MyScript iink SDK supports various interactive features.

Supported gestures and smart tools depend on the type of content. The possibilities are summarized by the following tables.

At the moment, MyScript iink web only supports interactive features for Text and Math content parts based on the WebSocket protocol.

Ink and decoration gestures

  Text Document Text Diagram Math Drawing Raw
Erase X X X X   X1
Join X X X     X1
Break X X X     X1
Frame X X        
Underline X X X2     X1
Double underline X X X2     X1
Slice3 X          
             

Touch gestures

  Text Document Text Diagram Math Drawing Raw Content
Move/resize selected block X   X     X4

Smart tools

  Text Document Text Diagram Math Drawing Raw Content
Typeset and Beautify X X X X   X5
Intelligent Eraser6 X X X X X X
Lasso Selector X7   X     X
Highlighter X7 X X   X X
             
  1. Gestures are disabled by default in Raw Content but can be enabled with the raw-content.pen.gestures setting.  2 3 4 5

  2. These gestures are disabled by default in Diagram but can be enabled with the diagram.pen.gestures setting.  2

  3. The slice gesture is enabled by default but can be deactivated with the text-document.slice-gesture.enable setting. 

  4. Requires to activate the text and/or shape recognition with the raw-content.recognition.text and raw-content.recognition.shape properties and enable the tap interaction with the raw-content.tap-interactions. See the raw content configuration section. 

  5. Requires to activate the text and/or shape recognition with the raw-content.recognition.text and raw-content.recognition.shape properties and to tune the corresponding raw-content.convert properties. See the raw content configuration section. 

  6. By default, for Text, Math, Diagram and Text Document, the intelligent eraser removes any object it touches. By contrast, for Drawing and Raw Content, it erases ink portions within its trajectory. In both cases, this eraser configuration can be modified thanks to the erase-precisely property

  7. In all blocks of Text Document parts except Math blocks.  2