Gesture Symbol Values

All system recognizers are expected to recognize a special set of glyphs used as commands. In the following table, the  Windows Equivalent  column shows the mouse and keyboard equivalents in Windows.


Constant


Value


Description

Windows
equivalent

. . .

00-0x00FF

Command gesture given. The low byte specifies which ANSI character was modified by the command gesture.

Nonstandard (usually CTRL+key).

SYV_BACKSPACE

0x00020008

Deletes character under gesture and sets insertion point.

BACKSPACE.

SYV_CLEAR

0x0002FFD5

Clears the selection.

DEL.

SYV_CLEARCHAR

0x0002FFD2

Clears the selection.

DEL.

SYV_CLEARWORD

0x0002FFDD

Deletes word or object under gesture.

Double-click, DEL.

SYV_COPY

0x0002FFDA

Copies selection to Clipboard.

CTRL+INS.

SYV_CORRECT

0x0002FFDF

Corrects selection or word under gesture.

None.

SYV_CONTEXT

0x0002FFD7

Displays a context menu

Right mouse click.

SYV_CUT

0x0002FFDB

Cuts selection and places it on Clipboard.

SHIFT+DEL.

SYV_EXTENDSELECT

0x0002FFD8

For linear selection (text), selects all text between current insertion point and point of extend-selection gesture. For nonlinear selection (objects), adds object under gesture to selection.

SHIFT+mouse click.

SYV_INSERT

0x0002FFD6

Opens the lens to allow text to be inserted.

None

SYV_KKCONVERT

0x0002FFD4

Starts Kana-to-Kanji converter. (Japanese version only.)

N/A

SYV_PASTE

0x0002FFDC

Pastes selection at point indicated by hot spot of paste gesture.

Click (place insertion point) followed by SHIFT+INS.

SYV_RETURN

0x0002000D

Enters carriage-return key.

Click, RETURN.

SYV_SPACE

0x00020020

Adds space character.

Click, SPACEBAR.

SYV_TAB

0x00020009

Enters tab.

Click, TAB.

SYV_UNDO

0x0002FFD9

Undoes previous action.

ALT+BACKSPACE.

SYV_USER

0x0002FFDE

Any circle gesture.

See the following section.