Instance Property

uniqueID

The unique identifier of the pointing device that generated this event.

Declaration

@property(readonly) unsigned long long uniqueID;

Discussion

Also known as tool ID, this is a unique number recorded in the chip inside every pointing device. The unique ID makes it possible to assign a specific pointing device to a specific tablet. You can also use it to “sign” documents or to restrict access to document layers to a specific pointing device. This method is valid for mouse events with subtype NSTabletProximityEventSubtype and for NSTabletProximity events.

See Also

Getting Tablet Proximity Information

capabilityMask

A mask whose set bits indicate the capabilities of the tablet device that generated this event.

A special identifier that is used to match tablet-pointer and tablet-proximity events.

enteringProximity

A Boolean value that indicates whether a pointing device is entering or leaving the proximity of its tablet.

pointingDeviceID

The index of the pointing device currently in proximity with the tablet.

pointingDeviceSerialNumber

The vendor-assigned serial number of a pointing device.

pointingDeviceType

The kind of pointing device associated with this event.

NSPointingDeviceType

The pointing-device types for tablet-proximity events or mouse events with a proximity event subtype.

systemTabletID

The index of the tablet device connected to the system.

The USB model identifier of the tablet device associated with this event.

The vendor identifier of the tablet associated with the event.

vendorPointingDeviceType

A coded bit field whose set bits indicate the type of pointing device (within a vendor selection) associated with the event.