### Class

# Gdk TouchEvent

since: 4.0

#### Description [src]

    final class Gdk.TouchEvent : GObject.TypeInstance
    {
      /* No available fields */
    }

An event related to a touch-based device.

Available since: 4.0

#### Ancestors

- GdkEvent

#### Instance methods

###### gdk_touch_event_get_emulating_pointer

Extracts whether a touch event is emulating a pointer event.

since: 4.0

##### Methods inherited from GdkEvent (20)

###### gdk_events_get_angle

Returns the relative angle from `event1` to `event2`.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_events_get_center

Returns the point halfway between the events’ positions.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_events_get_distance

Returns the distance between the event locations.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_axes

Extracts all axis values from an event.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_axis

Extract the axis value for a particular axis use from an event structure.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_device

Returns the device of an event.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_device_tool

Returns a `GdkDeviceTool` representing the tool that caused the event.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_display

Retrieves the display associated to the `event`.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_event_sequence

Returns the event sequence to which the event belongs.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_event_type

Retrieves the type of the event.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_history

Retrieves the history of the device that `event` is for, as a list of time and coordinates.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_modifier_state

Returns the modifier state field of an event.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_pointer_emulated

Returns whether this event is an ‘emulated’ pointer event.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_position

Extract the event surface relative x/y coordinates from an event.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_seat

Returns the seat that originated the event.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_surface

Extracts the surface associated with an event.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_get_time

Returns the timestamp of `event`.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_ref

Increase the ref count of `event`.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_triggers_context_menu

Returns whether a `GdkEvent` should trigger a context menu, according to platform conventions.

since: 4.0

###### gdk_event_unref

Decrease the ref count of `event`.

since: 4.0