Windows.UI.Input Namespace

Provides support for the Windows input system. This includes:

• Touch, pen/stylus, mouse, and keyboard device input.
• Gesture and manipulation detection, recognition, and handling.
• Inertia configuration, detection, and handling.
• Input pointer management.

Classes

AttachableInputObject	Base class for an InputActivationListener object associated with a window, view, or other visual element.
CrossSlidingEventArgs	Contains event data for the CrossSliding event.
DraggingEventArgs	Contains event data for the Dragging event.
EdgeGesture	Provides access to the events that notify an app of triggers to its edge-based UI.
EdgeGestureEventArgs	Provides access to the type of user input that triggered the edge gesture event.
GestureRecognizer	Provides gesture and manipulation recognition, event listeners, and settings.
HoldingEventArgs	Contains event data for the Holding event.
InputActivationListener	Provides the ability to access and observe changes to the activation state of a window, view, or other visual element.
InputActivationListenerActivationChangedEventArgs	Contains event data for the InputActivationChanged event.
KeyboardDeliveryInterceptor	Enables an app to override the system processing of raw keyboard input, including key combinations such as shortcut keys, access keys (or hot keys), accelerator keys, and application keys. The raw keyboard input is intercepted, suppressed, and routed to the app (when in the foreground) for processing. Note Secure attention sequence (SAS) key combinations, including Ctrl-Alt-Del and Windows-L, continue to be processed by the system.
ManipulationCompletedEventArgs	Contains event data for the ManipulationCompleted event.
ManipulationInertiaStartingEventArgs	Contains event data for the GestureRecognizer.ManipulationInertiaStartingEvent.
ManipulationStartedEventArgs	Contains event data for the ManipulationStarted event.
ManipulationUpdatedEventArgs	Contains event data for the ManipulationUpdated event.
MouseWheelParameters	Provides properties associated with the button wheel of a mouse device.
PhysicalGestureRecognizer
PointerPoint	Provides basic properties for the input pointer associated with a single mouse, pen/stylus, or touch contact.
PointerPointProperties	Provides extended properties for a PointerPoint object. In most cases, we recommend that you obtain pointer info through the pointer event handlers of your chosen Windows 8 language framework (Windows app using JavaScript, UWP app using C++, C#, or Visual Basic, or UWP app using DirectX with C++). If the event argument doesn't expose the pointer details required by your app, you can get access to extended pointer data from the event argument through the getCurrentPoint and getIntermediatePoints methods or currentPoint and intermediatePoints properties. We recommend using the getCurrentPoint and getIntermediatePoints methods as you can specify the context of the pointer data. The static PointerPoint methods, GetCurrentPoint and GetIntermediatePoints, always use the context of the app.
PointerVisualizationSettings	Provides access to the visual feedback settings for pointer input. Important Pointer visualizations are supported by the Desktop device family only.
RadialController	Represents a wheel input device or accessory such as the Surface Dial. With a form factor based on a rotate action (or gesture), the Surface Dial is intended as a secondary, multi-modal input device that complements input from a primary device. In most cases, the device is manipulated by a user's non-dominant hand while performing a task with their dominant hand (such as inking with a pen). It is not designed for precision pointer input (like touch, pen, or mouse). The Surface Dial also supports both a press and hold action and a click action. Press and hold has a single function: display a menu of commands. If the menu is active, the rotate and click input is processed by the menu. Otherwise, the input is passed to your app for processing. The RadialController and related APIs (see end of topic) enable you to customize both the integrated command menu and the interaction experience supported by your app.
RadialControllerButtonClickedEventArgs	Contains event data for the ButtonClicked event (fired only while a custom RadialController tool is active). Your app does not receive this event when: The RadialController menu is active A built-in tool is active Note When a time threshold is crossed, click becomes a press and hold action. In this case, the integrated menu of contextual app commands associated with the wheel device is displayed, and subsequent rotate and click events are processed by the menu.
RadialControllerButtonHoldingEventArgs	Contains event data for the ButtonHolding event (fired only when IsMenuSuppressed is true).
RadialControllerButtonPressedEventArgs	Contains event data for the ButtonPressed event.
RadialControllerButtonReleasedEventArgs	Contains event data for the ButtonReleased event.
RadialControllerConfiguration	Provides configuration details for the RadialController menu.
RadialControllerControlAcquiredEventArgs	Contains event data for the ControlAcquired event when a custom tool is selected from the RadialController menu, or when an app associated with the RadialController object is brought to the foreground (fired only while a custom RadialController tool is active).
RadialControllerMenu	Represents the integrated menu of contextual tools associated with the RadialController object. Note Tools added to a RadialController menu in support of a specific app context are only displayed in that context. They are not displayed for other RadialController instances.
RadialControllerMenuItem	Represents a single custom tool from the RadialController menu.
RadialControllerRotationChangedEventArgs	Contains event data for the RotationChanged event (fired only while a custom RadialController tool is active). Your app does not receive this event when: The RadialController menu is active A built-in tool is active
RadialControllerScreenContact	Provides contact details for the wheel device when placed on the digitizer surface, while a custom RadialController tool is active. In device-independent pixel (DIP), relative to the application window.
RadialControllerScreenContactContinuedEventArgs	Contains event data for the ScreenContactContinued event (fired only while a custom RadialController tool is active). Your app does not receive this event when: The RadialController menu is active A built-in tool is active
RadialControllerScreenContactEndedEventArgs	Contains event data for the ScreenContactEnded event (fired only while a custom RadialController tool is active). Your app does not receive this event when: The RadialController menu is active A built-in tool is active
RadialControllerScreenContactStartedEventArgs	Contains event data for the ScreenContactStarted event (fired only while a custom RadialController tool is active). Your app does not receive this event when: The RadialController menu is active A built-in tool is active
RightTappedEventArgs	Contains event data for the RightTapped event.
SystemButtonEventController	Enables the ability to handle events generated by hardware system buttons (such as the Function buttons).
SystemFunctionButtonEventArgs	Contains event data for the SystemFunctionButtonPressed and SystemFunctionButtonReleased events.
SystemFunctionLockChangedEventArgs	Contains event data for the SystemFunctionLockChanged event.
SystemFunctionLockIndicatorChangedEventArgs	Contains event data for the SystemFunctionLockIndicatorChanged event.
TappedEventArgs	Contains event data for the Tapped event.
TouchpadGesturesController
TouchpadGlobalActionEventArgs

Structs

CrossSlideThresholds	Contains the distance thresholds for a CrossSliding interaction.
ManipulationDelta	Contains the accumulated transformations for the current manipulation.
ManipulationVelocities	Contains the velocities of the accumulated transformations for the current interaction. Note Velocity is the distance an object travels in a specified direction during a unit of time.

Interfaces

IPointerPointTransform

Provides generalized transformation functions.

Enums

CrossSlidingState	Specifies the possible states of the CrossSliding event.
DraggingState	Specifies the possible states of the Dragging event.
EdgeGestureKind	Specifies the type of user input that triggered the edge gesture event.
GazeInputAccessStatus	Specifies the permission state for tracking the user's gaze.
GestureSettings	Specifies the interactions that are supported by an application.
HoldingState	Specifies the state of the Holding event.
InputActivationState	Specifies all possible activation states for a view, window, or other user interface element.
PointerUpdateKind	Specifies the types of pointer updates that are supported by an application.
RadialControllerMenuKnownIcon	Specifies the set of system icons available for a custom RadialController tool on the RadialControllerMenu.
RadialControllerSystemMenuItemKind	Specifies the set of built-in RadialController tools available on the RadialControllerMenu.
TouchpadGlobalAction
TouchpadGlobalGestureKinds

See also

• Windows.Devices.Input
• Windows.UI.Core
• Windows.UI.Input.Inking
• Windows.UI.Xaml.Input
• Input & devices
• Interaction primer
• User interaction mode sample
• Focus visuals sample
• Input: Device capabilities sample
• Input: Simplified ink sample
• Input: Windows 8 gestures sample
• Input: XAML user input events sample
• XAML scrolling, panning, and zooming sample
• DirectX touch input sample
• Input: Manipulations and gestures (C++) sample
• Input: Touch hit testing sample
• Input source identification sample
• Touch injection sample
• Win32 touch hit-testing sample
• Basic input sample
• Radial controller sample