ITextProvider.RangeFromChild(IRawElementProviderSimple) Method
Definition
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Retrieves a text range enclosing a child element such as an image, hyperlink, or other embedded object.
public:
System::Windows::Automation::Provider::ITextRangeProvider ^ RangeFromChild(System::Windows::Automation::Provider::IRawElementProviderSimple ^ childElement);
public System.Windows.Automation.Provider.ITextRangeProvider RangeFromChild (System.Windows.Automation.Provider.IRawElementProviderSimple childElement);
abstract member RangeFromChild : System.Windows.Automation.Provider.IRawElementProviderSimple -> System.Windows.Automation.Provider.ITextRangeProvider
Public Function RangeFromChild (childElement As IRawElementProviderSimple) As ITextRangeProvider
Parameters
- childElement
- IRawElementProviderSimple
The enclosed object.
Returns
A range that spans the child element.
Exceptions
If the child element is a null reference (Nothing
in Visual Basic).
Remarks
A UI Automation provider should check that the passed element is a child of the text container.
If there is no text in the range where the child element exists, a degenerate (empty) range is returned.
The childElement
parameter is either a child of the AutomationElement associated with a TextPattern or from the array of children of a TextPatternRange.