ScrollPattern.SetScrollPercent(Double, Double) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Automation

Assembly:

UIAutomationClient.dll

Sets the horizontal and/or vertical scroll position as a percentage of the total content area within the AutomationElement.

public:
 void SetScrollPercent(double horizontalPercent, double verticalPercent);

public void SetScrollPercent (double horizontalPercent, double verticalPercent);

member this.SetScrollPercent : double * double -> unit

Public Sub SetScrollPercent (horizontalPercent As Double, verticalPercent As Double)

Parameters

horizontalPercent

Double

The percentage of the total horizontal content area. NoScroll should be passed in if the control cannot be scrolled in this direction.

verticalPercent

Double

The percentage of the total vertical content area. NoScroll should be passed in if the control cannot be scrolled in this direction.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

A value that cannot be converted to a double is passed in.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

A value greater than 100 or less than 0 is passed in (except -1, which is equivalent to NoScroll). The HorizontalScrollPercent and VerticalScrollPercent values are normalized to either 0% or 100%.

InvalidOperationException

An attempt is made to scroll in an unsupported direction.

Examples

In the following example, a ScrollPattern control pattern is obtained from an AutomationElement and is then used to scroll the viewable region to the top left 'home' position of the content area.

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

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

    return scrollPattern;
}

'''--------------------------------------------------------------------
''' <summary>
''' Obtains a ScrollPattern control pattern from an 
''' automation element.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="targetControl">
''' The automation element of interest.
''' </param>
''' <returns>
''' A ScrollPattern object.
''' </returns>
'''--------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Function GetScrollPattern( _
ByVal targetControl As AutomationElement) As ScrollPattern
    Dim scrollPattern As ScrollPattern = Nothing

    Try
        scrollPattern = DirectCast( _
        targetControl.GetCurrentPattern(scrollPattern.Pattern), _
        ScrollPattern)
    Catch
        ' Object doesn't support the ScrollPattern control pattern
        Return Nothing
    End Try

    Return scrollPattern

End Function 'GetScrollPattern

///--------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Obtains a ScrollPattern control pattern from an automation 
/// element and attempts to scroll to the 'home' position.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="targetControl">
/// The automation element of interest.
/// </param>
///--------------------------------------------------------------------
private void ScrollHome(AutomationElement targetControl)
{
    if (targetControl == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(
            "AutomationElement argument cannot be null.");
    }

    ScrollPattern scrollPattern = GetScrollPattern(targetControl);

    if (scrollPattern == null)
    {
        return;
    }

    try
    {
        scrollPattern.SetScrollPercent(0, 0);
    }
    catch (InvalidOperationException)
    {
        // Control not able to scroll in the direction requested;
        // when scrollable property of that direction is False
        // TO DO: error handling.
    }
    catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException)
    {
        // A value greater than 100 or less than 0 is passed in 
        // (except -1 which is equivalent to NoScroll).
        // TO DO: error handling.
    }
}

'''--------------------------------------------------------------------
''' <summary>
''' Obtains a ScrollPattern control pattern from an automation 
''' element and attempts to scroll to the top left 'home' position.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="targetControl">
''' The automation element of interest.
''' </param>
'''--------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub ScrollHome(ByVal targetControl As AutomationElement) 
    If targetControl Is Nothing Then
        Throw New ArgumentNullException( _
        "AutomationElement argument cannot be null.")
    End If
    
    Dim scrollPattern As ScrollPattern = _
    GetScrollPattern(targetControl)
    
    If scrollPattern Is Nothing Then
        Return
    End If
    
    Try
        scrollPattern.SetScrollPercent(0, 0)
    Catch exc As InvalidOperationException
        ' Control not able to scroll in the direction requested;
        ' when scrollable property of that direction is False
        ' TO DO: error handling.
    Catch exc As ArgumentOutOfRangeException
        ' A value greater than 100 or less than 0 is passed in 
        ' (except -1 which is equivalent to NoScroll).
        ' TO DO: error handling.
    End Try

End Sub

Remarks

This method is only useful when the content area of the control is larger than the visible region.

Passing in the value NoScroll indicates that there is no scrolling in the specified direction.