MouseCapabilities class (Windows)

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Supports the ability to determine the capabilities of any connected mouse devices.

Syntax


var mouseCapabilities = new Windows.Devices.Input.MouseCapabilities();

Attributes

ActivatableAttribute(NTDDI_WIN8)
MarshalingBehaviorAttribute(Agile)
VersionAttribute(NTDDI_WIN8)

Members

The MouseCapabilities class has these types of members:

Constructors
Methods
Properties

Constructors

The MouseCapabilities class has these constructors.

Constructor	Description
MouseCapabilities	Initializes a new instance of the MouseCapabilities class.

Methods

The MouseCapabilities class inherits methods from the Object class (C#/VB/C++).

Properties

The MouseCapabilities class has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
HorizontalWheelPresent	Read-only	Gets a value indicating whether any of the mice connected to the computer has horizontal wheel.
MousePresent	Read-only	Gets a value that indicates whether a mouse device is detected.
NumberOfButtons	Read-only	Gets a value representing the number of buttons on the mouse. If multiple mice are present, it returns the number of buttons of the mouse which has maximum number of buttons.
SwapButtons	Read-only	Gets a value indicating whether any of the mice connected to the computer has swapped left and right buttons.
VerticalWheelPresent	Read-only	Gets a value indicating whether wheel is present on any of the mice connected to the computer.

Remarks

The values returned by the properties discussed here are based on the total number of mice connected: Boolean properties return true if one mouse supports a specific capability and numeric properties return the maximum value exposed by all mice.

The Device Capabilities Sample demonstrates how to detect the presence of input devices and retrieve the capabilities and attributes of each device.

Windows Phone 8

This API is not implemented and will throw an exception if called.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 8 [Windows Store apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012 [Windows Store apps only]
Minimum supported phone	Windows Phone 8
Namespace	Windows.Devices.Input Windows::Devices::Input [C++]
Metadata	Windows.winmd

MouseCapabilities class