Active stylus

A stylus for a touchscreen comprising:

• a barrel extending in a longitudinal direction, the barrel comprising:
• a first end comprising an opening and a second end, the first end and the second end being, in the longitudinal direction, opposite to one another, and
• a first part and a second part, the first part including the first end and the second part including the second end;
• an electronic tip received at least in part in the barrel and configured to have at least an in-use configuration in which the electronic tip protrudes from the first part of the barrel through the opening;
• at least two actuators positioned in a circumferential direction relative to one another on the second part of the barrel, the at least two actuators extending in the longitudinal direction, being configured to be actuated independently from the other actuators and having at least two configurations;
• at least a detector for detecting the configuration of the at least two actuators;
• and
• communication components configured to send information relative to the configuration of the at least two actuators.