Design Recommendations for Windows 8 Touchpads

Updated: October 12, 2012

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Microsoft Windows 8 introduces a new Windows user interface (UI) built for touch. The new Windows UI also accommodates a mouse and a keyboard. This document summarizes the engineering and user experience recommendations for touchpads for Windows 8. It also recommends features. Anything not explicitly mentioned here is not recommended or supported. In some cases, unsupported practices may result in unexpected behaviors.

This information applies to the following operating systems:

Windows 8

Included in this white paper:

Windows 8 touchpad design recommendations
Windows 8 touchpad gesture implementation guide
Appendix A: High-resolution mouse wheel
Appendix B: Edge detection algorithm
Appendix C: Baseline test criteria
Appendix D: A Note on the Touch Injection API