Conflicts with Latin characters and symbols
The following table lists conflicts of this type that have been identified for Latin characters and symbols. See ApplicationGesture for more information.
Gesture | Conflicts | Rare conflicts | Recommendation |
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Square |
Lower case "o" |
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Curlicue |
Lower case cursive e |
Lower case cursive "b" and upper case "N" |
The Curlicueapplication gesture is sometimes used for a cut command. Because this action generally occurs on existing content, looking to see whether it is written on top of some content helps distinguish the gesture from the underlying ink. |
DoubleCurlicue |
Lower case cursive "w", lower case cursive "u", the word be, or these letters in a word |
The DoubleCurlicueapplication gesture is sometimes used for the copy command. Because this gesture is generally written on existing content, looking to see whether it is written on top of some content helps distinguish this gesture from the underlying ink. |
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Circle |
Lower case "o", upper case "O", and the numeral "0" |
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SemiCircleLeft SemiCircleRight |
Lower case "n" |
Lower case "m" |
It is more likely that the SemiCircleRightapplication gesture conflicts with these letters. If your application uses these application gestures for undo and redo commands, one solution is to check whether the undo stack has anything in it. The result helps determine whether the user is attempting a redo. |
ChevronUp |
Caret, "^" |
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ChevronDown |
Lower case "v" and upper case "V" |
Lower case "u" (when written without a tail) |
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ChevronLeft |
Less than symbol, "<" |
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ChevronRight |
Greater than symbol, ">" |
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Down |
Lower case "l", lower case "i" (when written without a dot), upper case "I", numeral "1", and pipe symbol, "|" |
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Left |
Dash, "-", and underscore, "_" |
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Right |
Dash, "-", and underscore, "_" |
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DownRight |
Upper case "L" |
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RightDown |
Numeral "7" |
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Tap |
Period, "." |