PointerDeviceType Enum

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Devices.Input

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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: Enum
PointerDeviceType

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute

Windows requirements

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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