Windows 10 for phone support for mouse and keyboard demoed in emulator video

If y'all want to work on, say, an Function document on Windows 10 for telephone simply don't want to use the touch on interface, in that location is promise for another way. A newly released video shows how a device with the Os could be used when connecting a mouse and keyboard.

The video, every bit posted by McAkins Online, shows how this support works with the build 10069 Windows 10 for telephone emulator that'south found in the latest Visual Studio Tools release. The build was loaded directly in Hyper-5, which doesn't support touchscreen.

The video shows that when a mouse is connected with this emulator build, a mouse pointer icon appears on the screen. Information technology too shows how scroll bars prove upward within universal apps when using a mouse, along with tooltips when the cursor hovers over items. Keyboard shortcuts can exist used as well, such as using the pointer keys to whorl upwardly and down pages and the ESC key for going back a page.

Since this demo is based on its use by an emulator for an unreleased Window 10 for phone build, we can't say for certain if Microsoft volition change anything for the final release.

Already in Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2, users can connect a Bluetooth keyboard to their phone for typing. Nosotros demonstrated this ability on the Lumia 640 and for Windows ten devices, such an option will exist standard.

Finally, as Microsoft has announced Continuum for phone, the power to use a mouse and keyboard will be necessary for such a situation.

Source: McAkins Online

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