Input Injection Sample doesn't show how to move mouse points

[michael-hawker]

This sample is pretty barebones and only shows how to replicate a mouse click. (Separating out the math for the clicked point from the actual input injection could be a good future improvement as well.)

However, even after digging into the API docs for the input injector methods, there's no examples or other info on simulating:

• a more complex mouse movement (i.e. drag from point A to point B over 1 second)
• a gesture with multiple independent touch points
• keyboard injection with multiple keys or a command key like Ctrl+C
• gamepad injection
• pen injection (with hover)

At least mouse move would be a good starting point to explain the flags and sending multiple points in a pipeline of some sort with the right timing to perform these operations. Otherwise, it's really impossible to understand how to use this API effectively without a lot of trial and error.

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• Content: Simulate user input through input injection - Windows apps
• Content Source: hub/apps/design/input/input-injection.md
• Product: reunion
• Technology: design
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