Non-widescreen tablet + widescreen display

Question

Most of the screens are 16:9 now, most of the graphics tablets are not.

How does an A5 tablet (like Pentagram Designer, for instance) interact with a wide screen display? Do I get dead zones at screen edges, or at tablet edges, or perhaps different resolution horizontally and vertically (which would be bad)?

Answer 1

I have found out that the behaviour can be customised in most drivers (either to fit the whole screen or a portion of it, optionally preserving aspect ratio.

Pentagram Designer:

Wacom Pen&Touch:

Translation:

• Screen area:
  • All screens
  • Screen [1]
  • Area [Set]
• Scaling:
  • [ ] Enforce proportions
• Tablet area:
  • Full
  • Area [Set]