"We were given a sample to play with, and the initial impressions are good. Attaching a Pi to the back of the screen is simple, and everything from screws to ribbon cables is provided. Power comes from the Pi's GPIO pins, and an illustration shows where to plug in the connectors. The standoffs on the back support the full-size Pi; users hoping to plug in a Pi Zero or Pi 3A will be disappointed."
"The other slight annoyance is the touch support out of the box. The Raspberry Pi OS has touch support and will pop up a keyboard when needed, but gestures or swipes don't work on first boot, which can be jarring for users expecting a smartphone or tablet-type experience. The Raspberry Pi team told us that gesture support isn't handled in the operating system ("at least, not in a standard Linux operating system"). Rather, "it's done in the UI toolkit (GTK, for example) or in the application itself (Chromium, for example).""
The 5-inch Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 is a multi-touch capacitive panel supporting five-finger input, with a 720×1280 resolution and a 2.4×4.3 inch active area. The unit measures 3.6×5.6 inches, offers a 500 cd/m² backlight, a typical 35 ms touch response, and an 80-degree viewing angle. The kit includes screws and ribbon cables and draws power from the Pi's GPIO pins; standoffs only accommodate a full-size Raspberry Pi. The product is a component rather than an enclosure. Gesture recognition and automatic orientation detection require UI/toolkit support or manual configuration in the OS.
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