Differentiate between Windows Ink (pen) and regular touch input #5926
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Description
Allows consumers to differentiate pen from touch input.
Windows will send
WM_TOUCH
messages for both regular touch input, and for pen/tablet PC/Windows Ink input.Pen events will have the
TOUCHEVENTF_PEN
flag is set inTOUCHINPUT.dwFlags
.Consumers can use
SDL_GetTouchName
to get the device type ("pen"
or"touch"
) for aSDL_TouchFingerEvent
:Existing Issue(s)
Testing
I've tested this on a Windows Ink compatible drawing tablet. Not tested on a touchscreen, but I have faith in the flags set by windows.
Wiki
If this goes trough, I will add the above code and a short description to https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_TouchFingerEvent/