Touch: a two-finger tap switches between selection and drawing modes

In the Touch workspace, a two-finger tap on the canvas now switches between the Selection tool and the drawing tool chosen last, as the help page describes. It no longer undoes there; outside Touch a two-finger tap still undoes, and a three-finger tap still redoes in every workspace. - New UI command tool.toggleTouchMode (Switch Selection and Drawing Modes, {} -> {tool}). From the Selection, Direct Selection, Group Selection, Magic Wand, Lasso or Perspective Selection tool it chooses the drawing tool chosen last in the window, or the Pencil tool when none has been chosen; from any other tool it chooses the Selection tool. The Hand, Rotate View, Zoom and Print Tiling tools never become the drawing tool. It adds no undo step. - These tool lists and Pencil as the first drawing tool are VectorCraft's own rules. - The label is in every catalog. Docs: docs/mcp.md, the touch row of docs/hardware-parity.md and docs/target-app-parity.md.
2026-11-13 11:55:23 +00:00 · 2026-11-12 21:21:52 -08:00
parent f062dd7ed2
commit cc19dc1db2
38 changed files with 201 additions and 8 deletions
@@ -731,6 +731,12 @@ pub const UI_COMMANDS: &[(&str, &str, &str, &str)] = &[
        "",
        "{key, value} | {values: {key: value…}}, tool?: id (default: the active tool) → the tool's options (`{}` reads them). The options a tool keeps (Liquify brush and tool options, Mirror & Cut, Puppet Warp, drawing tools…) last across tool switches and are saved with the preferences; another tool's are stored for when it is chosen",
    ),
+    (
+        "tool.toggleTouchMode",
+        "Switch Selection and Drawing Modes",
+        "",
+        "{} from the Selection, Direct Selection, Group Selection, Magic Wand, Lasso or Perspective Selection tool, choose the drawing tool chosen last in this window (none yet: the Pencil tool); from any other tool, choose the Selection tool, remembering the tool left as the drawing tool unless it is the Hand, Rotate View, Zoom or Print Tiling tool → {tool}. A two-finger tap on the canvas runs it in the Touch workspace (Enable Touch Gestures on)",
+    ),
    (
        "effect.dialog",
        "Effect…",
@@ -416,6 +416,10 @@ impl VectorcraftApp {
        self.pen_end.forget_tool();
        self.held_tool.clear();
        self.activate_tool(id, true);
+        let now = self.session.tool_id();
+        if crate::touch::is_drawing_tool(now) {
+            self.ui.touch_drawing_tool = Some(now.to_string());
+        }
    }

    /// Go back to tool `id` after a tool that stood in for it (the pen's eraser end, [`stylus`]):
@@ -966,6 +966,88 @@ fn two_finger_tap_undoes_and_three_finger_tap_redoes() {
    assert_eq!(count(&app), 2, "off: the first finger draws as the pointer, and nothing is undone");
 }

+/// In the Touch workspace a two-finger tap switches between the Selection tool and the drawing tool
+/// chosen last, and undoes nothing; three fingers still redo. Outside it, two fingers undo again.
+#[test]
+fn two_finger_tap_in_touch_switches_selection_and_drawing_modes() {
+    let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+    app.session.execute("file.new", &json!({"width": 400, "height": 300})).unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("shape.rectangle", &json!({"x": 50, "y": 50, "width": 40, "height": 40})).unwrap();
+    crate::workspaces::switch(&mut app.ui, crate::workspaces::TOUCH).unwrap();
+    app.select_tool("rectangle");
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+    let count = |app: &VectorcraftApp| app.session.active().unwrap().doc.layers[0].children().unwrap().len();
+    let c = app.canvas_rect.unwrap().center();
+    let touch = |n: u64, phase, pos| egui::Event::Touch { device_id: egui::TouchDeviceId(1), id: egui::TouchId(n), phase, pos, force: None };
+    let button = |pos, pressed| egui::Event::PointerButton { pos, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Default::default() };
+    let tap = |app: &mut VectorcraftApp, fingers: u64| {
+        let at = |n: u64| c + vec2(n as f32 * 50.0, 0.0);
+        frame(app, &ctx, vec![touch(0, egui::TouchPhase::Start, at(0)), egui::Event::PointerMoved(at(0)), button(at(0), true)]);
+        frame(app, &ctx, vec![touch(0, egui::TouchPhase::Move, at(0) + vec2(6.0, 6.0)), egui::Event::PointerMoved(at(0) + vec2(6.0, 6.0))]);
+        frame(app, &ctx, (1..fingers).map(|n| touch(n, egui::TouchPhase::Start, at(n))).collect());
+        frame(app, &ctx, vec![touch(0, egui::TouchPhase::End, at(0)), button(at(0) + vec2(6.0, 6.0), false), egui::Event::PointerGone]);
+        frame(app, &ctx, (1..fingers).map(|n| touch(n, egui::TouchPhase::End, at(n))).collect());
+        frame(app, &ctx, vec![]);
+    };
+    tap(&mut app, 2);
+    assert_eq!((app.session.tool_id(), count(&app)), ("selection", 1), "selection mode, nothing undone or drawn");
+    tap(&mut app, 2);
+    assert_eq!((app.session.tool_id(), count(&app)), ("rectangle", 1), "back to the drawing tool");
+    // A tool chosen by hand becomes the drawing tool a switch returns to.
+    app.select_tool("ellipse");
+    tap(&mut app, 2);
+    tap(&mut app, 2);
+    assert_eq!((app.session.tool_id(), count(&app)), ("ellipse", 1));
+    // The switches added no undo step: undo still takes the rectangle away, and three fingers redo it.
+    app.run("edit.undo", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(count(&app), 0);
+    tap(&mut app, 3);
+    assert_eq!(count(&app), 1, "three fingers redo in Touch too");
+    // Presentation Mode runs neither.
+    app.ui.screen_mode = 3;
+    frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+    tap(&mut app, 2);
+    assert_eq!(app.session.tool_id(), "ellipse", "Presentation Mode: no switch");
+    app.ui.screen_mode = 0;
+    // Enable Touch Gestures off: no switch.
+    app.session.prefs.touch_gestures = false;
+    app.select_tool("selection");
+    frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+    tap(&mut app, 2);
+    assert_eq!(app.session.tool_id(), "selection", "off: no switch");
+    app.session.prefs.touch_gestures = true;
+    // Another workspace: two fingers undo again and switch no tool.
+    crate::workspaces::switch(&mut app.ui, crate::workspaces::ESSENTIALS).unwrap();
+    app.select_tool("rectangle");
+    frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+    let before = count(&app);
+    tap(&mut app, 2);
+    assert_eq!(app.session.tool_id(), "rectangle");
+    assert_eq!(count(&app), before - 1, "Essentials: undone");
+}
+
+/// Switch Selection and Drawing Modes from the command: Pencil when no drawing tool was chosen yet,
+/// a view tool is left for Selection without becoming the drawing tool, and every selection tool
+/// switches to drawing mode.
+#[test]
+fn switch_selection_and_drawing_modes_command() {
+    let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+    app.session.execute("file.new", &json!({"width": 400, "height": 300})).unwrap();
+    assert!(app.ui.touch_drawing_tool.is_none());
+    app.select_tool("selection");
+    let r = app.run(crate::touch::TOGGLE_MODE, json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((r, app.session.tool_id()), (json!({"tool": "pencil"}), "pencil"), "no drawing tool chosen yet: Pencil");
+    app.select_tool("hand");
+    assert_eq!(app.run(crate::touch::TOGGLE_MODE, json!({})).unwrap(), json!({"tool": "selection"}));
+    assert_eq!(app.run(crate::touch::TOGGLE_MODE, json!({})).unwrap(), json!({"tool": "pencil"}), "the Hand tool is no drawing tool");
+    app.select_tool("pen");
+    for id in ["directSelection", "groupSelection", "magicWand", "lasso"] {
+        app.select_tool(id);
+        assert_eq!(app.run(crate::touch::TOGGLE_MODE, json!({})).unwrap(), json!({"tool": "pen"}), "{id}");
+    }
+}
+
 /// The Artboard tool's label holds the artboard's name (never translated); the tools' own
 /// labels are interface text.
 #[test]
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ pub(super) fn wheel(

 /// Enable Touch Gestures: this frame's finger contacts on the canvas ([`crate::touch`]). A second
 /// finger drops the press the first one began (its tool interaction rolled back; the rest of the
-/// gesture presses nothing), and a tap of two fingers undoes, one of three redoes.
+/// gesture presses nothing), and a tap of two fingers undoes, one of three redoes. In the Touch
+/// workspace a tap of two fingers switches between selection and drawing modes instead.
 pub(super) fn touch_gestures(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &Ui, rect: egui::Rect, view: vectorcraft_engine::ViewInfo) {
    if !app.session.prefs.touch_gestures {
        return;
@@ -564,12 +565,12 @@ pub(super) fn touch_gestures(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &Ui, rect: egui::Rect
                drop_press(app, ui, view);
                ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(drag_id(), Drag::Gesture));
            }
-            Some(crate::touch::Touch::Tap(n)) => tap = crate::touch::tap_command(n),
+            Some(crate::touch::Touch::Tap(n)) => tap = crate::touch::tap_command(n, app.ui.workspace == crate::workspaces::TOUCH),
            None => {}
        }
    }
    ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(key, taps));
-    // In Presentation Mode a tap of two or three fingers undoes or redoes nothing.
+    // In Presentation Mode a tap of two or three fingers runs nothing.
    if let Some(cmd) = tap
        && app.ui.screen_mode < 3
    {
@@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Променливи
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Разрешаване на ластик за
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Разрешаване на достъп до текст за екранни четци
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Разрешаване на докосващи жестове
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Превключване между режим на селекция и рисуване
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Разрешаване на работно пространство за докосване
 	Encoding	Кодиране
 	Encoding:	Кодиране:
@@ -3732,6 +3732,7 @@ theme	Appearance	Izgled
 	Enable Missing Glyph Protection	Omogući zaštitu od nedostajućih glifova
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Omogući gumenu traku za
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Omogući pokrete dodirom
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Prebaci između načina odabira i crtanja
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Omogući radni prostor za dodir
 	English: UK	Engleski: UK
 	Every (minutes)	Svakih (minuta)
@@ -1478,6 +1478,7 @@ antiAlias	Sharp	Nítid
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Activa la goma elàstica per a
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Activa l’accés al text per als lectors de pantalla
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Activa els gestos tàctils
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Canvia entre els modes de selecció i de dibuix
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Activa l’espai de treball tàctil
 	Encoding	Codificació
 	Encoding and writing the file…	S’està codificant i escrivint el fitxer…
@@ -3786,6 +3786,7 @@ theme	Appearance	Motiv
 	Enable Missing Glyph Protection	Povolit ochranu chybějících glyfů
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Povolit gumovou čáru pro
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Povolit dotyková gesta
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Přepnout mezi režimem výběru a kreslení
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Povolit dotykový pracovní prostor
 	English: UK	Angličtina: Spojené království
 	Every (minutes)	Každých (minut)
@@ -3519,6 +3519,7 @@ theme	Appearance	Udseende
 	Enable Missing Glyph Protection	Aktivér beskyttelse mod manglende glyffer
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Aktivér gummibånd for
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Aktivér berøringsbevægelser
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Skift mellem markerings- og tegnetilstand
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Aktivér touch-arbejdsområde
 	English: UK	Engelsk: UK
 	Every (minutes)	Hvert (minut)
@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Variabel
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Gummiband aktivieren für
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Textzugriff für Bildschirmlesegeräte zulassen
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Touch-Gesten aktivieren
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Zwischen Auswahl- und Zeichenmodus wechseln
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Touch-Arbeitsbereich aktivieren
 	Encoding	Kodierung
 	Encoding:	Kodierung:
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Μεταβλητές
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Ενεργοποίηση δυναμικής προεπισκόπησης γραμμής για
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Ενεργοποίηση πρόσβασης κειμένου για αναγνώστες οθόνης
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Ενεργοποίηση χειρονομιών αφής
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Εναλλαγή λειτουργιών επιλογής και σχεδίασης
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Ενεργοποίηση χώρου εργασίας αφής
 	Encoding	Κωδικοποίηση
 	Encoding:	Κωδικοποίηση:
@@ -1038,6 +1038,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Variables
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Activar banda elástica para
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Permitir el acceso al texto para lectores de pantalla
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Activar gestos táctiles
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Cambiar entre modos de selección y dibujo
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Activar espacio de trabajo táctil
 	Encoding	Codificación
 	Encoding:	Codificación:
@@ -3724,6 +3724,7 @@ theme	Appearance	Ulkoasu
 	Enable Missing Glyph Protection	Ota puuttuvien merkkien suojaus käyttöön
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Ota kumilankavalinta käyttöön kohteelle
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Ota kosketuseleet käyttöön
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Vaihda valinta- ja piirtotilan välillä
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Ota kosketustyötila käyttöön
 	English: UK	Englanti: UK
 	Every (minutes)	Välein (minuuttia)
@@ -1033,6 +1033,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Variables
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Activer l’élastique pour
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Autoriser l’accès au texte pour les lecteurs d’écran
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Activer les gestes tactiles
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Basculer entre les modes sélection et dessin
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Activer l’espace de travail tactile
 	Encoding	Codage
 	Encoding:	Codage :
@@ -1629,6 +1629,7 @@ antiAlias	Sharp	शार्प
 	Enable Rubber Band for	के लिए रबर बैंड सक्षम करें
 	Enable text access for screen readers	स्क्रीन रीडर के लिए टेक्स्ट एक्सेस सक्षम करें
 	Enable Touch Gestures	टच जेस्चर ऑन करें
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	चयन और ड्रॉइंग मोड के बीच बदलें
 	Enable Touch Workspace	टच वर्कस्पेस सक्षम करें
 	Enclosing Lasso	लासो संलग्न करना
 	Enclosing Lasso Tool	लासो टूल संलग्न करना
@@ -1314,6 +1314,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Változó
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Gumiszalag-előnézet ehhez:
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Szöveghozzáférés engedélyezése képernyőolvasóknak
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Érintési kézmozdulatok
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Váltás a kijelölési és a rajzolási mód között
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Érintőképernyős munkaterület
 	Encoding	Kódolás
 	Encoding:	Kódolás:
@@ -3519,6 +3519,7 @@ theme	Appearance	Tampilan
 	Enable Missing Glyph Protection	Aktifkan perlindungan glyph yang hilang
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Aktifkan rubber band untuk
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Aktifkan gestur sentuh
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Beralih antara mode seleksi dan menggambar
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Aktifkan ruang kerja sentuh
 	English: UK	Inggris: UK
 	Every (minutes)	Setiap (menit)
@@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Variabili
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Attiva elastico per
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Consenti l'accesso al testo per le utilità di lettura dello schermo
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Attiva gesti touch
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Passa tra modalità selezione e disegno
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Attiva area di lavoro touch
 	Encoding	Codifica
 	Encoding:	Codifica:
@@ -1635,6 +1635,7 @@ antiAlias	Sharp	シャープ
 	Enable Opacity Mask	不透明マスクを有効にする
 	Enable Rubber Band for	ラバーバンドを有効にする対象
 	Enable Touch Gestures	タッチジェスチャーを有効にする
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	選択モードと描画モードを切り替え
 	Enable Touch Workspace	タッチワークスペースを有効にする
 	Enable copying of text, images and other content	テキスト、イメージ、その他のコンテンツのコピーを許可
 	Enable in-menu font previews	メニュー内でフォントプレビューを有効にする
@@ -3363,6 +3363,7 @@ theme	Appearance	იერსახე
 	Enable Missing Glyph Protection	გამოტოვებული გლიფებისგან დაცვის ჩართვა
 	Enable Rubber Band for	რეზინის ზოლის ჩართვა:
 	Enable Touch Gestures	შეხების ჟესტების ჩართვა
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	მონიშვნისა და ხატვის რეჟიმების გადართვა
 	Enable Touch Workspace	სენსორული სამუშაო სივრცის ჩართვა
 	English: UK	ინგლისური: ბრიტანეთი
 	Every (minutes)	ყოველ (წუთში)
@@ -1625,6 +1625,7 @@ antiAlias	Sharp	날카롭게
 	Enable Opacity Mask	불투명 마스크 사용
 	Enable Rubber Band for	러버 밴드 사용 대상
 	Enable Touch Gestures	터치 제스처 사용
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	선택 모드와 그리기 모드 전환
 	Enable Touch Workspace	터치 작업 영역 사용
 	Enable copying of text, images and other content	텍스트, 이미지 및 기타 콘텐츠 복사 허용
 	Enable in-menu font previews	메뉴에서 글꼴 미리 보기 사용
@@ -3533,6 +3533,7 @@ theme	Appearance	Vormgeving
 	Enable Missing Glyph Protection	Beveiliging tegen ontbrekende glyphs inschakelen
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Rubberband inschakelen voor
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Touchgebaren inschakelen
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Wisselen tussen selectie- en tekenmodus
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Touch-werkruimte inschakelen
 	English: UK	Engels: VK
 	Every (minutes)	Elke (minuten)
@@ -3663,6 +3663,7 @@ theme	Appearance	Wygląd
 	Enable Missing Glyph Protection	Włącz ochronę przed brakującymi glifami
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Włącz gumkę podglądu dla
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Włącz gesty dotykowe
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Przełącz tryby zaznaczania i rysowania
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Włącz dotykowy obszar roboczy
 	English: UK	Angielski: Wielka Brytania
 	Every (minutes)	Co (minuty)
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ antiAlias	Sharp	Nítido
 	Enable Opacity Mask	Habilitar Máscara de Opacidade
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Habilitar Elástico para
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Habilitar Gestos de Toque
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Alternar Modos de Seleção e Desenho
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Habilitar Espaço de Trabalho de Toque
 	Enable copying of text, images and other content	Habilitar cópia de texto, imagens e outro conteúdo
 	Enable in-menu font previews	Habilitar visualizações de fonte no menu
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Вариативные
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Включить «резиновую полосу» для
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Разрешить доступ к тексту для программ чтения с экрана
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Включить сенсорные жесты
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Переключить режимы выделения и рисования
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Включить сенсорную рабочую среду
 	Encoding	Кодировка
 	Encoding:	Кодировка:
@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Variabla
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Aktivera gummiband för
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Ge skärmläsare åtkomst till text
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Aktivera pekgester
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Växla mellan markerings- och ritläge
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Aktivera arbetslayout för pekskärm
 	Encoding	Kodning
 	Encoding:	Kodning:
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Değişken
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Lastik Bandı Etkinleştir
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Ekran okuyucular için metin erişimini etkinleştirin
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Dokunma Hareketlerini Etkinleştir
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Seçim ve Çizim Modları Arasında Geçiş Yap
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Dokunmatik Çalışma Alanını Etkinleştir
 	Encoding	Kodlama
 	Encoding:	Kodlama:
@@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Варіативні
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Включити «гумову смугу» для
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Дозволити доступ до тексту для програм читання з екрану
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Увімкнути сенсорні жести
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Перемкнути режими виділення та малювання
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Включити сенсорне робоче середовище
 	Encoding	Кодування
 	Encoding:	Кодування:
@@ -1204,6 +1204,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Biến thiên
 	Enable Rubber Band for	Bật vùng chọn kéo cho
 	Enable text access for screen readers	Bật truy cập văn bản cho trình đọc màn hình
 	Enable Touch Gestures	Bật cử chỉ cảm ứng
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	Chuyển giữa chế độ chọn và vẽ
 	Enable Touch Workspace	Bật không gian làm việc cảm ứng
 	Encoding	Mã hóa
 	Encoding:	Mã hóa:
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@ antiAlias	Sharp	锐利
 	Enable Rubber Band for	为这些工具启用橡皮筋预览
 	Enable text access for screen readers	启用屏幕阅读器的文字访问
 	Enable Touch Gestures	启用触控手势
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	切换选择与绘图模式
 	Enable Touch Workspace	启用触控工作区
 	Encoding	编码
 	Encoding:	编码：
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	可變
 	Enable Rubber Band for	啟用橡皮筋預覽，適用於
 	Enable text access for screen readers	啟用螢幕閱讀器的文字存取
 	Enable Touch Gestures	啟用觸控手勢
+	Switch Selection and Drawing Modes	切換選取與繪圖模式
 	Enable Touch Workspace	啟用觸控工作區
 	Encoding	編碼
 	Encoding:	編碼：
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ fn run_ui_part6(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<Result<
            Some(t) => Err(format!("unknown tool `{t}`")),
            None => Err("missing `tool`".into()),
        },
+        crate::touch::TOGGLE_MODE => Ok(crate::touch::toggle_mode(app)),
        crate::addons::pathtools::corner::COMMAND => crate::addons::pathtools::corner::open(app),
        crate::addons::pathtools::shared_edge::COMMAND => crate::addons::pathtools::shared_edge::open(app),
        crate::addons::arrange::ZOOM => crate::addons::arrange::zoom(app),
@@ -732,6 +732,12 @@ pub const UI_COMMANDS: &[(&str, &str, &str, &str)] = &[
        "",
        "{key, value} | {values: {key: value…}}, tool?: id (default: the active tool) → the tool's options (`{}` reads them). The options a tool keeps (Liquify brush and tool options, Mirror & Cut, Puppet Warp, drawing tools…) last across tool switches and are saved with the preferences; another tool's are stored for when it is chosen",
    ),
+    (
+        crate::touch::TOGGLE_MODE,
+        "Switch Selection and Drawing Modes",
+        "",
+        "{} from the Selection, Direct Selection, Group Selection, Magic Wand, Lasso or Perspective Selection tool, choose the drawing tool chosen last in this window (none yet: the Pencil tool); from any other tool, choose the Selection tool, remembering the tool left as the drawing tool unless it is the Hand, Rotate View, Zoom or Print Tiling tool → {tool}. A two-finger tap on the canvas runs it in the Touch workspace (Enable Touch Gestures on)",
+    ),
    (
        "effect.dialog",
        "Effect…",
@@ -565,6 +565,10 @@ pub struct UiState {
    pub flyout: Option<usize>,
    /// Last tool shown for each toolbar group (flyout selection sticks).
    pub group_tool: Vec<String>,
+    /// The drawing tool last chosen in this window, which a two-finger tap in the Touch workspace
+    /// returns to from the Selection tool ([`crate::touch::toggle_mode`]). Not saved.
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub touch_drawing_tool: Option<String>,
    pub status: String,
    /// The Replace Font request behind the status bar's warning ([`ReplaceFontWarning`]). Not saved.
    #[serde(skip)]
@@ -1129,6 +1133,7 @@ impl Default for UiState {
            answering_control: false,
            flyout: None,
            group_tool: vectorcraft_tools::TOOL_GROUPS.iter().map(|g| g[0].id.to_string()).collect(),
+            touch_drawing_tool: None,
            status: String::new(),
            replace_font_warning: None,
            status_notes: None,
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Touch gestures on the canvas (Preferences › Devices › Enable Touch Gestures, #585): a tap with
-//! two fingers undoes, one with three redoes.
+//! two fingers undoes, one with three redoes. In the Touch workspace a tap with two fingers
+//! switches between selection and drawing modes instead ([`TOGGLE_MODE`]).
 //!
 //! egui hands every finger's contact over as [`egui::Event::Touch`] (winit reads them from the
 //! system: `WM_POINTER` on Windows), and makes the first finger the mouse pointer too. So the first
@@ -121,15 +122,52 @@ impl Taps {
    }
 }

-/// The command a tap of `fingers` runs: two undo, three redo.
-pub(crate) fn tap_command(fingers: usize) -> Option<&'static str> {
+/// The command a tap of `fingers` runs: two undo, three redo. In the Touch workspace (`touch_workspace`)
+/// two switch between the Selection tool and the last drawing tool ([`TOGGLE_MODE`]).
+pub(crate) fn tap_command(fingers: usize, touch_workspace: bool) -> Option<&'static str> {
    match fingers {
+        2 if touch_workspace => Some(TOGGLE_MODE),
        2 => Some("edit.undo"),
        3 => Some("edit.redo"),
        _ => None,
    }
 }

+/// Switch between selection and drawing modes: the Selection tool, and back to the drawing tool
+/// chosen last.
+pub const TOGGLE_MODE: &str = "tool.toggleTouchMode";
+
+/// The drawing tool a switch out of selection mode chooses when none has been chosen in this window.
+pub const FIRST_DRAWING_TOOL: &str = "pencil";
+
+/// A tool of selection mode: one that selects objects or parts of them.
+fn selects(id: &str) -> bool {
+    vectorcraft_tools::catalog::is_selection_tool(id) || matches!(id, "magicWand" | "lasso" | "perspectiveSelection")
+}
+
+/// A tool of drawing mode: any tool but those of selection mode and those that only move, turn or
+/// zoom the view.
+pub(crate) fn is_drawing_tool(id: &str) -> bool {
+    !selects(id) && !matches!(id, "hand" | "rotateView" | "zoom" | "printTiling")
+}
+
+/// [`TOGGLE_MODE`]: from a tool of selection mode, choose the drawing tool chosen last (none yet:
+/// [`FIRST_DRAWING_TOOL`]); from any other tool, keep it as the drawing tool and choose the
+/// Selection tool. → `{tool}`, the tool now active.
+pub(crate) fn toggle_mode(app: &mut crate::VectorcraftApp) -> serde_json::Value {
+    let now = app.session.tool_id().to_string();
+    let next = if selects(&now) {
+        app.ui.touch_drawing_tool.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| FIRST_DRAWING_TOOL.to_string())
+    } else {
+        if is_drawing_tool(&now) {
+            app.ui.touch_drawing_tool = Some(now);
+        }
+        "selection".to_string()
+    };
+    app.select_tool(&next);
+    serde_json::json!({"tool": app.session.tool_id()})
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -155,7 +193,20 @@ mod tests {
        }
        let ends: Vec<_> = [4, 5, 6].into_iter().map(|n| t.feed(id(n), TouchPhase::End, p, 1.2)).collect();
        assert_eq!(ends, [None, None, Some(Touch::Tap(3))]);
-        assert_eq!((tap_command(2), tap_command(3), tap_command(1)), (Some("edit.undo"), Some("edit.redo"), None));
+        assert_eq!((tap_command(2, false), tap_command(3, false), tap_command(1, false)), (Some("edit.undo"), Some("edit.redo"), None));
+        assert_eq!((tap_command(2, true), tap_command(3, true), tap_command(1, true)), (Some(TOGGLE_MODE), Some("edit.redo"), None));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn drawing_tools_are_neither_selection_nor_view_tools() {
+        for id in ["pencil", "pen", "rectangle", "paintbrush", "type", "eraser", "shapeBuilder"] {
+            assert!(is_drawing_tool(id), "{id}");
+        }
+        let selecting = ["selection", "directSelection", "groupSelection", "magicWand", "lasso", "perspectiveSelection"];
+        for id in selecting.into_iter().chain(["hand", "rotateView", "zoom", "printTiling"]) {
+            assert!(!is_drawing_tool(id), "{id}");
+        }
+        assert!(vectorcraft_tools::tool_info(FIRST_DRAWING_TOOL).is_some_and(|t| is_drawing_tool(t.id)));
    }

    #[test]
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ It reads the pen's tilt and barrel rotation on macOS and on Linux under X11 and
 | Pen pressure | yes (Wacom, Windows Ink, macOS tablet events) | yes, read from AppKit's tablet events before the window gets them (winit reports none), each move of a stroke with its own pressure, mouse event coalescing off (#852; not yet tried on a Mac) | yes (pointer force via `WM_POINTER`) | under X11 and XWayland (Preferences › Performance › Linux Display Server, #1151, #2028; Automatic uses XWayland when a pen is attached on a Wayland session, #4967), read from XInput2 raw events (#764); **no** on native Wayland, where winit reports none and the pen may not reach the window (#491) | browser pointer events, with coalesced events; Apple Pencil on iPad (hover, palm rejection: fingers navigate after a pen contact until reload) | partial: 2–4 h for Wayland (winit 0.31), plus a check on a Mac |
 | Pen tilt, bearing, barrel rotation (6D Art Pen) | yes, drives brushes | read from AppKit's tablet events (tilt, and the barrel rotation of a pen that reports one); Calligraphic and Scatter brushes vary with them (#764; not yet tried on a Mac) | with Windows Ink, read from the pen's `POINTER_PEN_INFO` (tilt and barrel rotation where its pen mask says the pen reports them); Calligraphic and Scatter brushes vary with them (#372; not yet tried with a pen) | under X11 and XWayland, read from XInput2 raw events; Calligraphic and Scatter brushes vary with them (#764); **no** on native Wayland | no | partial: native Wayland and the web read none, and Pattern and Bristle brushes do not use them (an Art brush's Width follows them); 3–6 h (#372) |
 | Pen eraser end | yes | the eraser end (AppKit's tablet proximity events) selects the Eraser tool and the tip brings back the tool used before, as on Linux (#852; not yet tried on a Mac) | with Windows Ink, an inverted pen or its eraser button (`PEN_FLAG_INVERTED`, `PEN_FLAG_ERASER` in the pen's pointer messages) selects the Eraser tool and the tip brings back the tool used before, as on Linux (not yet tried with a pen) | under X11 and XWayland, the eraser end selects the Eraser tool and the tip brings back the tool used before (#764); **no** on native Wayland | a press of the eraser end (Pointer Events eraser button, `button` 5) selects the Eraser tool, and that press erases; a press of the tip brings back the tool used before; Pointer Events report no end while the pen hovers | partial |
-| Touch gestures (pinch zoom, two-finger pan, rotate view, Touch workspace) | yes (Windows touch, Surface) | trackpad pinch, scroll and rotate | pinch, pan (a second finger cancels the first finger's tool press, #4198); two-finger tap undo, three-finger redo (#585) | same where winit reports touch | eframe until the first pen contact, then Pointer Events (pen and fingers told apart); long press opens the context menu | partial: touch workspace and touch-screen rotation missing, 3–5 h |
+| Touch gestures (pinch zoom, two-finger pan, rotate view, Touch workspace) | yes (Windows touch, Surface) | trackpad pinch, scroll and rotate | pinch, pan (a second finger cancels the first finger's tool press, #4198); two-finger tap undo, three-finger redo (#585); in the Touch workspace a two-finger tap switches between the Selection tool and the last drawing tool | same where winit reports touch | eframe until the first pen contact, then Pointer Events (pen and fingers told apart); long press opens the context menu | partial: touch workspace and touch-screen rotation missing, 3–5 h |
 | Trackpad (smooth scroll, pinch) | yes | yes | precision touchpads | yes | yes | done |
 | HiDPI / Retina, per-monitor scale | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | done; a window dragged between monitors of different scale can still grow on Windows (#1459, open); the custom title bar's window on Windows stays truly borderless so the pointer lines up with what is drawn (#1791, #1758; awaiting the reporter's confirmation) ; macOS cursors use aligned 1×/2× native image representations (#2292), covered by headless construction tests; mixed-display transitions and physical cursor sizing remain unverified, no additional hardware validated |
 | Multiple monitors: panels and document windows on another screen | yes | no (one OS window) | no | no | — | missing: 6–10 h (with multiple windows, gap G7) |
@@ -5459,6 +5459,15 @@ point deltas from an unnamed source in the desktop app, or line deltas that are
 trackpad gesture holds Alt, it zooms until it ends, also after Alt is let go. The control channel's
 `ui.wheel` with `cmd: true` turns the wheel with Cmd/Ctrl held.

+With Preferences › Devices › Enable Touch Gestures on, a two-finger tap on the canvas undoes and a three-finger tap
+redoes. In the Touch workspace a two-finger tap runs `tool.toggleTouchMode` (Switch Selection and Drawing Modes, `{}`,
+desktop app) instead and undoes nothing ([the help page](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/get-started/learn-the-basics/touch-workspace-in-illustrator.html)).
+From the Selection, Direct Selection, Group Selection, Magic Wand, Lasso or Perspective Selection tool it chooses the
+drawing tool chosen last in the window, or the Pencil tool when none has been chosen yet; from any other tool it
+chooses the Selection tool, and the tool left becomes the drawing tool unless it is the Hand, Rotate View, Zoom or Print
+Tiling tool. It returns `{tool}` and adds no undo step. Pencil as the first drawing tool and the list of selection tools
+are VectorCraft's own rules. A tap in Presentation Mode runs nothing.
+
 `gridlineEvery` (72 pt by default) and `gridSubdivisions` (8 by default) set the document grid that View › Show Grid
 draws, and View › Snap to Grid snaps to its subdivisions. Changing either sets the grid of every open document.
 `file.new` gives a new document that grid, and `document.open`, `file.newFromTemplate` and `file.revert` give it to
@@ -1149,6 +1149,7 @@ Moved from the ROADMAP's "Shipped so far" on 2026-10-10. Update it when a featur
  With the view rotated, an Escape that has nothing else to end resets the rotation, as Reset Rotate View does, with or without a selection, which stays selected. An Escape that ends something else ends only that, and the next Escape resets the view: to reset the view while another tool or feature is in use, Escape is pressed twice ([Rotate canvas view](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/add-and-import-files/start-a-new-file/rotate-canvas-view.html)). Under VectorCraft's own rule, the things an Escape ends first are isolation mode, pattern editing, Global Edit, a tool flyout, a full screen mode, Presentation Mode, a path being drawn with the Pen, Smart Pen or Curvature tool, the Blend tool's first pick, the Artboard tool, a tool's drag, a menu, a dialog, a text field and a drag of the ruler origin, and the second press may come any time later, after clicks or other keys. With the Rotate View tool, the view resets before a full screen mode ends; with another tool, Escape leaves a full screen mode first, and Shift+Escape, which does not leave it, resets the view. An Escape does not reset the view while About, a progress window or an Appearance row's popup is open, while a pointer button is held, or in the frame a button is let go. It used to reset the view only as the second of two Escape presses less than a second apart.
  A two-finger rotation on a Mac trackpad turns the view about the pointer once it reaches 5° (Preferences › General › Trackpad Gesture to Rotate View, on by default).
  On a touch screen a second finger cancels the tool press the first finger began, in the frame it lands or later: the Pencil's stroke or a Selection move is rolled back with no undo entry, and a finger that lands while another is down presses nothing, so a pinch or two-finger pan only zooms and pans (#4198; canvas test `a_second_finger_cancels_the_tool_gesture_the_first_began`).
+  In the Touch workspace a two-finger tap switches between the Selection tool and the drawing tool chosen last (the Pencil tool when none has been chosen yet) and undoes nothing; outside Touch it still undoes, and a three-finger tap still redoes ([the help page](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/get-started/learn-the-basics/touch-workspace-in-illustrator.html); `tool.toggleTouchMode`; canvas test `two_finger_tap_in_touch_switches_selection_and_drawing_modes`).
  A tool press dropped by a second finger, a long touch or a canceled touch cancels the tool's drag as Escape does: the tool gets back the options it had when the press began (the Polygon tool's sides, set with ↑ and ↓) and they are not stored, a press held still opens no size dialog, a Selection or Artboard tool marquee selects nothing, and the Pen goes on drawing its path without the dropped anchor (canvas tests `a_canceled_touch_drops_the_drag_without_keeping_its_options` and `long_touch_drops_a_tool_press_without_committing_art`; engine tests in `tests::toolsettings`).
  The status bar navigator's field shows the active artboard's number and name, and its drop-down lists every artboard by number and name, as the Artboards panel does. Choosing an artboard in the list makes it the active artboard and fits it in the window (`view.goToArtboard`). The list opens on the active artboard's row and lays out only the rows in view and at most one more.
 - **Geometry and effects:**