Equivalent of mouse hover on a touch screen

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On the Samsung Galaxy Note, you can use the S Pen to achieve the equivalent of a mouse hover, even though its on a touch screen device. Does the Surface (or any of the new touch screen windows 8 all-in-ones) have similar capabilities?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '12 at 18:35

A "long" click seems to work on my Surface - at least on websites.

I place my finger where I want to hover (for example my name at the top of the screen) and hold it there for a couple of seconds. The flyout menu will then appear (along with a another popup as well).

I believe this is really supposed to simulate a "right click", but seems to work for some things - it doesn't let me up vote comments for example.

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 09 '12 at 07:26

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A hover action is simulated by a long press (tap-and-hold). However, that doesn't seem to work for all of my apps.

edited Nov 09 '12 at 07:26

Ethan Lee

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answered Nov 09 '12 at 07:07

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 09 '12 at 07:26

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Digitizer pen input has long been supported in Windows. These easily support hovering the cursor. Without a pen, though, the best you have is either use a long press or a touchpad or mouse accessory (like the keyboard cover for the Surface).

answered Nov 09 '12 at 07:26

Ben Richards

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Equivalent of mouse hover on a touch screen

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