Windows 10 IoT Raspberry Pi 2: Does .NET have mouse support as well?

Question

I just managed to deploy my first Windows IoT Core (Background Application IoT) and Windows Universal (Blank App) via VS 2015 on RasPI2. After a quick scan I wonder if there is any mouse handling (MouseMove ...) integrated in the new .Net framework as well?

Answer 1

They're not in the .Net Framework: they're in the Windows Runtime.

Pointer events ( PointerPressed , PointerMoved , PointerReleased , etc.) are part of the Universal app contract and available on all Windows devices, including IoT.

Pointer events cover all pointer devices including mouse, touch, pen.

Answer 2

From what google was able to tell me, the answer is yes. You're app cannot be headless (so have UI and a screen, which makes sense). Here is the example I was able to find. It seems like movement is constrained to a Xaml UI object.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.ui.xaml.uielement.pointerpressed