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Internet Explorer 10 and Windows apps using JavaScript for Windows 8 introduced support in the web platform for handling touch and pen input, has anyone tried jscript on these platforms to see if touch-based gesture events are workable through Xwidgets?

It seems there are two approaches, using standard javascript touch events or MSgestures, I'd appreciate any feedback as to whether either javascript touch events or the MS gesture support is supported or available to Xwidgets.

A link describing the gesture events supported by MS:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh673557(v=vs.85).aspx

A link describing the gesture events supported by standard javascript:
http://www.creativebloq.com/javascript/make-your-site-work-touch-devices-51411644

I only have windows 7 here so I can't try it myself.

I don't expect it to work as event handling is intercepted and handled by the Xwidget engine itself. Tony would have to modify the engine to intercept the gesture based events that have recently been introduced in later versions of the Metro interface, specifically Windows 8.1 and 10.

Having the engine handle gesture events would transform the engine from a to a serious tool for creating tablet responsive apps.