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PointerDeviceType Enum

Definition

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Enumerates pointer device types.

public enum class PointerDeviceType
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
enum class PointerDeviceType
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum PointerDeviceType
var value = Windows.Devices.Input.PointerDeviceType.touch
Public Enum PointerDeviceType
Inheritance
PointerDeviceType
Attributes

Windows requirements

Requirements Description
Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Fields

Name Value Description
Touch 0

A touch-enabled device

Pen 1

Pen

Mouse 2

Mouse

Touchpad 3

Examples

The following example shows how to use the PointerDeviceType enumeration.

function getPointerDeviceType(pdt)
{
 switch(pdt)
 {
 case Windows.Devices.Input.PointerDeviceType.touch:
 return "Touch";

 case Windows.Devices.Input.PointerDeviceType.pen:
 return "Pen";

 case Windows.Devices.Input.PointerDeviceType.mouse:
 return "Mouse";
 }
 return "Undefined";
}

Applies to


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