AutomationControlType Enum

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.UI.Xaml.Automation.Peers

Specifies the control type that is exposed to the Microsoft UI Automation client. Used by GetAutomationControlType.

C#

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum AutomationControlType

Inheritance

Enum

AutomationControlType

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Fields

Name	Value	Description
Button	0	A button control.
Calendar	1	A calendar control, such as a date picker.
CheckBox	2	A check box control.
ComboBox	3	A combo box control.
Edit	4	An edit control, such as a text box.
Hyperlink	5	A hyperlink control.
Image	6	An image control.
ListItem	7	A list item control, which is a child item of a list control.
List	8	A list control, such as a list box.
Menu	9	A menu control, such as a top-level menu in an application window.
MenuBar	10	A menu bar control, which generally contains a set of top-level menus.
MenuItem	11	A menu item control.
ProgressBar	12	A progress bar control, which visually indicates the progress of a lengthy operation.
RadioButton	13	A radio button control, which is a selection mechanism allowing exactly one selected item in a group.
ScrollBar	14	A scroll bar control, such as a scroll bar in an application window.
Slider	15	A slider control.
Spinner	16	A spinner control.
StatusBar	17	A status bar control.
Tab	18	A tab control.
TabItem	19	A tab item control, which represents a page of a tab control.
Text	20	An edit control, such as a text box or rich text box.
ToolBar	21	A toolbar, such as the control that contains a set of command buttons in an application window.
ToolTip	22	A tooltip control, an informational window that appears as a result of moving the pointer over a control or sometimes when tabbing to a control using the keyboard.
Tree	23	A tree control.
TreeItem	24	A node in a tree control.
Custom	25	A control that is not one of the defined control types.
Group	26	A group control, which acts as a container for other controls.
Thumb	27	The control in a scrollbar that can be dragged to a different position.
DataGrid	28	A data grid control.
DataItem	29	A data item control.
Document	30	A document control.
SplitButton	31	A split button, which is a button that performs a default action and can also expand to a list of other possible actions.
Window	32	A window frame, which contains child objects.
Pane	33	A pane control.
Header	34	A header control, which is a container for the labels of rows and columns of information.
HeaderItem	35	A header item, which is the label for a row or column of information.
Table	36	A table.
TitleBar	37	The caption bar on a window.
Separator	38	A separator, which creates a visual division in controls such as menus and toolbars.
SemanticZoom	39	A semantic zoom control.
AppBar	40	Introduced in . An app bar control (AppBar).

Applies to

See also

• GetAutomationControlTypeCore()
• GetAutomationControlType()
• Custom automation peers