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AutomationElement.TryGetClickablePoint Method

.NET Framework 4.5

Retrieves a point within the element that can be clicked.

Namespace: System.Windows.Automation
Assembly: UIAutomationClient (in UIAutomationClient.dll)

public bool TryGetClickablePoint(
	out Point pt
)

Parameters

pt: Type: System.Windows.Point
When this method returns, contains the physical screen coordinates of a clickable point.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if there is a point that is clickable; otherwise false.

Remarks

An AutomationElement is not clickable if it is completely obscured by another window.

Examples

The following example attempts to retrieve a clickable point on an AutomationElement.

// element is an AutomationElement.
System.Windows.Point pt;
bool clickable = element.TryGetClickablePoint(out pt);

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

AutomationElement Class

System.Windows.Automation Namespace

GetClickablePoint

Other Resources

UI Automation and Screen Scaling

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