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
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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.
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