ControlType Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Automation

Assembly:

UIAutomationTypes.dll

Identifies the type of a user interface (UI) control.

public ref class ControlType : System::Windows::Automation::AutomationIdentifier

public class ControlType : System.Windows.Automation.AutomationIdentifier

type ControlType = class
    inherit AutomationIdentifier

Public Class ControlType
Inherits AutomationIdentifier

Inheritance

Object

AutomationIdentifier

ControlType

Remarks

ControlType inherits from AutomationIdentifier and is used to identify the type of a control represented by an AutomationElement. The control type is determined by the developer of the UI Automation provider.

This class contains static fields, which are themselves ControlType objects, to identify the standard types of controls. There is also a Custom type for controls that do not match one of the defined types.

The only case where a control's control type might change at run time is where the control supports MultipleViewPattern. An example is the Win32 list view, which can be a DataGrid or List, depending on the current view.

Control types do not have a one-to-one equivalence to control patterns. A control can be of only one type, but it may support multiple patterns or no patterns at all, depending on its specific functionality.

For detailed information on the various control types, see UI Automation Control Types.

Fields

Button	Identifies a button control.
Calendar	Identifies a calendar control, such as a date-picker.
CheckBox	Identifies a check box control.
ComboBox	Identifies a combo box control.
Custom	Identifies a control that is not one of the defined control types.
DataGrid	Identifies a data grid control.
DataItem	Identifies a data item control.
Document	Identifies a document control.
Edit	Identifies an edit control, such as a text box.
Group	Identifies a group control, which acts as a container for other controls.
Header	Identifies a header control, which is a container for the labels of rows and columns of information.
HeaderItem	Identifies a header item, which is the label for a row or column of information.
Hyperlink	Identifies a hyperlink control.
Image	Identifies an image control.
List	Identifies a list control, such as a list box.
ListItem	Identifies a list item control, which is a child item of a list control.
Menu	Identifies a menu control, such as a top-level menu in an application window.
MenuBar	Identifies a menu bar control, which generally contains a set of top-level menus.
MenuItem	Identifies a menu item control.
Pane	Identifies a pane control.
ProgressBar	Identifies a progress bar control, which visually indicates the progress of a lengthy operation.
RadioButton	Identifies a radio button control, which is a selection mechanism allowing exactly one selected item in a group.
ScrollBar	Identifies a scroll bar control, such as a scroll bar in an application window.
Separator	Identifies a separator, which creates a visual division in controls like menus and toolbars.
Slider	Identifies a slider control.
Spinner	Identifies a spinner control.
SplitButton	Identifies a split button, which is a button that performs a default action and can also expand to a list of other possible actions.
StatusBar	Identifies a status bar control.
Tab	Identifies a tab control.
TabItem	Identifies a tab item control, which represents a page of a tab control.
Table	Identifies a table.
Text	Identifies an edit control, such as a text box or rich text box.
Thumb	Identifies the control in a scrollbar that can be dragged to a different position.
TitleBar	Identifies the caption bar on a window.
ToolBar	Identifies a toolbar, such as the control that contains a set of command buttons in an application window.
ToolTip	Identifies 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	Identifies a tree control.
TreeItem	Identifies a node in a TreeItem control.
Window	Identifies a window frame, which contains child objects.

Properties

Id	Gets the underlying numerical identifier. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier)
LocalizedControlType	Gets a description of the control type.
ProgrammaticName	Gets the registered programmatic name. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier)

Methods

CompareTo(Object)	Compares this AutomationIdentifier with another AutomationIdentifier. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier)
Equals(Object)	Returns a value indicating whether the supplied AutomationIdentifier is equivalent to this AutomationIdentifier. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier)
GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code for this UI Automation identifier. (Inherited from AutomationIdentifier)
GetNeverSupportedPatterns()	Retrieves the pattern identifiers that are not supported by the control type.
GetRequiredPatternSets()	Retrieves an array of sets of required patterns.
GetRequiredProperties()	Retrieves an array of the required property identifiers (IDs) for this control type.
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
LookupById(Int32)	Retrieves a ControlType that encapsulates a specified numerical identifier.
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

See also

• UI Automation Control Types Overview