UI Automation Support for the Title Bar Control Type

This topic provides information about UI Automation support for the Title 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 and control patterns.

Title bar controls represent titles or caption bars in a window.

The following sections define the required UI Automation tree structure, properties, control patterns, and events for the Title Bar control type. The UI Automation requirements apply to all title bar 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 title 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
  • Title Bar

  • Menu (1)

  • Button (0 or more)

  • The Title Bar control does not contain content.

Required UI Automation Properties

The following table lists the UI Automation properties whose value or definition is especially relevant to TitleBar controls. For more information about 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 bounding rectangle of a title bar must encompass all of the controls contained within it.

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

False

Title bars never have keyboard focus.

NameProperty

""

The title bar is not content; its textual information is exposed on the parent window.

LabeledByProperty

See notes.

The title bar control usually does not have a label.

ControlTypeProperty

TitleBar

This value is the same for all UI frameworks.

LocalizedControlTypeProperty

"title bar"

Localized string corresponding to the TitleBar control type.

IsContentElementProperty

False

The title bar control is never content.

IsControlElementProperty

True

The title bar control must always be a control.

IsOffscreenProperty

Depends

This control will return a value depending on whether the title bar is visible on the screen.

HelpTextProperty

""

It is not necessary to expose Help text.

AcceleratorKeyProperty

""

Title bars never have accelerator keys.

AccessKeyProperty

""

The title bar control does not have an access key.

Required UI Automation Control Patterns

The Title Bar control is not required to support any control patterns. Its functionality is exposed through the Window control pattern on the Window control.

Required UI Automation Events

The following table lists the UI Automation events required to be supported by all title bar controls. For more information about 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.

Never

None

AutomationFocusChangedEvent

Never

None

StructureChangedEvent

Required

None

See Also

Reference

TitleBar

Concepts

UI Automation Control Types Overview
UI Automation Overview