Touch or Mouse

[es_91]

In the case of websites, the vertical mobile version usually features touch orientation, the horizontal desktop version features mouse support.


No wonder Microsoft had to do something with Windows 8 - just to have it rebuild to mouse conditions again.


A good app should feature both versions - a high res mouse studio and a zoomed touch environment alike. On desktops the orientation will always be square/widescreen, so the gui has to be rethough for touch primitivity.


In SpiderBasic the screen orientation can decide for the input method to support.


I am looking for examples or excerpts on apps created with that kind-of thought. Did you create bi-orientation apps on PB or SB?

[Randy Walker]

In the case of websites, the vertical mobile version usually features touch orientation, the horizontal desktop version features mouse support.

I am looking for examples or excerpts on apps created with that kind-of thought. Did you create bi-orientation apps on PB or SB?

No examples That I can provide except little windows created from PB help as this sample taken directly from help.

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#Main = 0
#MDIChild = 1
If OpenWindow(#Main, 0, 0, 400, 300, "MDIGadget", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered | #PB_Window_SizeGadget | #PB_Window_MaximizeGadget)
  If CreateMenu(#Main, WindowID(#Main))
    MenuTitle("Menu index 0")
    MenuTitle("MDI windows menu")
    MenuItem(0, "self created item")
    MenuItem(1, "self created item")
    
    MDIGadget(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, #PB_MDI_AutoSize)
    AddGadgetItem(0, #MDIChild, "child window")
    ; add gadgets here...
    UseGadgetList(WindowID(#Main)) ; go back to the main window gadgetlist
  EndIf
  Repeat : Until WaitWindowEvent()=#PB_Event_CloseWindow
EndIf

Its all sizable via touch or mouse. Buttons are also touch or mouse activated. I think that is all managed by the OS. At least its all working fine here on my stock almost 2 year old notebook: https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-home/z ... gen-intel/
Maybe older or cheaper machines have hardware issues to prevent operation.
Portrait or landscape should not be a factor of operation.