Navigational limitations

Mouse Events

When designing your applications, keep in mind that certain mouse events do not have an equivalent behavior on a touch mobile device, including the following:

• While Left Key Down

• On Right Key Down

• While Right Key Down

• On Right Double Click

• On Right Up

• Mouse Center click

• Pushbutton>Discrete Value>Direct

  Other mouse events are triggered with a gesture you must learn. For example, in many mobile devices a mouse over event is triggered by a tap on the screen.

Right Click on Mac

To perform a right-click on Mac OSX system: Command+ left-click.

Left Click on iPad

A single tap does not consistently toggle the state of a push button. Tap and hold to toggle a push button.

Scroll Bars

In some cases, moving a scroll bar in a touch environment can be difficult, particularly when the device has a small screen. As an alternative, try touching the empty area of a scroll bar in the direction you want to move.

Dialog Boxes

Dragging and dropping a dialog box can also be difficult on a touch device with a small screen. We recommend that you use a stylus to perform these operations for better precision, if possible.

Using Software Keyboards

InTouch provides the ability to invoke an InTouch keyboard or the Windows On Screen Keyboard from Input Animations. When designing applications to be accessed by InTouch Access Anywhere from mobile devices, keep in mind that these devices have their own software keyboards optimized for their specific form and size. In these cases, invoking the InTouch or the Windows keyboards from your application is not needed. In general, users have a better experience using a device software keyboard.

Also, keep in mind that software keyboards in mobile devices in most cases do not have certain keys available in a physical keyboard, such as F1-F12, CTRL, or ALT. If you already have an application that uses Key Scripts associated with some of these keys, modify your application to use alternate available, supported keys.

Some key combinations may not be available through your mobile device, such as Shift+<letter>, CTRL+Shift, CTRL+ALT.