---
title: dispatchEvent
framework: hiddriverkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: hiddriverkit/iohideventservice/dispatchevent
---

# dispatchEvent

Dispatches a HID event to the system.

## Declaration

```occ
virtual void dispatchEvent(IOHIDEvent *event);
```

## Parameters

- `event`: The event to dispatch.

## Discussion

Discussion This method is a funnel point for dispatching events to the system’s registered clients. You can also call it directly to dispatch events for which you create an IOHIDEvent object.

## See Also

### Dispatching Events

- [dispatchKeyboardEvent](hiddriverkit/iohideventservice/dispatchkeyboardevent.md)
- [dispatchRelativePointerEvent](hiddriverkit/iohideventservice/dispatchrelativepointerevent.md)
- [dispatchAbsolutePointerEvent](hiddriverkit/iohideventservice/dispatchabsolutepointerevent.md)
- [dispatchDigitizerStylusEvent](hiddriverkit/iohideventservice/dispatchdigitizerstylusevent.md)
- [dispatchDigitizerTouchEvent](hiddriverkit/iohideventservice/dispatchdigitizertouchevent.md)
- [dispatchRelativeScrollWheelEvent](hiddriverkit/iohideventservice/dispatchrelativescrollwheelevent.md)
- [IOHIDKeyboardEventOptions](hiddriverkit/iohidkeyboardeventoptions.md)
- [IOHIDPointerEventOptions](hiddriverkit/iohidpointereventoptions.md)
- [IOHIDScrollEventOptions](hiddriverkit/iohidscrolleventoptions.md)