Editing DirectInput (section)

== History ==
DirectX included DirectInput from version 1.0 (1995). It initially offered true support only for joysticks, as the mouse and keyboard modules simply provided [[Driver wrapper|wrapper]]s to the standard [[Windows API|Win32 API]]. DirectX version 3.0 (1996) added support for keyboards and mice; it also improved joystick support. DirectX 5.0 (1997) included greatly improved joystick support, including adding haptic feedback, increasing the number of buttons, changing the underlying device-driver model and incorporating a [[Component Object Model|COM]]-based [[Application programming interface|API]]. Mouse support also increased the number of buttons seen from four to eight. In DirectX 7.0 (1999- ), DirectInput added a long-promised feature of seeing individual mice much like individual joysticks, but the feature didn't work with the later released [[Windows XP]], even though {{as of | 2010 | lc = on}} it works with Windows 98/Me and DirectX 9.  DirectX 8.0 (2000), the last version with major changes, included action mapping and broader support for different types of devices.

While Microsoft initially intended that DirectInput would handle all inputs, this didn't work out. {{As of | 2011}} Microsoft no longer recommends using DirectInput for keyboards or mice, and has started pushing the newer XInput for Xbox 360 controllers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee418864.aspx |title=Taking Advantage of High-Definition Mouse Movement |work=MSDN |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2009-01-25}}
</ref> In [[Windows Vista]], [[Windows 7]] and later Windows versions, the in-built action mapping UI has been removed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=1198467&siteid=1 |title=DirectInput ConfigureDevices in Windows Vista |date=2008-12-27 |access-date=2012-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227003119/http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=1198467&siteid=1 |archive-date=December 27, 2008 }}</ref> DirectInput is not available for Windows Store apps.