UITechnologyElement Class

Provides a base class for implementing a UI test technology element for recording and playing back tests.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.UITechnologyElement

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("630624E3-24CA-4059-8D78-DC5E2710F945")> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public MustInherit Class UITechnologyElement _
    Implements IUITechnologyElement

[GuidAttribute("630624E3-24CA-4059-8D78-DC5E2710F945")]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public abstract class UITechnologyElement : IUITechnologyElement

[GuidAttribute(L"630624E3-24CA-4059-8D78-DC5E2710F945")]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public ref class UITechnologyElement abstract : IUITechnologyElement

[<AbstractClass>]
[<GuidAttribute("630624E3-24CA-4059-8D78-DC5E2710F945")>]
[<ComVisibleAttribute(true)>]
type UITechnologyElement =  
    class
        interface IUITechnologyElement
    end

public abstract class UITechnologyElement implements IUITechnologyElement

The UITechnologyElement type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	UITechnologyElement	Initializes a new instance of the UITechnologyElement class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	ChildIndex	Gets the zero-based position in the collection of child elements of the parent element.
	ClassName	Gets the class name of this element as assigned by the developer.
	ControlTypeName	Gets the universal control type of this element.
	FriendlyName	Gets the friendly name for this element for display in the user interface.
	IsLeafNode	Gets a value that indicates whether this element is a leaf node, which means that it has no children.
	IsPassword	Gets a value that indicates whether this element contains protected content.
	IsTreeSwitchingRequired	Gets a value that indicates whether tree switching is required for windowless tree switching cases.
	Name	Gets the name of this element.
	NativeElement	Gets the underlying native technology element, such as IAccessible, that corresponds to this element.
	QueryId	Gets an identifier object that can be used to uniquely identify and find this element.
	SupportLevel	Gets a value that is used by the test recording and playback engine to find a matching UITechnologyManager for this element.
	SwitchingElement	Gets or sets the container element if this element is hosted inside an element of another technology. This API supports the test framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	TechnologyManager	Gets the current technology manager.
	TechnologyName	Gets the name of the corresponding technology of this element.
	TopLevelElement	Gets or sets the top-level window for this element.
	Value	Gets or sets the value of this element as a string.
	WindowHandle	Gets the handle to the Win32 window that contains this element.
	WindowTitles	Gets a list of the top-level window titles, of which one is the ancestor of this element.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	CacheProperties	Caches all the common properties of this element for future use.
	EnsureVisibleByScrolling	Scrolls this element into view in the UI.
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Equals(IUITechnologyElement)	Returns a value that indicates whether the provided object is equal to this element.
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetBoundingRectangle	Returns the coordinates of the rectangle that encloses this element.
	GetClickablePoint	Gets a clickable point for this element.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetNativeControlType	Returns the native control type of this element.
	GetOption	Returns the specified option for this element.
	GetPropertyValue	Returns the value of the specified property for this element.
	GetQueryIdForRelatedElement	Returns the query ID for a related element.
	GetRequestedState	Returns the current state information for the given requested states for this element.
	GetRightToLeftProperty	Returns a value that indicates whether this element has the specified kind of left-to-right format.
	GetScrolledPercentage	Returns the amount that is scrolled as a percentage of the size of the scrollbar.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	InitializeProgrammaticScroll	Initializes this element for programmatic scrolling.
	InvokeProgrammaticAction	Performs programmatic action by using the provided option.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ScrollProgrammatically	Programmatically scrolls this element by using the provided direction and an indication of the amount.
	SetFocus	Sets the UI focus on this element.
	SetOption	Sets the value of the specified option in this element.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	WaitForReady	Waits for this element to be ready for user action.

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Fields

	Name	Description
	AllAccessibleStates	A constant value that indicates all states that can be accessed.

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Remarks

For sample code that creates a derived class for an extension of the coded UI testing feature, see Extending Coded UI Tests and Action Recordings to Support Microsoft Excel.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension Namespace

IUITechnologyElement

Other Resources

Extending Coded UI Tests and Action Recordings to Support Microsoft Excel