Control.AccessibleDescription Property (System.Windows.Forms)

AccessibleDescription Property

.NET Framework Class Library

Control..::.AccessibleDescription Property

Gets or sets the description of the control used by accessibility client applications.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property AccessibleDescription As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Control
Dim value As String

value = instance.AccessibleDescription

instance.AccessibleDescription = value

public string AccessibleDescription { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property String^ AccessibleDescription {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

JScript

public function get AccessibleDescription () : String
public function set AccessibleDescription (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The description of the control used by accessibility client applications. The default is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

An object's AccessibleDescription property provides a textual description about an object's visual appearance. The description is primarily used to provide greater context for low-vision or blind users, but can also be used for context searching or other applications.

The AccessibleDescription property is needed if the description is not obvious, or if it is redundant based on the object's AccessibleName, AccessibleRole, State, and Value properties. For example, a button with "OK" would not need additional information, but a button that shows a picture of a cactus would. The AccessibleName, and AccessibleRole (and perhaps Help) properties for the cactus button would describe its purpose, but the AccessibleDescription property would convey information that is less tangible, such as "A button that shows a picture of a cactus."

For more information about properties of accessible objects, see the "Content of Descriptive Properties" topic in the MSDN library at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library.

Examples

The following code example creates an instance of a CheckBox derived class, MyCheckBox, assigns it an Image to its Image property and sets the AccessibleName and AccessibleDescription properties, because the Text property is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). This example requires that you have a Form named MyForm.

Visual Basic

Public Sub New()
   ' Create a 'MyCheckBox' control and 
   ' display an image on it. 
   Dim myCheckBox As New MyCustomControls.MyCheckBox()
   myCheckBox.Location = New Point(5, 5)
   myCheckBox.Image = Image.FromFile( _
     Application.CommonAppDataPath + "\Preview.jpg")

   ' Set the AccessibleName property
   ' since there is no Text displayed. 
   myCheckBox.AccessibleName = "Preview"

   ' Set the AccessibleDescription text.
   myCheckBox.AccessibleDescription = _
     "A toggle button used to show the document preview."
   Me.Controls.Add(myCheckBox)
End Sub

public MyForm()
{
   // Create a 'MyCheckBox' control and 
   // display an image on it.
   MyCustomControls.MyCheckBox myCheckBox = 
      new MyCustomControls.MyCheckBox();
   myCheckBox.Location = new Point(5,5);
   myCheckBox.Image = Image.FromFile(
     Application.CommonAppDataPath + "\\Preview.jpg");

   // Set the AccessibleName property
   // since there is no Text displayed.
   myCheckBox.AccessibleName = "Preview";
   myCheckBox.AccessibleDescription =
     "A toggle button used to show the document preview.";
   this.Controls.Add(myCheckBox);
}

Visual C++

public:
   MyForm()
   {
      // Create a 'MyCheckBox' control and
      // display an image on it.
      MyCustomControls::MyCheckBox^ myCheckBox = gcnew MyCustomControls::MyCheckBox;
      myCheckBox->Location = Point(5,5);
      myCheckBox->Image = Image::FromFile( String::Concat( Application::CommonAppDataPath, "\\Preview.jpg" ) );

      // Set the AccessibleName property
      // since there is no Text displayed.
      myCheckBox->AccessibleName = "Preview";
      myCheckBox->AccessibleDescription = "A toggle button used to show the document preview.";
      this->Controls->Add( myCheckBox );
   }

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Control Class

Control Members

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

AccessibleName

AccessibleRole

AccessibleDefaultActionDescription

Description