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.

HTML

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

Product	Versions
WinRT	Build 10240, Build 10586, Build 14383, Build 15063, Build 16299, Build 17134, Build 17763, Build 18362, Build 19041, Build 20348, Build 22000, Build 22621, Build 26100

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