In OneNote, to be able to ink in the drawing area, you need the One Finger Drag gesture for scrollable areas to be set to the Click and Drag action (overriding the default action which is scroll)
Since December 2025 we have been shipping Commander with an embedded application settings file to handle this.
If you have a Commander installation that pre dates December 2025 you will need to make this customisation manually.
You have two options: Import the customisation file or configure the custom setting manually.
Option 1 - Import the customisation file
Download the OneNote.ucapp file.
Open Commander Settings from the Commander menu in the mac title bar and from the application menu choose File, Import Application Settings.
Then browse for the ucapp file you just downloaded and click Open
If OneNote was not already in your list of applications (because you installed it since installing Commander) It will now appear in your list of applications with the correct gesture action defined.
If it was already in the list you will be asked "Replace existing application?" to which you should choose Replace.
You now have the necessary gesture action set to draw within OneNote
Option 2 - Configure the custom setting manually
Open Commander Settings from the Commander menu in the mac title bar
Under the list of applications on the left, if OneNote is not already listed, choose the + icon drop down and choose Add New Application (as detailed here) . Then pick OneNote from your mac's list of applications and click Open
It will now be added in your application definitions list.
Now select OneNote from the list and expand its options with the > icon and select Scrollable areas
Change the action on One Finger Drag from scroll to Click and drag.
You now have the necessary gesture action set to draw within OneNote.