This sample demonstrates how to handle pointer input and use the GestureRecognizer APIs to process gestures and manipulations in a Windows Store app.

Specifically, this sample covers the following:

• Listen for and handle pointer input events.
• Creating and attaching a gesture recognizer to each UI object that can be manipulated.
• Using GestureSettings to configure the gesture recognizer to process manipulationRotate, manipulationTranslateX, manipulationTranslateY, manipulationScale, manipulationRotateInertia, manipulationScaleInertia, manipulationTranslateInertia, press and hold (right tap), and tap data.
• Handling manipulation events, such as ManipulationStarted, ManipulationUpdated, and ManipulationCompleted.
• Using transformation matrices to calculate rotation, translation, and scale manipulations.

  Note  

  This sample does not cover creating a gesture recognizer pool and dynamically sharing recognizers between UI objects.

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To obtain an evaluation copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, go to Visual Studio 2013.

Note  For Windows 8 app samples, download the Windows 8 app samples pack. The samples in the Windows 8 app samples pack will build and run only on Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

Windows 8 app samples

Conceptual

Getting started with apps

Guidelines for common user interactions

Responding to user interaction (JavaScript)

Responding to user interaction (VB/C#/C++)

Guidelines for user interaction (DirectX and C++)

Reference

Windows.UI.Input

Windows.UI.Core

1. Start Visual Studio 2013 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
2. Go to the directory in which you unzipped the sample. Go to the directory named for the sample, and double-click the Microsoft Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file.
3. Press F7 or use Build > Build Solution to build the sample.

To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.