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Application Role

An accessibility object of the application role includes the following attributes as shown in Table B-1:

Table B-1  Attributes associated with the application role

Attribute

Required

Type

Description

Frontmost

Yes

Boolean

true if the application is active; false otherwise

Hidden

Yes

Boolean

true if the application is hidden; false otherwise

Main Window

Yes

UIElement

Accessibility object representing the main window

Focused Window

Yes

UIElement

Accessibility object representing the key window

Title

Yes

String

Visible title of the application’s main window

Menu Bar

Yes

UIElement

Accessibility object representing the application’s menu bar

Windows

Yes

UIElement array

Accessibility objects representing the application’s open windows

Focused UIElement

Yes

UIElement

Accessibility object representing the object that currently has keyboard focus

Children

Yes

UIElement array

Accessibility objects representing the application’s children



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Last updated: 2008-03-11

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