# \[Plugin\] Touch Display Lite **URL:** \ **Category:** Plugins\ **Tags:** plugin\ **Created:** [December 19, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226 "2021-12-19T15:15:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/u/fenzo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/1 "2021-12-19T15:15:16Z")
Hi guys I have created a lightweight touch display plugin. It is designed for the official Raspberry Pi 7-inch touch display (could work for other touch screens). I wanted a simple, minimal interface that works well for Volumio in landscape mode and legible at a distance. 2aCD’s mods and the Now Playing plugin are great. But I wanted a more “spartan” interface, and preferably implemented natively. So I wrote this. A few features, - Designed for landscape mode. The official Volumio Touch Display plugin works best in portrait mode. But the 7-inch touch display is too tall in portrait mode. - Good performance even on Raspberry Pi 3. - Touch-native UI, similar to mobile apps. It runs on flutter-pi and no X-server is used at all. I am sharing it to see whether this is useful to others. Bear in mind that this is in early stage and could be buggy. I have only tested it on my own setup (Pi 3, 7-in touch display, Volumio 3). Download: [Touch Display Lite releases](https://github.com/zf3/volumio_touch_display_lite/releases). Latest is 0.1.0. Development: > **[GitHub - zf3/volumio\_touch\_display\_lite: A clean front-end plugin to Volumio,...](https://github.com/zf3/volumio_touch_display_lite)** > > A clean front-end plugin to Volumio, the Linux distribution for music playback. Volumio Touch Display Lite is written in Flutter and runs on flutter-pi. - GitHub - zf3/volumio\_touch\_display\_lite: A... ---
**Author:** ![fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/u/fenzo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/2 "2021-12-19T15:16:29Z")
Here is what it looks like, [![](https://community.volumio.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/26e2678e2a19d034cc260241c935b9b62b103bdb.jpeg) ](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zf3/volumio_touch_display_lite/main/doc/digiplayer.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![fm-maniac](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/91b2a8/32.png) [@fm-maniac](https://community.volumio.com/u/fm-maniac)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/3 "2021-12-19T15:59:35Z")
Fenzo, this looks promising! Exactly what I’m looking for. I’ve a 7inch Wavehare LCD and as soon I’ll fin the time I’ll give your plugin a try on my test system! ---
**Author:** ![Josh2000](https://community.volumio.com/user_avatar/community.volumio.com/josh2000/32/347_2.png) [@Josh2000](https://community.volumio.com/u/Josh2000)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/4 "2021-12-19T23:17:19Z")
Hi Fenzo, Great - i think i do also have a use case for it. Thank you. Would it be ease to invert the backgrond color (to black) to give the cover art more attention ? ( Unfortunately I am not a coder…) Best Regards Josef ---
**Author:** ![Wheaten](https://community.volumio.com/user_avatar/community.volumio.com/wheaten/32/33147_2.png) [@Wheaten](https://community.volumio.com/u/Wheaten)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/5 "2021-12-19T23:24:35Z")
not black but a “darker shade of white” like (45,45,45) ---
**Author:** ![fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/u/fenzo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/6 "2021-12-20T05:02:28Z")
Josef, An option for a darker theme sounds good. Will do when I get to it. ---
**Author:** ![fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/u/fenzo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/7 "2022-01-01T16:22:14Z")
Happy New Year, everyone! I am happy to release Touch Display Lite 0.2.0. What’s New: 1. **Dark Mode**. You can enable dark mode on the settings screen. @Josh2000 2. **Default directory setting**. This is also changeable on the settings screen. Press the “Home” tab once to go to the default directory. Press it once more to go to “root” (the list of all music sources). 3. **Repeat button**. It was missing in v0.1.0. The installation instructions in README are also improved. Zip file download is still available from [github](https://github.com/zf3/volumio_touch_display_lite/releases) p.s. Dark mode screen shot: ![touch_display_lite_dark](https://community.volumio.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8f7959eabb2569ef8f021f8f844d34a4fa7bd8a7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![chsims1](https://community.volumio.com/user_avatar/community.volumio.com/chsims1/32/87_2.png) [@chsims1](https://community.volumio.com/u/chsims1)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/8 "2022-01-01T19:00:25Z")
Good stuff here. I know we are all interested most in the sound, but visual displays are an important part of the whole audio experience too. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_Gerhardt](https://community.volumio.com/user_avatar/community.volumio.com/erik_gerhardt/32/13473_2.png) [@Erik\_Gerhardt](https://community.volumio.com/u/Erik_Gerhardt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/9 "2022-01-15T23:51:13Z")
Hallo, this plugin look realy nice, but is it possible to use it on a 5 zoll touchdisplay too? I install it normal and the touch position is not on the correct possition. Regards Erik ---
**Author:** ![fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/u/fenzo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/10 "2022-01-19T05:43:35Z")
What is the model of your display? It could be due to the kernel using wrong resolution for HDMI. There is a bit of documentation in the [readme](https://github.com/zf3/volumio_touch_display_lite/blob/main/plugin/readme.md) about troubleshooting this. Search for “HDMI touch screens” on that page. Let me know if it helps. ---
**Author:** ![Eduardo2022](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@Eduardo2022](https://community.volumio.com/u/Eduardo2022)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/11 "2022-02-02T14:23:40Z")
Great job! It looks simple and clean. But one topic does not work for me - maybe you have an idea. If I click on the left side to this “home” area, I only see my mp3 files that are stored locally, but I can not select e.g.: internet radio, … . It is only a list of my mp3s. Do you have an idea? I have 7-inch display and newest volumio and plugin - just installed last weekend. Many thanks Best regards Eduardo ---
**Author:** ![fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@fenzo](https://community.volumio.com/u/fenzo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/12 "2022-02-05T04:23:14Z")
The “default directory” is where you go to when you press the home tab. It is changeable on the settings screen. So you are free to have quick access to any directory. Press the “Home” tab once to go to the default directory. Press it again to go to “root” (the list of all music sources). ---
**Author:** ![Sulfurman](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sulfurman](https://community.volumio.com/u/Sulfurman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/13 "2023-04-11T16:42:56Z")
Hello fenzo. Thank you very much for your plugin. I have the same problem of Erik. The touch doesn’t work in the correct position. It seems like i touch on a specular screen… If i touch top right is like i touched down left. If i touch down center is like i touched top center and so on… I have a DSI 5 inch monitor that is correctly recognized by flutter. In the journal i can read display mode: flutter-pi[1075]: resolution: 800 x 480 flutter-pi[1075]: refresh rate: 60Hz flutter-pi[1075]: physical size: 155mm x 86mm flutter-pi[1075]: flutter device pixel ratio: 1.358234 but also the warning: [flutter-pi] WARNING: display has non-square pixels. Non-square-pixels are not supported by flutter. Is there any customization i can do to have the correct touching position? Thank you in advance. ---
**Author:** ![dvo](https://community.volumio.com/user_avatar/community.volumio.com/dvo/32/23371_2.png) [@dvo](https://community.volumio.com/u/dvo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/14 "2023-04-11T17:20:08Z")
[edit] … do what Wheaten says … [edit] ---
**Author:** ![Wheaten](https://community.volumio.com/user_avatar/community.volumio.com/wheaten/32/33147_2.png) [@Wheaten](https://community.volumio.com/u/Wheaten)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/15 "2023-04-11T17:26:42Z")
Sounds like you need to add the touch orientation, “-1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1” ---
**Author:** ![Sulfurman](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sulfurman](https://community.volumio.com/u/Sulfurman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/16 "2023-04-11T17:37:24Z")
Hi Wheaten, and dvo. Thank you for your quick response. I’m a newbie… Where i have to put the touch orientation, “-1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1” ? ---
**Author:** ![Wheaten](https://community.volumio.com/user_avatar/community.volumio.com/wheaten/32/33147_2.png) [@Wheaten](https://community.volumio.com/u/Wheaten)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/17 "2023-04-11T17:42:42Z")
Not sure if these instructions will work for this plugin, as I am not familiar with this one. Have a look here: > [@\[TUTO\] touchscreen rotations](https://community.volumio.com/t/tuto-touchscreen-rotations/10720#p65113): > > Hi everyone! After many hours to find the solution I finally found it! And since I could not find a complete answer on this forum I decided to create a topic on the subject. So here is a topic on How to rotate EVERY touchscreens. 1- Connect to volumio with ssh. 2- Got to: sudo nano /boot/config.txt And add this: display\_rotate=3 This rotate the picture at 270° but not the touch (for other rotations: display\_rotate=1 —\>90 degrees; display\_rotate=2 —\>180 degrees). To do that you have to: … ---
**Author:** ![Wheaten](https://community.volumio.com/user_avatar/community.volumio.com/wheaten/32/33147_2.png) [@Wheaten](https://community.volumio.com/u/Wheaten)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/18 "2023-04-11T17:48:50Z")
For my x86 box i did the following: ```auto volumio@volumiorc:/opt$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xinput volumio@volumiorc:/opt$ sudo DISPLAY=:0 xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Wacom Pen and multitouch sensor Finger id=9 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ MSFT0001:00 04F3:303A Mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ MSFT0001:00 04F3:303A Touchpad id=12 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse id=18 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Wacom Pen and multitouch sensor Pen id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Intel Virtual Button driver id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Intel HID events id=14 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Intel HID 5 button array id=15 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=16 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=17 [slave keyboard (3)] ``` Since I needed to invert the screen and touch orientation: ```auto nano ~/scripts/rotate_normal.sh sudo xrandr -d :0 -o inverted sudo DISPLAY=:0 xinput set-prop 'Wacom Pen and multitouch sensor Finger' 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' -1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1 ``` `chmod 775 ~/scripts/rotate_inverted.sh` `sudo nano /opt/volumiokiosk.sh` replace: `while true; do timeout 3 bash -c "/dev/null 2>&1 && break; done` with: `while true; do timeout 3 bash -c "/dev/null 2>&1 && /bin/bash /home/volumio/scripts/rotate_inverted.sh && break; done` ---
**Author:** ![Sulfurman](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sulfurman](https://community.volumio.com/u/Sulfurman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/19 "2023-04-12T06:30:53Z")
> [@Wheaten](#): > > `sudo apt-get install xinput` xinput works with XServer. This plugin works without it. It uses flutter-pi. I’ll search and will let you know. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Sulfurman](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sulfurman](https://community.volumio.com/u/Sulfurman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226/20 "2023-04-12T06:56:25Z")
SOLVED!!! Just commented lcd\_rotate=2 in /boot/config.txt and now everything is ok! [Next page](https://community.volumio.com/t/plugin-touch-display-lite/52226.md?page=2)