Can the touchscreen be disabled when an Activity is running?

I understand how to disable the touchscreen in normal use ie. outside of an Activity.

Is it possible to have the touchscreen disabled during an Activity, either by disabling the touchscreen before starting an Activity, or by disabling the touchscreen once an Activity has started?

If so, how do you do it?

I was wondering if you disable the touchscreen prior to starting Activity, doesn’t pressing a button to start the Activity enable the touchscreen?

This is a pre-purchase decision so cannot test it myself.

0 seilogramp over 1 year ago

It's the same during an activity. Long press A (action menu) to get to the controls menu, then select the lock icon. To enable touch, long press any button.

0 8140407 over 1 year ago in reply to seilogramp

Many thanks for the reply.

Apologies if this is a dumb question.

If you long press A during an Activity, doesn’t it stop the Activity from recording?

Looking at the User Manual, it says to press A to stop an Activity.

Maybe there is a difference between pressing A and long pressing A?

0 seilogramp over 1 year ago in reply to 8140407

Normal press stops the activity, long press opens the controls menu.

0 8140407 over 1 year ago in reply to seilogramp

Very helpful thanks.

If I understand it correctly, once you have disabled touch during an Activity, you cannot navigate between data screens using the buttons, as this would re-enable touch?

0 FlowState over 1 year ago in reply to 8140407

8140407 said:
If I understand it correctly, once you have disabled touch during an Activity, you cannot navigate between data screens using the buttons, as this would re-enable touch?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I thought the only way to scroll pages on a Venu 3 was to use the touchscreen? Can you actually use the buttons? (I don't own a Venu 3)

0 m4dx over 1 year ago in reply to 8140407

8140407 said:
once you have disabled touch during an Activity, you cannot navigate between data screens using the buttons, as this would re-enable touch

Yes - once you lock the screen during an activity, it's not possible to scroll data screens using the buttons.

If you press any button - lock symbol is displayed on the watch.
You have to long-press any button to unlock the screen first to be able to navigate between the data screens again.

(tested on current firmware 7.07)

0 seilogramp over 1 year ago in reply to m4dx

Thanks m4dx, personally I would use the Auto Lock feature to set this during an activity, then use Auto Scroll so you're not locked on one data screen - Using Auto Scroll

I assume this would work, as like FlowState, I do not own a Venu 3 to test it, but it works on my Epix.

0 m4dx over 1 year ago in reply to seilogramp

Yes, auto scroll works with screen locked.

(tested on current firmware 7.07)