Building Mouse and Keyboard Support Apps for iPadOS
summary
Covers how to add mouse and keyboard support to iPad apps using iPadOS 13.4 APIs, focused on document- and editor-type apps where pointer input matters. Describes preparation steps, simple code changes, customizing the mouse cursor, routing mouse vs touch input, and additional APIs to fully leverage keyboard and pointer in a text editor-style app.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:28Mouse and keyboard benefits
- 3:00Pointer interactions
- 8:15Custom pointer interactions
- 9:55Context menus
- 12:30Drag and drop with pointers
- 13:57Hover gestures
- 14:43Indirect pointer events
- 16:53Modifier key gestures
- 18:02Keyboard shortcuts
- 19:11Full keyboard access
- 19:35Raw keyboard events
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