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PointerDevice.GetPointerDevices | getPointerDevices method

Gets information about the pointer devices attached to the system.

Syntax

Public Shared Function GetPointerDevices() As IReadOnlyList(Of PointerDevice)

Parameters

This method has no parameters.

Return value

Type: IVectorView<PointerDevice> [JavaScript/C++] | System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<PointerDevice> [.NET]

The collection of PointerDevice objects that represent the pointer devices attached to the system.

Remarks

GetPointerDevices is a static method.

Windows Phone 8

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

Examples

The following code shows how to use GetPointerDevices to get basic information about the pointer devices attached to the system.

JavaScript


function getPointerDevicesAndAttributes() {
  var pointerDevices = Windows.Devices.Input.PointerDevice.GetPointerDevices();
  var htmlWrite = "";
  for (i = 0; i < pointerDevices.Size; i++)  {
       htmlWrite += "<tr><td>(" + i + ") Screen Rect</td><td>" +
           pointerDevices[i].ScreenRect.X + "," +
           pointerDevices[i].ScreenRect.Y + "," +
           pointerDevices[i].ScreenRect.Width + "," +
           pointerDevices[i].ScreenRect.Height + "</td></tr>";
  }
  id("pointerDevices").innerHTML = htmlWrite;
}

Requirements

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