UI Automation Support for the Header Control Type

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This documentation is intended for .NET Framework developers who want to use the managed UI Automation classes defined in the System.Windows.Automation namespace. For the latest information about UI Automation, see Windows Automation API: UI Automation.

This topic provides information about UI Automation support for the Header 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.

The header control provides a visual container for the labels for rows or columns of information.

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

Required UI Automation Tree Structure

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

Control View Content View
Header

- HeaderItem (1 or more)
None

Header controls always have 1 or more children in the control view of the UI Automation tree.

Header controls have zero children in the 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 header 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 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 header control needs a name if there is more than one row header or more than one column header. This identifies the information within the header.
LabeledByProperty Null. Header controls do not have a static label.
ControlTypeProperty Header This value is the same for all UI frameworks.
LocalizedControlTypeProperty "header" This value is the same for all UI frameworks.
OrientationProperty Horizontal The value of this property exposes the position of the header control - whether it is a row header or column header.
IsContentElementProperty False The header control is not included in the content view of the UI Automation tree.
IsControlElementProperty True The header 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 all header controls. For more information on control patterns, see UI Automation Control Patterns Overview.

Control Pattern Support Notes
ITransformProvider Depends Implement this control pattern if the header control can be resized.

Required UI Automation Events

The following table lists the UI Automation events required to be supported by all header 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
AutomationFocusChangedEvent Required None
StructureChangedEvent Required None

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