Accessibility Overview: Pop-Up Button Role

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Pop-Up Button Role

An accessibility object of the pop-up button role is a pop-up menu. It includes the following attributes as shown in Table B-22:

**Table B-22** Attributes associated with the pop-up button role
Attribute	Required	Type	Description
Parent	Yes	UIElement	Accessibility object representing the pop-up menu’s parent
Position	Yes	Point value	Structure containing screen-position coordinates
Size	Yes	Size value	Structure containing width and height values
Window	Yes	UIElement	Accessibility object representing the pop-up menu’s containing window
Top-Level UIElement	Yes	UIElement	Accessibility object representing the pop-up menu’s containing window, sheet, or drawer
Help	No	String	Help-tag text for the pop-up menu
Enabled	Yes	Boolean	`true` if the user can interact with the pop-up menu; `false` if interaction is disabled
Focused	Yes	Boolean	`true` if the pop-up menu is focused; `false` otherwise
Value	Yes	String	Text of the pop-up menu item currently selected
Children	Yes	UIElement array	Accessibility object representing the menu

An accessibility object of the pop-up button role supports the following actions:

Press. When the press action is performed, the pop-up menu’s menu items are available for selection.
Show Menu. When the show menu action is performed, the pop-up menu’s menu items are revealed.

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Last updated: 2008-03-11

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