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Pointing x3: Drag Scroll, Vel Scroll, devices on the layout, touch contacts - #3

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Draft: for the x3 prerelease. Don't merge until x3 ships; merging publishes docs.svalboard.com.

Summary

Documents the x3 pointing changes: the Drag Scroll and Vel Scroll keys (svalboard/keybard#73, #74, svalboard/qmk#32), pointing devices drawn on the layout with the Velocity Scroll display (svalboard/keybard#76, #79), and up to six touch contacts (svalboard/keybard#77, svalboard/qmk#34). Each new section carries an "Available from x3" note; Vel Scroll and the touch contacts also name the x3 firmware. Problems point to GitHub issues on svalboard/qmk (firmware) and svalboard/keybard (Keybard).

Pages changed

  • Keybard (keybard/index.mdx), Pointing devices:
    • New Scroll keys: Drag Scroll and Vel Scroll: what each does, how to put one on a key, and how Velocity Scroll feels (dead zone, distance not DPI, Sniper and Boost don't scale it, Natural Scroll applies, touchpad behavior).
    • New Pointing devices on the layout, with Touch contacts and Velocity Scroll on the layout.
    • Svalboard keys in Mouse Keys: Scroll Toggle Hold is Drag Scroll from x3.

No sidebar changes.

Screenshots

Real captures of Keybard at svalboard/keybard main eab5db1, from the QWERTY Example with the review demo (?demo=pointing, &contacts=6, &velocity=1), at 2x in light theme:

Scroll row
Pointing devices on the layout
Six touch contacts
Velocity Scroll on the trackball

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npm run check: wording ok. npm run build: all internal links valid.

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morganvenable and others added 2 commits October 19, 2026 12:51
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Adds the Scroll row keys and how Velocity Scroll behaves, pointing devices
drawn on the layout with Sniper, Boost and Vel Scroll pills, and up to six
touch contacts. Each section is marked Available from x3.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012ePhiApV6LQcH1sdfSp2aR
The x3 notes now link each repo's releases page instead of the x3 tag,
and state the requirement as x3 or later.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012ePhiApV6LQcH1sdfSp2aR
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morganvenable marked this pull request as ready for review October 20, 2026 15:09
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