UI Automation Support for the Progress Bar Control Type

This topic provides information about UI Automation support for the Progress Bar control type. In UI Automation, a control type is a set of conditions that a control must meet in order to use the ControlTypeProperty property. The conditions include specific guidelines for UI Automation tree structure, UI Automation property values, control patterns, and UI Automation events.

Progress bar controls are an example of controls that implement the Progress Bar control type. Progress bar controls are used to indicate the progress of a lengthy operation. The control consists of a rectangle that is gradually filled with the system highlight color as an operation progresses.

The following sections define the required UI Automation tree structure, properties, control patterns, and events for the Progress Bar control type. The UI Automation requirements apply to all list controls, whether Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Win32, or Windows Forms.

This topic contains the following sections.

  • Required UI Automation Tree Structure
  • Required UI Automation Properties
  • Required UI Automation Control Patterns
  • Required UI Automation Events
  • Related Topics

Required UI Automation Tree Structure

The following table depicts the control view and the content view of the UI Automation tree that pertains to progress bar controls and describes what can be contained in each view. For more information on the UI Automation tree, see UI Automation Tree Overview.

Control View Content View
  • ProgressBar

  • ProgressBar

The progress bar controls do not have any children in the control or content view of the UI Automation tree.

Required UI Automation Properties

The following table lists the UI Automation properties whose value or definition is especially relevant to progress bar controls. For more information on UI Automation properties, see UI Automation Properties for Clients.


UI Automation Property Value Notes

AutomationIdProperty

See notes.

The value of this property needs to be unique across all controls in an application.

BoundingRectangleProperty

See notes.

The outermost rectangle that contains the whole control.

ClickablePointProperty

See notes.

Supported if there is a bounding rectangle. If not every point within the bounding rectangle is clickable, and you perform specialized hit testing, then override and provide a clickable point.

IsKeyboardFocusableProperty

See notes.

If the control can receive keyboard focus, it must support this property.

NameProperty

See notes.

The progress bar control typically gets its name from a static text label. If there is not a static text label the application developer must expose a value for the Name property.

LabeledByProperty

See notes.

If there is a static text label then this property must expose a reference to that control.

ControlTypeProperty

ProgressBar

This value is the same for all UI frameworks.

LocalizedControlTypeProperty

"progress bar"

Localized string corresponding to the Progress Bar control type.

IsContentElementProperty

True

The progress bar control is always included in the content view of the UI Automation tree.

IsControlElementProperty

True

The progress bar control is always included in the control view of the UI Automation tree.

Required UI Automation Control Patterns

The following table lists the UI Automation control patterns required to be supported by progress bar controls. For more information on control patterns, see UI Automation Control Patterns Overview.

Control Pattern/Pattern Property Support/Value Notes

IValueProvider

Depends

Progress bar controls that give a textual indication of progress must implement IValueProvider.

IsReadOnly

True

The value for this property is always True.

Value

See notes.

This property exposes textual progress of a progress bar control.

IRangeValueProvider

Depends

Progress bar controls that take a numeric range must implement IRangeValueProvider

Minimum

0.0

The value of this property must be the smallest value that the control can be set to.

Maximum

100.0

The value of this property must be the largest value that the control can be set to.

SmallChange

NaN

This property is not required because progress bar controls are read-only.

LargeChange

NaN

This property is not required because progress bar controls are read-only.

Required UI Automation Events

The following table lists the UI Automation events required to be supported by all progress bar controls. For more information on events, see UI Automation Events Overview.

UI Automation Event Support Notes

BoundingRectangleProperty property-changed event.

Required

None

IsOffscreenProperty property-changed event.

Required

None

IsEnabledProperty property-changed event.

Required

None

NameProperty property-changed event.

Required

None

ValueProperty property-changed event.

Depends

None

ValueProperty property-changed event.

Depends

None

AutomationFocusChangedEvent

Required

None

StructureChangedEvent

Required

None

See Also

Reference

ProgressBar

Concepts

UI Automation Control Types Overview
UI Automation Overview