RadialController

Radial Controller sample

Shows how to use the RadialController class to create custom menu items for a Surface Dial device, control the haptic feedback, and configure the default system items.

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Specifically, this sample shows how to:

• Add, remove, and select custom items: This sample demonstrates how to add, remove, and select custom items dynamically using system-provided icons, app-provided bitmaps, glyphs from a system-provided font, or glyphs from an app-provided font.
• Control haptic feedback: This sample demonstrates how to enable and disable the haptic feedback for custom items.
• Configure default system items: This sample demonstrates how to add, remove, and select the default system items.
• Suppress the menu: Normally, the system displays a menu when the user presses the Surface Dial. The app can suppress the menu and direct input to a specific controller.

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Related topics

Developer and UX guidance

Surface Dial interactions

Reference

RadialController
RadialControllerMenu
RadialControllerMenuItem
RadialControllerConfiguration

System requirements

Client: Windows 10

Build the sample

1. If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
2. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
3. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for the language. Double-click the Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.

Run the sample

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Deploying the sample

• Select Build > Deploy Solution.

Deploying and running the sample

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