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POINTER_TOUCH_INFO structure (winuser.h)

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Defines basic touch information common to all pointer types.

Syntax

typedef struct tagPOINTER_TOUCH_INFO {
  POINTER_INFO pointerInfo;
  TOUCH_FLAGS  touchFlags;
  TOUCH_MASK   touchMask;
  RECT         rcContact;
  RECT         rcContactRaw;
  UINT32       orientation;
  UINT32       pressure;
} POINTER_TOUCH_INFO;

Members

pointerInfo

Type: POINTER_INFO

An embedded POINTER_INFO header structure.

touchFlags

Type: Touch Flags

Currently none.

touchMask

Type: Touch Mask

Indicates which of the optional fields contain valid values. The member can be zero or any combination of the values from the Touch Mask constants.

rcContact

Type: RECT

The predicted screen coordinates of the contact area, in pixels. By default, if the device does not report a contact area, this field defaults to a 0-by-0 rectangle centered around the pointer location.

The predicted value is based on the pointer position reported by the digitizer and the motion of the pointer. This correction can compensate for visual lag due to inherent delays in sensing and processing the pointer location on the digitizer. This is applicable to pointers of type PT_TOUCH.

rcContactRaw

Type: RECT

The raw screen coordinates of the contact area, in pixels. For adjusted screen coordinates, see rcContact.

orientation

Type: UINT32

A pointer orientation, with a value between 0 and 359, where 0 indicates a touch pointer aligned with the x-axis and pointing from left to right; increasing values indicate degrees of rotation in the clockwise direction.

This field defaults to 0 if the device does not report orientation.

Note

Some touchscreen devices that support orientation will only report half-range (0-180°) values, while other devices will only report full-range (0-359°) values.

pressure

Type: UINT32

A pen pressure normalized to a range between 0 and 1024. The default is 512.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 8 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps only]
Header winuser.h (include Windows.h)

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