Legacy User Interaction Features
User interaction features for Windows 7 and earlier.
In this section
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Touch Input |
Describes how to use the Windows Touch API to build touch-enabled Windows-based applications. |
| Keyboard and Mouse Input |
Describes how to capture user input from the keyboard and the mouse. |
| Multipoint Mouse |
Describes the framework that enables you to build applications that support multiple mouse devices concurrently on one computer. |
| Tablet PC |
Describes how to build applications for the Tablet PC, which is a fully functional personal computer geared for pen-enabled, handwriting-enabled, and speech-enabled applications. |
| DirectInput |
Describes how to use the DirectInput API to process data from a joystick, or other game controller. DirectInput is legacy and not available for Windows Store apps. Use XInput instead. |
| Text Services Framework |
Describes how to use the Microsoft Windows Text Services Framework (TSF), which is an API that enables text services to supply text to applications in a way that does not require any detailed knowledge of the applications that produce or receive the text. For example, a text service can provide text input from speech or handwriting input devices. |
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