How can I get gesture metrics (GESTUREMETRICS) info on Windows 8 Desktop

Question

Windows embedded and mobile allow one to use the SystemParametersInfo function to retrieve a GESTUREMETRICS structure (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-nz/library/ee500273.aspx) which gives the threshold and timeouts for various touch screen gestures that the system will detect.

I am really interested in finding the "minimum distance that a touch contact must move across the surface for a pan gesture to be recognized" (GID_PAN) but I cannot figure out how to find this information on Windows 8 desktop.

Answer 1

That data isn't exposed via any public API. It's hardcoded to 2.7 mm.