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AccessibleSelection Enumeration

Specifies how an accessible object is selected or receives focus.

This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.

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

'Declaration
<FlagsAttribute> _
Public Enumeration AccessibleSelection
'Usage
Dim instance As AccessibleSelection

Member nameDescription
NoneThe selection or focus of an object is unchanged.
TakeFocusAssigns focus to an object and makes it the anchor, which is the starting point for the selection. Can be combined with TakeSelection, ExtendSelection, AddSelection, or RemoveSelection.
TakeSelectionSelects the object and deselects all other objects in the container.
ExtendSelectionSelects all objects between the anchor and the selected object.
AddSelectionAdds the object to the selection.
RemoveSelectionRemoves the object from the selection.

A focused object is the one object that receives keyboard input. The object with the keyboard focus is either the active window or a child object of the active window. A selected object is marked to participate in some type of group operation.

This enumeration is used by AccessibleObject.Select.

For additional information on the accessibility application, search for "Microsoft Active Accessibility" in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) library.

The following code 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. Because the chart legend is not an actual Control -based control, but instead is drawn by the chart control, it does not 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 example demonstrates using the AccessibleSelection enumeration with the Select method. See the AccessibleObject class overview for the complete code example.

' Inner Class ChartControlAccessibleObject represents accessible information  
' associated with the ChartControl. 
' The ChartControlAccessibleObject is returned in the         ' ChartControl.CreateAccessibilityInstance override. 
Public Class ChartControlAccessibleObject
    Inherits Control.ControlAccessibleObject

    Private chartControl As ChartControl

    Public Sub New(ctrl As ChartControl)
        MyBase.New(ctrl)
        chartControl = ctrl
    End Sub 'New 

    ' Get the role for the Chart. This is used by accessibility programs.             
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Role() As AccessibleRole
        Get 
            Return System.Windows.Forms.AccessibleRole.Chart
        End Get 
    End Property 

    ' Get the state for the Chart. This is used by accessibility programs.             
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property State() As AccessibleStates
        Get 
            Return AccessibleStates.ReadOnly 
        End Get 
    End Property                         

    ' The CurveLegend objects are "child" controls in terms of accessibility so  
    ' return the number of ChartLengend objects.             
    Public Overrides Function GetChildCount() As Integer 
        Return chartControl.Legends.Length
    End Function  

    ' Get the Accessibility object of the child CurveLegend idetified by index. 
    Public Overrides Function GetChild(index As Integer) As AccessibleObject
        If index >= 0 And index < chartControl.Legends.Length Then 
            Return chartControl.Legends(index).AccessibilityObject
        End If 
        Return Nothing 
    End Function  

    ' Helper function that is used by the CurveLegend's accessibility object 
    ' to navigate between sibiling controls. Specifically, this function is used in 
    ' the CurveLegend.CurveLegendAccessibleObject.Navigate function. 
    Friend Function NavigateFromChild(child As CurveLegend.CurveLegendAccessibleObject, _
                                    navdir As AccessibleNavigation) As AccessibleObject
        Select Case navdir
            Case AccessibleNavigation.Down, AccessibleNavigation.Next 
                    Return GetChild(child.ID + 1)

            Case AccessibleNavigation.Up, AccessibleNavigation.Previous
                    Return GetChild(child.ID - 1)
        End Select 
        Return Nothing 
    End Function             

    ' Helper function that is used by the CurveLegend's accessibility object 
    ' to select a specific CurveLegend control. Specifically, this function is used  
    ' in the CurveLegend.CurveLegendAccessibleObject.Select function.             
    Friend Sub SelectChild(child As CurveLegend.CurveLegendAccessibleObject, selection As AccessibleSelection)
        Dim childID As Integer = child.ID

        ' Determine which selection action should occur, based on the 
        ' AccessibleSelection value. 
        If (selection And AccessibleSelection.TakeSelection) <> 0 Then 
            Dim i As Integer 
            For i = 0 To chartControl.Legends.Length - 1
                If i = childID Then
                    chartControl.Legends(i).Selected = True 
                Else
                    chartControl.Legends(i).Selected = False 
                End If 
            Next i

            ' AccessibleSelection.AddSelection means that the CurveLegend will be selected. 
            If (selection And AccessibleSelection.AddSelection) <> 0 Then
                chartControl.Legends(childID).Selected = True 
            End If 

            ' AccessibleSelection.AddSelection means that the CurveLegend will be unselected.                     
            If (selection And AccessibleSelection.RemoveSelection) <> 0 Then
                chartControl.Legends(childID).Selected = False 
            End If 
        End If 
    End Sub 'SelectChild
End Class 'ChartControlAccessibleObject

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.

.NET Framework

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