen brings the faux
eraser that acts as an app - launching
button.
At $ 99, the Apple Pencil is priced above many other entrants to the market, even Bluetooth styluses; it also lacks secondary inputs like an
eraser end or multiple customizable pen nibs, and eschews the kinds of programmable
buttons Wacom users have come to rely on.
The company's lengthy white stylus doesn't come with some of the bells and whistles of third - party styluses (like
erasers or action
buttons), but it more than makes up for those omissions by being, hands down, the best experience for using a pen on an iPad.
The upcoming Ink Workspace — which you can access from any app through either a quick click on your Pen's
eraser or a taskbar
button — is meant to fix that.
Microsoft also made updates to the Surface Pen, which now has an
eraser, a
button to contact Cortana, and 1,024 different levels of pressure.
HP added in tilt support, a customizable
button, an
eraser, and a gyroscope that lets it function as a sort of «laser pointer» for presentations.
The Jot Touch is a Bluetooth stylus that offers pressure sensitivity, palm rejection, and customizable
buttons that can command apps to undo strokes, pull up menus, or swap over to an
eraser.
To make the
buttons, use the
eraser on a pencil and some red paint.