Responding to user interaction (DirectX and C++)

Guidelines for user interaction

These guidelines will help you create intuitive and immersive user interaction experiences for your Windows Store app built for Windows using DirectX with C++ that expose consistent functionality for all users, no matter what device or input method is used.

Responding to touch input

Here we talk aboutyou can support touch input in your Windows Store app using DirectX.

Developing mouse controls

In games, the mouse is a common control option that is familiar to many players, and is likewise essential to many genres of games, including first- and third-person shooters, and real-time strategy games. Here we discuss the implementation of relative mouse controls, which don't use the system cursor and don't return absolute screen coordinates; instead, they track the pixel delta between mouse movements.

Supporting screen orientation

Here, we'll discuss best practices for handling screen rotation in your Windows Store app using DirectX so that theWindows 8 device's graphics hardware are used efficiently and effectively.