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11/18/2011

AutomationProperties Class

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Provides support for getting or setting the value of instance-level values of automation properties. These property values are set as attached properties (typically in XAML) and supplement or override automation property values from a control's AutomationPeer.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Windows.Automation.AutomationProperties

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class AutomationProperties

public static class AutomationProperties

The AutomationProperties type exposes the following members.

Attached Properties

	Name	Description
	AcceleratorKey	Gets or sets the accelerator key string for the element.
	AccessKey	Gets or sets the access key for the element.
	AutomationId	Gets or set the string that uniquely identifies the element to UI automation.
	HelpText	Gets or sets the help text for the element.
	IsRequiredForForm	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the element is required to be filled out on a form.
	ItemStatus	Gets or sets a description of the status of an item in an element.
	ItemType	Gets or sets a description of the type of the specified element.
	LabeledBy	Gets or sets the element that contains the text label for the element.
	Name	Gets or sets the automation name of the element.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	GetAcceleratorKey	Gets the value of the AutomationProperties.AcceleratorKey attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	GetAccessKey	Gets the value of the AutomationProperties.AccessKey attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	GetAutomationId	Gets the value of the AutomationProperties.AutomationId attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	GetHelpText	Gets the value of the AutomationProperties.HelpText attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	GetIsRequiredForForm	Gets the value of the AutomationProperties.IsRequiredForForm attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	GetItemStatus	Gets the value of the AutomationProperties.ItemStatus attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	GetItemType	Gets the value of the AutomationProperties.ItemType attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	GetLabeledBy	Gets the value of the AutomationProperties.LabeledBy attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	GetName	Gets the value of the AutomationProperties.Name attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	SetAcceleratorKey	Sets the value of the AutomationProperties.AcceleratorKey attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	SetAccessKey	Sets the value of the AutomationProperties.AccessKey attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	SetAutomationId	Sets the value of the AutomationProperties.AutomationId attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	SetHelpText	Sets the value of the AutomationProperties.HelpText attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	SetIsRequiredForForm	Sets the value of the AutomationProperties.IsRequiredForForm attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	SetItemStatus	Sets the value of the AutomationProperties.ItemStatus attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	SetItemType	Sets the value of the AutomationProperties.ItemType attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	SetLabeledBy	Sets the value of the AutomationProperties.LabeledBy attached property for the specified DependencyObject.
	SetName	Sets the value of the AutomationProperties.Name attached property for the specified DependencyObject.

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Fields

	Name	Description
	AcceleratorKeyProperty	Identifies the AutomationProperties.AcceleratorKey attached property.
	AccessKeyProperty	Identifies the AutomationProperties.AccessKey attached property.
	AutomationIdProperty	Identifies the AutomationProperties.AutomationId attached property.
	HelpTextProperty	Identifies the AutomationProperties.HelpText attached property.
	IsRequiredForFormProperty	Identifies the AutomationProperties.IsRequiredForForm attached property.
	ItemStatusProperty	Identifies the AutomationProperties.ItemStatus attached property.
	ItemTypeProperty	Identifies the AutomationProperties.ItemType attached property.
	LabeledByProperty	Identifies the AutomationProperties.LabeledBy attached property.
	NameProperty	Identifies the AutomationProperties.Name attached property.

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Remarks

Scenarios and techniques for System.Windows.Automation.AutomationProperties are described in detail in the topic Automation Properties for Accessibility Support in UI.

This class defines several attached properties. In Silverlight, all attached properties are backed by dependency properties. Attached properties are a XAML concept, whereas dependency properties are a concept implemented by Silverlight and also WPF. Thus the attached property system in Silverlight includes concepts that are related to XAML as well as to the general Silverlight dependency property concepts. In code, you can get or set the attached properties either using a dedicated accessor, or by using GetValue and SetValue.

For example, to set a value for AutomationProperties.AutomationId in code, you could either call SetAutomationId (the dedicated accessor), or call SetValue and pass the AutomationIdProperty identifier. For more information on attached properties in Silverlight, see Attached Properties Overview.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.