[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
The topics in this section describe how user interactions through touch devices are supported by the Windows Metro style UI in Windows 8 Release Preview. Here you can learn how to take full advantage of touch devices in Metro style apps.
There are a number of different ways you can handle touch input in your Metro style app using C++, C#, or Visual Basic:
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The built-in control libraries provide default touch support using standard interactions, animated physics effects, and visual feedback. If you do not require customized touch support, use these built-in controls and follow the few guidelines for touch optimization described in this section.
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You can also implement your own touch and interaction support. You should model any customized touch support on the standard Metro style app interactions to ensure consistency and to keep things intuitive and discoverable.
This documentation is relevant for developers building Metro style apps for tablets and computers that have an attached digitizer (beneath the surface of the screen or as a peripheral device) that accepts touch input.
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Build date: 5/22/2012
