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What can be used to touch a capacitive screen? Does it work with fingernails or gloves?

Capacitive screens rely on electrical field sensing, meaning conductive objects must be used for input:

  • Supported: Bare fingers, passive/active capacitive styluses, or thin conductive gloves (like thin latex gloves).

  • Unsupported: Insulating objects (like plastic pointers or standard wooden styluses), fingernails (which are non-conductive), or thick winter gloves will fail to trigger a change in capacitance.