AccessibleObject.Select Method (AccessibleSelection)
Modifies the selection or moves the keyboard focus of the accessible object.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
[SecurityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Flags = SecurityPermissionFlag.UnmanagedCode)] public virtual void Select( AccessibleSelection flags )
Parameters
- flags
-
Type:
System.Windows.Forms.AccessibleSelection
One of the AccessibleSelection values.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| COMException | The selection cannot be performed. |
Applications can use this method to perform complex selection operations.
The following describes which AccessibleSelection values to specify when calling Select to perform complex selection operations.
Operation | Flag Combination | ||
|---|---|---|---|
To simulate a click | AccessibleSelection.TakeFocusORAccessibleSelection.TakeSelection
| ||
To select a target item by simulating CTRL + click | AccessibleSelection.TakeFocusORAccessibleSelection.AddSelection | ||
To cancel selection of a target item by simulating CTRL + click | AccessibleSelection.TakeFocusORAccessibleSelection.RemoveSelection | ||
To simulate SHIFT + click | AccessibleSelection.TakeFocusORAccessibleSelection.ExtendSelection | ||
To select a range of objects and put focus on the last object | Specify AccessibleSelection.TakeFocus on the starting object to set the selection anchor. Then call Select again and specify AccessibleSelection.TakeFocusORAccessibleSelection.ExtendSelection on the last object. | ||
To deselect all objects | Specify AccessibleSelection.TakeSelection on any object. This flag deselects all selected objects except the one just selected. Then call Select again and specify AccessibleSelection.RemoveSelection on the same object. |
Notes to Inheritors:
All objects that can be selected or receive the keyboard focus must support this method.
The following example demonstrates the creation of an accessibility-aware chart control, using the AccessibleObject and Control.ControlAccessibleObject classes to expose accessible information. The control plots two curves along with a legend. The ChartControlAccessibleObject class, which derives from ControlAccessibleObject, is used in the CreateAccessibilityInstance method to provide custom accessible information for the chart control. Since the chart legend is not an actual Control -based control, but instead is drawn by the chart control, it does not have any built-in accessible information. Because of this, the ChartControlAccessibleObject class overrides the GetChild method to return the CurveLegendAccessibleObject that represents accessible information for each part of the legend. When an accessible-aware application uses this control, the control can provide the necessary accessible information.
This code demonstrates shows overriding the Select method. See the AccessibleObject class overview for the complete code example.
// Inner class CurveLegendAccessibleObject represents accessible information // associated with the CurveLegend object. public class CurveLegendAccessibleObject : AccessibleObject { private CurveLegend curveLegend; public CurveLegendAccessibleObject(CurveLegend curveLegend) : base() { this.curveLegend = curveLegend; } // Private property that helps get the reference to the parent ChartControl. private ChartControlAccessibleObject ChartControl { get { return Parent as ChartControlAccessibleObject; } } // Internal helper function that returns the ID for this CurveLegend. internal int ID { get { for(int i = 0; i < ChartControl.GetChildCount(); i++) { if (ChartControl.GetChild(i) == this) { return i; } } return -1; } } // Gets the Bounds for the CurveLegend. This is used by accessibility programs. public override Rectangle Bounds { get { // The bounds is in screen coordinates. Point loc = curveLegend.Location; return new Rectangle(curveLegend.chart.PointToScreen(loc), curveLegend.Size); } } // Gets or sets the Name for the CurveLegend. This is used by accessibility programs. public override string Name { get { return curveLegend.Name; } set { curveLegend.Name = value; } } // Gets the Curve Legend Parent's Accessible object. // This is used by accessibility programs. public override AccessibleObject Parent { get { return curveLegend.chart.AccessibilityObject; } } // Gets the role for the CurveLegend. This is used by accessibility programs. public override AccessibleRole Role { get { return AccessibleRole.StaticText; } } // Gets the state based on the selection for the CurveLegend. // This is used by accessibility programs. public override AccessibleStates State { get { AccessibleStates state = AccessibleStates.Selectable; if (curveLegend.Selected) { state |= AccessibleStates.Selected; } return state; } } // Navigates through siblings of this CurveLegend. This is used by accessibility programs. public override AccessibleObject Navigate(AccessibleNavigation navdir) { // Uses the internal NavigateFromChild helper function that exists // on ChartControlAccessibleObject. return ChartControl.NavigateFromChild(this, navdir); } // Selects or unselects this CurveLegend. This is used by accessibility programs. public override void Select(AccessibleSelection selection) { // Uses the internal SelectChild helper function that exists // on ChartControlAccessibleObject. ChartControl.SelectChild(this, selection); } }
Available since 1.1
