# Apple Pencil Hover Indicator on Without Pencil

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/apple-pencil-hover-indicator-on-without-pencil/37961>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/apple-pencil-hover-indicator-on-without-pencil/37961 "2025-05-15T03:11:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kabocha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f04885/32.png) [@kabocha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/kabocha)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/apple-pencil-hover-indicator-on-without-pencil/37961/1 "2025-05-15T03:11:07Z")

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Long time Wacom user so I love the way when you hover you see preview of your pen tip location. On the iPad you get wide to narrow preview which is even better. But one thing I don’t like is white pencil showing up when you click. I understand this is a default behavior within iOS but could you have a setting within Shapr3d to just show the hover and maybe it inverts the color during the tap?

Here is what it looks like now and white pencil showing up is bit jarring, but the hover is useful so I turn it on.

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**Author:** ![Bob3DPO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Bob3DPO](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bob3DPO)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/apple-pencil-hover-indicator-on-without-pencil/37961/2 "2025-05-15T11:21:38Z")

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Hi Russet,

Check in the iPad **Settings** / Apps / Shapr3D. You can toggle the tutorial mode.

 ![IMG_0531](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/4/0/40ee20ed75a77fac380d96982bd6889b0c4d088a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![kabocha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f04885/32.png) [@kabocha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/kabocha)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/apple-pencil-hover-indicator-on-without-pencil/37961/3 "2025-05-15T16:42:59Z")

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Hi sorry I might have been clear. If I turn that Pencil and Touches off I do not get the hover indicators. I would like to keep the hover indicators but lose the Apple Pencil that shows up during the tap, I understand that this is more of a tutorial mode so I was hopping Shapr3d Devs could make it a feature to turn off and on.

Here is a in Nomad Sculp, cursor follows the 3d shape.

But just this hover without the pencil that popup would be great as a setting option within Shapr3d.

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**Author:** ![Bob3DPO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Bob3DPO](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bob3DPO)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/apple-pencil-hover-indicator-on-without-pencil/37961/4 "2025-05-15T17:21:55Z")

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Ahh, I understand now!