SelectionItemPattern.SelectionItemPatternInformation.SelectionContainer Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Automation

Assembly:

UIAutomationClient.dll

Gets the AutomationElement that supports the SelectionPattern control pattern and acts as the container for the calling object.

C#

public System.Windows.Automation.AutomationElement SelectionContainer { get; }

Property Value

AutomationElement

The container object. The default is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following example shows how to retrieve the AutomationElement representing the selection container of a selection item.

C#

///--------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the selection container for a selection item.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="selectionItem">
/// An automation element that supports SelectionItemPattern.
/// </param>
///--------------------------------------------------------------------
private AutomationElement GetSelectionItemContainer(
    AutomationElement selectionItem)
{
    // Selection item cannot be null
    if (selectionItem == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentException();
    }

    SelectionItemPattern selectionItemPattern = 
        selectionItem.GetCurrentPattern(SelectionItemPattern.Pattern) 
        as SelectionItemPattern;
    if (selectionItemPattern == null)
    {
        return null;
    }
    else
    {
        return selectionItemPattern.Current.SelectionContainer; 
    }
}

Applies to