Media Center improvements for pen and touch.
Aaron Stebner provided instructions in this blog post to help users optimize Media Center for Pen and Touch interaction.
"There are 2 new settings available in Windows Media Center for Windows Vista that can be used to control the visibility of mouse-related controls in the Windows Media Center UI. These settings are primarily designed for touch-screen development scenarios, but can be useful in other situations as well. "
Navigational arrows and playback controls are always visible after enabling both settings.
Registry Keys that need to be changed:
- Show playback controls all the time:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Capabilities\TBP = 1
- Navigational arrows are visible whenever toolbars are visible:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Settings\MCE.GlobalSettings\bindNavHintsToToolbars = 1
For more detailed instructions, read Aaron's blog post.
Tom Alphin, Program Manager, Windows Core UX / Tablet PC
