From 4f5243c245c96aac44bbe147c61a4ea5612338f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vitaly Turovsky <vital2580@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 05:30:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add force disable touch controls setting for
 convertible laptops fixes #62

---
 src/defaultOptions.ts    | 2 ++
 src/optionsGuiScheme.tsx | 5 +++++
 src/watchOptions.ts      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/defaultOptions.ts b/src/defaultOptions.ts
index 0f72a1b94..a25cae671 100644
--- a/src/defaultOptions.ts
+++ b/src/defaultOptions.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ export const defaultOptions = {
   singleplayerAutoSave: false,
   alwaysBackupWorldBeforeLoading: undefined as boolean | undefined | null,
   alwaysShowMobileControls: false,
+  /** Never enable touch controls, even if the device reports a touchscreen (e.g. laptops with mouse & keyboard). */
+  forceDisableTouchControls: false,
   /** Portrait viewport: apply `body.rotated` landscape layout without tapping the rotate button. */
   autoDisplayRotation: false,
   excludeCommunicationDebugEvents: [] as string[],
diff --git a/src/optionsGuiScheme.tsx b/src/optionsGuiScheme.tsx
index 635555df7..040d9a338 100644
--- a/src/optionsGuiScheme.tsx
+++ b/src/optionsGuiScheme.tsx
@@ -453,6 +453,11 @@ export const guiOptionsScheme: {
       },
       alwaysShowMobileControls: {
         text: 'Always Mobile Controls',
+        disableIf: ['forceDisableTouchControls', true],
+      },
+      forceDisableTouchControls: {
+        text: 'Force Disable Touch Controls',
+        tooltip: 'Never show touch controls, even if your device has a touchscreen. Useful for touch laptops used with mouse and keyboard.',
       },
       autoDisplayRotation: {
         text: 'Auto Landscape Rotation',
diff --git a/src/watchOptions.ts b/src/watchOptions.ts
index 937f50c27..022fadd45 100644
--- a/src/watchOptions.ts
+++ b/src/watchOptions.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ watchValue(options, o => {
   // gui scale is set in scaleInterface.ts
 })
 const updateTouch = (o) => {
-  miscUiState.currentTouch = o.alwaysShowMobileControls || isMobile()
+  miscUiState.currentTouch = !o.forceDisableTouchControls && (o.alwaysShowMobileControls || isMobile())
 }
 watchValue(options, updateTouch)
 window.matchMedia('(pointer: coarse)').addEventListener('change', (e) => {