IUIAutomation6 class com

Extends the IUIAutomation5 interface to expose additional methods for controlling Microsoft UI Automation functionality.

To learn more, see learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/api/uiautomationclient/nn-uiautomationclient-iuiautomation6.

Inheritance

• Object
• IUnknown
• IUIAutomation
• IUIAutomation2
• IUIAutomation3
• IUIAutomation4
• IUIAutomation5
• IUIAutomation6

Implemented types

• ComInterface

Constructors

IUIAutomation6(VTablePointer ptr)

Creates a new instance of IUIAutomation6 from a VTablePointer.

IUIAutomation6.from(IUnknown interface)

Creates a new instance of IUIAutomation6 from an existing interface.

factory

Properties

autoSetFocus ↔ bool

Specifies whether calls to UI Automation control pattern methods automatically set focus to the target element.

getter/setter pair, inherited

coalesceEvents ↔ CoalesceEventsOptions

Gets or sets whether an accessible technology client receives all events, or a subset where duplicate events are detected and filtered.

getter/setter pair

connectionRecoveryBehavior ↔ ConnectionRecoveryBehaviorOptions

Indicates whether an accessible technology client adjusts provider request timeouts when the provider is non-responsive.

getter/setter pair

connectionTimeout ↔ int

Specifies the length of time that UI Automation will wait for a provider to respond to a client request for an automation element.

getter/setter pair, inherited

contentViewCondition → IUIAutomationCondition?

Retrieves a predefined IUIAutomationCondition interface that selects content elements.

no setter, inherited

contentViewWalker → IUIAutomationTreeWalker?

Retrieves an IUIAutomationTreeWalker interface used to discover content elements.

no setter, inherited

controlViewCondition → IUIAutomationCondition?

Retrieves a predefined IUIAutomationCondition interface that selects control elements.

no setter, inherited

controlViewWalker → IUIAutomationTreeWalker?

Retrieves an IUIAutomationTreeWalker interface used to discover control elements.

no setter, inherited

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setter, inherited

proxyFactoryMapping → IUIAutomationProxyFactoryMapping?

Retrieves an object that represents the mapping of Window classnames and associated data to individual proxy factories.

no setter, inherited

ptr → VTablePointer

final, inherited

rawViewCondition → IUIAutomationCondition?

Retrieves a predefined IUIAutomationCondition interface that selects all UI elements in an unfiltered view.

no setter, inherited

rawViewWalker → IUIAutomationTreeWalker?

Retrieves a tree walker object used to traverse an unfiltered view of the Microsoft UI Automation tree.

no setter, inherited

reservedMixedAttributeValue → IUnknown?

Retrieves a static token object representing a text attribute that is a mixed attribute.

no setter, inherited

reservedNotSupportedValue → IUnknown?

Retrieves a static token object representing a property or text attribute that is not supported.

no setter, inherited

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

transactionTimeout ↔ int

Specifies the length of time that UI Automation will wait for a provider to respond to a client request for information about an automation element.

getter/setter pair, inherited

Methods

addActiveTextPositionChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, TreeScope scope, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest, IUIAutomationActiveTextPositionChangedEventHandler? handler) → void

Registers a method that handles when the active text position changes.

addAutomationEventHandler(UIA_EVENT_ID eventId, IUIAutomationElement? element, TreeScope scope, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest, IUIAutomationEventHandler? handler) → void

Registers a method that handles Microsoft UI Automation events.

inherited

addChangesEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, TreeScope scope, Pointer<Int32> changeTypes, int changesCount, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? pCacheRequest, IUIAutomationChangesEventHandler? handler) → void

Registers a method that handles change events.

inherited

addEventHandlerGroup(IUIAutomationElement? element, IUIAutomationEventHandlerGroup? handlerGroup) → void

Registers a collection of event handler methods specified with the CreateEventHandlerGroup.

addFocusChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest, IUIAutomationFocusChangedEventHandler? handler) → void

Registers a method that handles focus-changed events.

inherited

addNotificationEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, TreeScope scope, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest, IUIAutomationNotificationEventHandler? handler) → void

Registers a method that handles notification events.

inherited

addPropertyChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, TreeScope scope, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest, IUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler? handler, Pointer<SAFEARRAY> propertyArray) → void

Registers a method that handles and array of property-changed events.

inherited

addPropertyChangedEventHandlerNativeArray(IUIAutomationElement? element, TreeScope scope, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest, IUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler? handler, Pointer<Int32> propertyArray, int propertyCount) → void

Registers a method that handles a native array of property-changed events.

inherited

addRef() → int

Increments the reference count of this COM object.

inherited

addStructureChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, TreeScope scope, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest, IUIAutomationStructureChangedEventHandler? handler) → void

Registers a method that handles structure-changed events.

inherited

addTextEditTextChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, TreeScope scope, TextEditChangeType textEditChangeType, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest, IUIAutomationTextEditTextChangedEventHandler? handler) → void

Registers a method that handles programmatic text-edit events.

inherited

checkNotSupported(VARIANT value) → bool

Checks a provided VARIANT to see if it contains the Not Supported identifier.

inherited

compareElements(IUIAutomationElement? el1, IUIAutomationElement? el2) → bool

Compares two UI Automation elements to determine whether they represent the same underlying UI element.

inherited

compareRuntimeIds(Pointer<SAFEARRAY> runtimeId1, Pointer<SAFEARRAY> runtimeId2) → bool

Compares two integer arrays containing run-time identifiers (IDs) to determine whether their content is the same and they belong to the same UI element.

inherited

createAndCondition(IUIAutomationCondition? condition1, IUIAutomationCondition? condition2) → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a condition that selects elements that match both of two conditions.

inherited

createAndConditionFromArray(Pointer<SAFEARRAY> conditions) → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a condition that selects elements based on multiple conditions, all of which must be true.

inherited

createAndConditionFromNativeArray(Pointer<VTablePointer> conditions, int conditionCount) → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a condition that selects elements from a native array, based on multiple conditions that must all be true.

inherited

createCacheRequest() → IUIAutomationCacheRequest?

Creates a cache request.

inherited

createEventHandlerGroup() → IUIAutomationEventHandlerGroup?

Registers one or more event listeners in a single method call.

createFalseCondition() → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a condition that is always false.

inherited

createNotCondition(IUIAutomationCondition? condition) → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a condition that is the negative of a specified condition.

inherited

createOrCondition(IUIAutomationCondition? condition1, IUIAutomationCondition? condition2) → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a combination of two conditions where a match exists if either of the conditions is true.

inherited

createOrConditionFromArray(Pointer<SAFEARRAY> conditions) → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a combination of two or more conditions where a match exists if any of the conditions is true.

inherited

createOrConditionFromNativeArray(Pointer<VTablePointer> conditions, int conditionCount) → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a combination of two or more conditions where a match exists if any one of the conditions is true.

inherited

createPropertyCondition(UIA_PROPERTY_ID propertyId, VARIANT value) → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a condition that selects elements that have a property with the specified value.

inherited

createPropertyConditionEx(UIA_PROPERTY_ID propertyId, VARIANT value, PropertyConditionFlags flags) → IUIAutomationCondition?

Creates a condition that selects elements that have a property with the specified value, using optional flags.

inherited

createProxyFactoryEntry(IUIAutomationProxyFactory? factory) → IUIAutomationProxyFactoryEntry?

Creates a new instance of a proxy factory object.

inherited

createTreeWalker(IUIAutomationCondition? pCondition) → IUIAutomationTreeWalker?

Retrieves a tree walker object that can be used to traverse the Microsoft UI Automation tree.

inherited

createTrueCondition() → IUIAutomationCondition?

Retrieves a predefined condition that selects all elements.

inherited

elementFromHandle(HWND hwnd) → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves a UI Automation element for the specified window.

inherited

elementFromHandleBuildCache(HWND hwnd, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest) → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves a UI Automation element for the specified window, prefetches the requested properties and control patterns, and stores the prefetched items in the cache.

inherited

elementFromIAccessible(IAccessible? accessible, int childId) → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves a UI Automation element for the specified accessible object from a Microsoft Active Accessibility server.

inherited

elementFromIAccessibleBuildCache(IAccessible? accessible, int childId, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest) → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves a UI Automation element for the specified accessible object from a Microsoft Active Accessibility server, prefetches the requested properties and control patterns, and stores the prefetched items in the cache.

inherited

elementFromPoint(POINT pt) → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves the UI Automation element at the specified point on the desktop.

inherited

elementFromPointBuildCache(POINT pt, IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest) → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves the UI Automation element at the specified point on the desktop, prefetches the requested properties and control patterns, and stores the prefetched items in the cache.

inherited

getFocusedElement() → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves the UI Automation element that has the input focus.

inherited

getFocusedElementBuildCache(IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest) → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves the UI Automation element that has the input focus, prefetches the requested properties and control patterns, and stores the prefetched items in the cache.

inherited

getPatternProgrammaticName(UIA_PATTERN_ID pattern) → BSTR

Retrieves the registered programmatic name of a control pattern.

inherited

getPropertyProgrammaticName(UIA_PROPERTY_ID property) → BSTR

Retrieves the registered programmatic name of a property.

inherited

getRootElement() → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves the UI Automation element that represents the desktop.

inherited

getRootElementBuildCache(IUIAutomationCacheRequest? cacheRequest) → IUIAutomationElement?

Retrieves the UI Automation element that represents the desktop, prefetches the requested properties and control patterns, and stores the prefetched items in the cache.

inherited

intNativeArrayToSafeArray(Pointer<Int32> array, int arrayCount) → Pointer<SAFEARRAY>

Converts an array of integers to a SAFEARRAY.

inherited

intSafeArrayToNativeArray(Pointer<SAFEARRAY> intArray, Pointer<Pointer<Int32>> array, Pointer<Int32> arrayCount) → void

Converts a SAFEARRAY of integers to an array.

inherited

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

pollForPotentialSupportedPatterns(IUIAutomationElement? pElement, Pointer<Pointer<SAFEARRAY>> patternIds, Pointer<Pointer<SAFEARRAY>> patternNames) → void

Retrieves the control patterns that might be supported on a UI Automation element.

inherited

pollForPotentialSupportedProperties(IUIAutomationElement? pElement, Pointer<Pointer<SAFEARRAY>> propertyIds, Pointer<Pointer<SAFEARRAY>> propertyNames) → void

Retrieves the properties that might be supported on a UI Automation element.

inherited

queryInterface<T extends IUnknown>() → T

Queries this COM object for a specific interface defined by the type parameter T.

inherited

rectToVariant(RECT rc) → Pointer<VARIANT>

Creates a VARIANT that contains the coordinates of a rectangle.

inherited

release() → int

Decrements the reference count of this COM object.

inherited

removeActiveTextPositionChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, IUIAutomationActiveTextPositionChangedEventHandler? handler) → void

Removes an active text position changed event handler.

removeAllEventHandlers() → void

Removes all registered Microsoft UI Automation event handlers.

inherited

removeAutomationEventHandler(UIA_EVENT_ID eventId, IUIAutomationElement? element, IUIAutomationEventHandler? handler) → void

Removes the specified UI Automation event handler.

inherited

removeChangesEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, IUIAutomationChangesEventHandler? handler) → void

Removes a changes event handler.

inherited

removeEventHandlerGroup(IUIAutomationElement? element, IUIAutomationEventHandlerGroup? handlerGroup) → void

Asynchronously removes the specified UI Automation event handler group.

removeFocusChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationFocusChangedEventHandler? handler) → void

Removes a focus-changed event handler.

inherited

removeNotificationEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, IUIAutomationNotificationEventHandler? handler) → void

Removes a notification event handler.

inherited

removePropertyChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, IUIAutomationPropertyChangedEventHandler? handler) → void

Removes a property-changed event handler.

inherited

removeStructureChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, IUIAutomationStructureChangedEventHandler? handler) → void

Removes a structure-changed event handler.

inherited

removeTextEditTextChangedEventHandler(IUIAutomationElement? element, IUIAutomationTextEditTextChangedEventHandler? handler) → void

Removes a programmatic text-edit event handler.

inherited

safeArrayToRectNativeArray(Pointer<SAFEARRAY> rects, Pointer<Pointer<RECT>> rectArray, Pointer<Int32> rectArrayCount) → void

Converts a SAFEARRAY containing rectangle coordinates to an array of type RECT.

inherited

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

override

variantToRect(VARIANT var$) → Pointer<RECT>

Converts a VARIANT containing rectangle coordinates to a RECT.

inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

inherited