Gesture Filter Overview (Standard 8)
7/8/2014
Review Gesture Filter features in Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8).
You can use Gesture Filter to disable the new edge gestures available in Windows 8. Gesture Filter enables you to block each of the edge gestures (left, right, bottom, top, and each corner) individually.
Add Gesture Filter to Your Image
You can add Gesture Filter to your image by adding the Gesture Filter module to your design in Image Configuration Editor (ICE).
Configure Gesture Filter
In ICE, you can disable the edge gestures by changing the value of the DisabledEdges setting for Gesture Filter. All edge gestures are enabled if you do not change the configuration.
The following table shows the possible integer values. You can or multiple values together to disable multiple edges.
Edge |
Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Left |
1 |
Disables left edge input and app switcher gesture. |
Right |
2 |
Disables right edge input and charm bar gesture. |
Top |
4 |
Disables top edge input and top application bar gesture. |
Bottom |
8 |
Disables bottom edge input and bottom application bar gesture. |
Top Left |
16 |
Disables top left edge input gesture. |
Top Right |
32 |
Disables top right edge input gesture. |
Bottom Left |
64 |
Disables bottom left edge input gesture. |
Bottom Right |
128 |
Disables bottom right edge input gesture. |
You cannot change the configuration for Gesture Filter during runtime.