TransformPattern.TransformPatternInformation.CanRotate Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Automation

Assembly:

UIAutomationClient.dll

Gets a value that specifies whether the UI Automation element can be rotated.

C#

public bool CanRotate { get; }

Property Value

Boolean

true if the element can be rotated; otherwise false.

Examples

In the following example, a TransformPattern control pattern is obtained from an AutomationElement and subsequently used to rotate the AutomationElement.

C#

///--------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Obtains a TransformPattern control pattern from 
/// an automation element.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="targetControl">
/// The automation element of interest.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A TransformPattern object.
/// </returns>
///--------------------------------------------------------------------
private TransformPattern GetTransformPattern(
    AutomationElement targetControl)
{
    TransformPattern transformPattern = null;

    try
    {
        transformPattern =
            targetControl.GetCurrentPattern(TransformPattern.Pattern)
            as TransformPattern;
    }
    catch (InvalidOperationException)
    {
        // object doesn't support the TransformPattern control pattern
        return null;
    }

    return transformPattern;
}

C#

///--------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Calls the TransformPattern.Rotate() method for an associated 
/// automation element.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="transformPattern">
/// The TransformPattern control pattern obtained from
/// an automation element.
/// </param>
/// <param name="degrees">
/// The amount of degrees to rotate the automation element.
/// </param>
///--------------------------------------------------------------------
private void RotateElement(
    TransformPattern transformPattern, double degrees)
{
    try
    {
        if (transformPattern.Current.CanRotate)
        {
            transformPattern.Rotate(degrees);
        }
    }
    catch (InvalidOperationException)
    {
        // object is not able to perform the requested action
        return;
    }
}

Remarks

An object cannot be moved, resized, or rotated such that its resulting screen location would be completely outside the coordinates of its container and inaccessible to keyboard or mouse. For example, when a top-level window is moved completely off-screen or a child object is moved outside the boundaries of the container's viewport. In these cases the object is placed as close to the requested screen coordinates as possible with the top or left coordinates overridden to be within the container boundaries.

Applies to