trackpad detection?

[Skrell]

Does anyone if there is a way to detect if my windows 8.1 machine is currently using the trackpad or a mouse?

[blza]

you can check this particular library if it will be of any help for you
http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/3 ... functions/

[blza]

If it will not help you can google 'ahk two cursors', you will find a bunch of scripts that determines the presence of two pointing devices and handles commands coming from them differently.

[Skrell]

1. Thank you both of your suggestions seem like interesting ones!
2. However, am I correct in thinking that both of your solutions will essentially target specific hardware devices and not be a generic solution that can detect either "any mouse" or "any trackpack" presence?

[blza]

1. Thank you both of your suggestions seem like interesting ones!
2. However, am I correct in thinking that both of your solutions will essentially target specific hardware devices and not be a generic solution that can detect either "any mouse" or "any trackpack" presence?

Can't tell you. What's the purpose of detecting that events come from trackpad? I think you can always make some kind of setup for your script. Like if you want to process only trackpad movements or clicks you can make a gui and ask user to click particular button with trackpad. After it you can save some kind of device ID to ini or registry and next time you will know what poiting device a user just hmm... used