Touch design and development in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
Updated: September 4, 2013
Windows® Touch enables user interaction through touch input as well as with a pen or a stylus. Users touch features as a more intuitive way to compute, especially for the portable devices such as a slate or a phone. Users expect touch features to make their daily PC activities easier, faster, and more convenient.
The following topics provide independent hardware vendors (IHVS) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to create and develop touch hardware for Windows® 8 and Windows 8.1. For Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, things are simplified because you no longer need to create a touch driver for your hardware. Instead, you use the human interface device (HID) driver that is included with Windows. This lets you focus on creating hardware that delivers fast and fluid user interaction.
Touch Drivers in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1:
| Topic | Description |
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How to design multi-touch hardware solutions for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 |
Provides information for hardware vendors and equipment manufacturers about how to design hardware solutions for Windows Touch. |
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Power handling for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 touch and pen controllers |
Provides information and requirements about touch controller power states in Windows for touch controller vendors and manufacturers. |
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Provides information about Windows Pointer Device for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, including guidelines and requirements for use of the HID protocol for pointer devices to communicate with the Windows host. |
