Advanced Pointers

In ScreenPlay, the Window Server provides advanced pointer features, such as support for multiple pointers and proximity and pressure coordinates.

Variant: ScreenPlay. Target audience: Application developers.

• Advanced Pointer Overview
  This is an overview of the Window Server extensions that support the use of advanced pointers. These extensions enable mobile devices to respond to events from multiple pointers, including their proximity and pressure. These extensions are available only in ScreenPlay.
• Advanced Pointer States and Event Communication
  The Window Server provides advanced pointer features, such as support for multiple pointers and proximity and pressure coordinates. This topic provides a summary of advanced pointer states and the events that communicate changes of their state.
• Advanced Pointer Tutorial
  This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions and sample code to help you write applications using advanced pointers.
• Support for Multiple Pointers in the Emulator
  This section introduces support for multiple pointers in the emulator which uses multiple mice to simulate human fingers. The multiple pointer environment in the emulator allows application developers to test multiple pointer UI features when hardware devices are not available.