---
title: vendorPointingDeviceType
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsevent/vendorpointingdevicetype
---

# vendorPointingDeviceType

A coded bit field whose set bits indicate the type of pointing device (within a vendor selection) associated with the event.

## Declaration

```swift
var vendorPointingDeviceType: Int { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion See the vendor documentation for an interpretation of significant bits. This method is valid only for mouse events with subtype NSTabletProximityEventSubtype and for NSTabletProximity events.

## See Also

### Getting tablet proximity information

- [capabilityMask](appkit/nsevent/capabilitymask.md)
- [deviceID](appkit/nsevent/deviceid.md)
- [isEnteringProximity](appkit/nsevent/isenteringproximity.md)
- [pointingDeviceID](appkit/nsevent/pointingdeviceid.md)
- [pointingDeviceSerialNumber](appkit/nsevent/pointingdeviceserialnumber.md)
- [pointingDeviceType](appkit/nsevent/pointingdevicetype-swift.property.md)
- [NSEvent.PointingDeviceType](appkit/nsevent/pointingdevicetype-swift.enum.md)
- [systemTabletID](appkit/nsevent/systemtabletid.md)
- [tabletID](appkit/nsevent/tabletid.md)
- [uniqueID](appkit/nsevent/uniqueid.md)
- [vendorID](appkit/nsevent/vendorid.md)