AccessibleObject.Bounds Property

Definition

Gets the location and size of the accessible object.

C#
public virtual System.Drawing.Rectangle Bounds { get; }

Property Value

A Rectangle that represents the bounds of the accessible object.

Exceptions

The bounds of control cannot be retrieved.

Examples

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 excerpt demonstrates overriding the Bounds property. See the AccessibleObject class overview for the complete code example.

C#
// 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);
    }
}

Remarks

The Bounds property retrieves the object's bounding rectangle in screen coordinates. If the object has a nonrectangular shape, then this property represents the smallest rectangle that completely encompasses the entire object region. Therefore, for nonrectangular objects such as list view items, the coordinates of the object's bounding rectangle can fail, if tested, by calling the HitTest method, because HitTest determines the object's boundaries on a pixel-by-pixel basis.

Notes to Inheritors

The default implementation returns the accessible object's bounding rectangle if the object wraps a system control; otherwise, it returns Empty. All visible accessible objects must support this method. Sound objects do not support this method.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also