NSAccessibility Protocol Reference

(informal protocol)

Adopted by	NSObject
Framework	/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework
Companion guide	Accessibility Programming Guidelines for Mac
Declared in	NSAccessibility.h

Overview

The NSAccessibility informal protocol defines methods that Cocoa classes must implement to make themselves available to an external assistive application. An assistive application interacts with your application to allow persons with disabilities to use your application. For example, a person with a visual impairment could use an application to convert menu items and button labels into speech and then perform actions by verbal command.

Because many Cocoa user interface classes already implement the NSAccessibility protocol, providing reasonable default behavior in most cases, Cocoa applications built with standard objects are automatically accessible. In general, you need to explicitly implement the NSAccessibility protocol methods only if you subclass one of them, adding new behavior.

The Cocoa implementations of these methods raise an NSAccessibilityException when errors occur, such as requesting the value of an unsupported attribute. In most cases, subclasses do not need to raise or catch these exceptions, because overridden methods should invoke their inherited methods for unrecognized attribute and action names.

An accessible object is described by a set of attributes that define characteristics such as the object type, its value, its size and position on the screen, and its place in the accessibility hierarchy. For some objects, the set of attributes can include parameterized attributes. Parameterized attributes behave similar to a function by allowing you to pass a parameter when requesting an attribute value.

See “Accessibility” in Application Kit Functions Reference for functions related to accessibility.

Tasks

Accessing Attributes

Accessing Parameterized Attributes

Accessing Actions

Querying Elements

Instance Methods

accessibilityActionDescription:

Returns a localized description of the specified action.

- (NSString *)accessibilityActionDescription:(NSString *)action

Parameters

action: The action attribute.

Return Value

The description of the specified action, in a localized string.

Discussion

User interface classes must implement this method to return descriptions for all actions returned from accessibilityActionNames. A button, for example, might return the string "press” for the NSAccessibilityPressAction action. Subclasses should invoke the superclass’s implementation, if it exists, to obtain the descriptions of any inherited actions.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityActionNames

Returns an array of action names supported by the receiver.

- (NSArray *)accessibilityActionNames

Return Value

An array of action names.

Discussion

User interface classes must implement this method. Subclasses should invoke the superclass’s implementation, if it exists, and append additional action names or remove unsupported actions. See “Constants” for some common action names.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Related Sample Code

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityArrayAttributeCount:

Returns the count of the specified accessibility array attribute.

- (NSUInteger)accessibilityArrayAttributeCount:(NSString *)attribute

Parameters

attribute: The accessibility array attribute.

Return Value

The number of items in the specified array attribute.

Discussion

If attribute is not an array an exception is raised.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityArrayAttributeValues:index:maxCount:

Returns a subarray of values of an accessibility array attribute.

- (NSArray *)accessibilityArrayAttributeValues:(NSString *)attribute index:(NSUInteger)index maxCount:(NSUInteger)maxCount

Parameters

attribute: The accessibility array attribute.
index: The starting index.
maxCount: The maximum desired number of items requested.

Return Value

An array of values within the specified index and count.

Discussion

Note that this method does not take a range. The max count is the maximum desired number of items requested by an accessibility client. This number may be beyond the bounds of your array.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityAttributeNames

Returns an array of attribute names supported by the receiver.

- (NSArray *)accessibilityAttributeNames

Return Value

An array containing the attributes supported by the receiver.

Discussion

User interface classes must implement this method. Subclasses should invoke the superclass’s implementation, if it exists, and append additional attributes or remove unsupported attributes. See “Constants” for lists of attribute names.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Related Sample Code

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityAttributeValue:

Returns the value of the specified attribute in the receiver.

- (id)accessibilityAttributeValue:(NSString *)attribute

Parameters

attribute: The name of the attribute. See “Constants” for lists of attribute names.

Discussion

User interface classes must implement this method. Subclasses should invoke the superclass’s implementation, if it exists, if attribute is not implemented in the subclass.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Related Sample Code

ZipBrowser

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityAttributeValue:forParameter:

Returns the value of the receiver’s parameterized attribute corresponding to the specified attribute name and parameter.

- (id)accessibilityAttributeValue:(NSString *)attribute forParameter:(id)parameter

Parameters

attribute: The name of the attribute. See “Constants” for lists of attribute names.
parameter: The parameter.

Discussion

If you implement this method you should also implement accessibilityParameterizedAttributeNames.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityFocusedUIElement

Returns the deepest descendant of the accessibility hierarchy that has the focus.

- (id)accessibilityFocusedUIElement

Return Value

The deepest accessibility object in the accessibility hierarchy that has focus.

Discussion

You can assume that the search for the focus has already been narrowed down to the receiver. Override this method to do deeper searching by identifying which child element, if any, may have the focus. If a child element does not have the focus, either return self or, if available, invoke the superclass’s implementation. The default NSView and NSCell implementations test whether the receiver is an ignored element and, if so, return the receiver’s first unignored parent; otherwise they return self.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Related Sample Code

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityHitTest:

Returns the deepest descendant of the accessibility hierarchy that contains the specified point.

- (id)accessibilityHitTest:(NSPoint)point

Parameters

point: The point being hit-tested, in lower-left relative screen coordinates.

Return Value

The deepest accessibility element in the accessibility hierarchy that contains the specified point.

Discussion

You can assume that the specified point has already been determined to lie within the receiver. Override this method to do deeper hit-testing by identifying which child element, if any, contains the point. NSMatrix, for example, identifies which of its cells contains the point and propagates the hit-test to it.

If the specified point is not contained within one of the receiver’s children, either return self or, if available, invoke the superclass’s implementation. The default NSView and NSCell implementations test whether the receiver is an ignored element and, if it is, return the receiver’s first unignored parent; otherwise they return self.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Related Sample Code

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityIndexOfChild:

Returns the index of the specified accessibility child in the parent.

- (NSUInteger)accessibilityIndexOfChild:(id)child

Parameters

child: The accessibility child of an object.

Return Value

The index of the accessibility child object in the parent. Returns NSNotFound if the child does not exist.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityIsAttributeSettable:

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the value for the specified attribute in the receiver can be set.

- (BOOL)accessibilityIsAttributeSettable:(NSString *)attribute

Parameters

attribute: The name of the attribute. See “Constants” for lists of attribute names.

Return Value

YES if the specified attribute can be set; otherwise, NO.

Discussion

User interface classes must implement this method. Subclasses should invoke the superclass’s implementation, if it exists, if attribute is not implemented in the subclass.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityIsIgnored

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the receiver should be ignored in the parent-child accessibility hierarchy.

- (BOOL)accessibilityIsIgnored

Return Value

YES if the receiver should be ignored; otherwise, NO.

Discussion

When asking for an object’s children, ignored children should not be included; instead, the ignored children should be replaced by their own unignored children. The same applies when asking for an object’s parent: an ignored parent should be skipped and the first unignored ancestor treated as the real parent. Likewise, when a hit-test or focus test is satisfied by an ignored element, the element’s first unignored ancestor (or descendant in certain cases, such as single-celled controls) should be used instead.

Ignored elements allow the accessibility hierarchy to be a simplified version of the view and object ownership hierarchies. Intermediate objects can be bypassed and the real user interface objects accessed more quickly. For example, NSControl objects are ignored when they are single-celled; the visible parent-child relationship is between the control’s parent (or a higher ancestor if the parent is ignored, too) and the control’s cell.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Related Sample Code

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityParameterizedAttributeNames

Returns a list of parameterized attribute names supported by the receiver.

- (NSArray *)accessibilityParameterizedAttributeNames

Return Value

An array of parameterized attributes in the receiver.

Discussion

If you implement this method you should also implement accessibilityAttributeValue:forParameter:.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Related Sample Code

Sketch+Accessibility

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilityPerformAction:

Performs the action associated with the specified action.

- (void)accessibilityPerformAction:(NSString *)action

Parameters

action: The action to perform.

Discussion

User interface classes must implement this method to handle all the actions returned from accessibilityActionNames. Subclasses should invoke the superclass’s implementation, if it exists, if action is not implemented in the subclass.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilitySetOverrideValue:forAttribute:

Overrides the specified attribute in the receiver, or adds it if it does not exist, and sets its value to the specified value.

- (BOOL)accessibilitySetOverrideValue:(id)value forAttribute:(NSString *)attribute

Parameters

value: The attribute value to set.
attribute: The name of the attribute. See “Constants” for lists of attribute names.

Return Value

YES if the override was successful; otherwise, NO.

Discussion

This method is for changing the set of attributes on an instance, as an alternative to subclassing.

This method only works on objects whose class already implements the NSAccessibility protocol. If the specified attribute is already supported by the object, the value specified by this method wins.

If the specified attribute does not exist, it is created. This is done outside the NSAccessibility protocol, so accessibilityAttributeNames still returns the old list which does not contain the new attribute. Likewise, accessibilityAttributeValue does not return attributes created by the override process nor does it return their overridden values.

The values of overridden attributes are not settable by assistive applications.

If you need to undo the effect of using this method, call it again passing nil for the value.

Ensure that you invoke this method on the actual object that represents the user interface element. For example, in the case of NSButton, use the underlying NSButtonCell. The NSButton itself is ignored by accessibility.

This method works only on an object representing a single user interface element. So, for example, you cannot use it when a single object represents multiple user interface elements, as with NSSegmentedCell, which has only a single object but provides user interface elements for each segment.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Related Sample Code

Dicey

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

accessibilitySetValue:forAttribute:

Sets the value of the specified attribute in the receiver to the specified value.

- (void)accessibilitySetValue:(id)value forAttribute:(NSString *)attribute

Parameters

value: The attribute value to set.
attribute: The name of the attribute. See “Constants” for lists of attribute names.

Discussion

User interface classes must implement this method if any of its attributes are settable. Subclasses should invoke the superclass’s implementation, if it exists, if attribute is not implemented in the subclass.

Availability

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Constants

Standard attributes

Standard attributes that can be adopted by any accessibility object.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityChildrenAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityContentsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDescriptionAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityEnabledAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFocusedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityHelpAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMaxValueAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMinValueAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityParentAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityPositionAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRoleAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRoleDescriptionAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedChildrenAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityShownMenuAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySizeAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySubroleAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTitleAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTopLevelUIElementAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityValueAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityValueDescriptionAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVisibleChildrenAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityWindowAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityChildrenAttribute

The element’s child elements in the accessibility hierarchy (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityContentsAttribute

Elements that represent the contents in the current element, such as the document view of a scroll view (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDescriptionAttribute

The purpose of the element, not including the role (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityEnabledAttribute

A flag that indicates the enabled state of the element (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFocusedAttribute

A flag that indicates the presence of keyboard focus (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityHelpAttribute

The help text for the element (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMaxValueAttribute

The element’s maximum value (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMinValueAttribute

The element’s minimum value (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityParentAttribute

The element’s parent element in the accessibility hierarchy (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityPositionAttribute

The screen position of the element’s lower-left corner in lower-left relative screen coordinates (NSValue).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRoleAttribute

The element’s type, such as NSAccessibilityRadioButtonRole (NSString). See “Roles” for a list of available roles.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRoleDescriptionAttribute

A localized, human-intelligible description of the element’s role, such as "radio button” (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedChildrenAttribute

The currently selected children of the element (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityShownMenuAttribute

The menu currently being displayed (id).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySizeAttribute

The element’s size (NSValue).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySubroleAttribute

The element’s subrole, such as NSAccessibilityTableRowSubrole (NSString). See “Subroles” for a list of available subroles.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTitleAttribute

The title of the element, such as a button’s visible text (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTopLevelUIElementAttribute

The top-level element that contains this element (id).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityValueAttribute

The element’s value (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityValueDescriptionAttribute

The description of the element’s value (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.5 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVisibleChildrenAttribute

The element’s child elements that are visible (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityWindowAttribute

The window containing the current element (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Text-specific attributes

Attributes that are specific to text.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityInsertionPointLineNumberAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityNumberOfCharactersAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedTextRangeAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedTextRangesAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySharedCharacterRangeAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySharedTextUIElementsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVisibleCharacterRangeAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityInsertionPointLineNumberAttribute

The line number containing the insertion point (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityNumberOfCharactersAttribute

The number of characters in the text (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedTextAttribute

The currently selected text (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedTextRangeAttribute

The range of selected text (NSValue).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedTextRangesAttribute

An array of NSValue (rangeValue) ranges of selected text (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.5 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySharedCharacterRangeAttribute

The (rangeValue) part of shared text in this view (NSValue).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySharedTextUIElementsAttribute

The elements with which the text of this element is shared (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVisibleCharacterRangeAttribute

The range of visible text (NSValue). Returns ranges for entire lines. For example, characters that are horizontally clipped will be reported in the visible range.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Text-specific parameterized attributes

Parameterized attributes specific to text.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityAttributedStringForRangeParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityBoundsForRangeParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLineForIndexParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRTFForRangeParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRangeForIndexParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRangeForLineParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRangeForPositionParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityStringForRangeParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityStyleRangeForIndexParameterizedAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityLineForIndexParameterizedAttribute

The line number (NSNumber) of the specified character (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRangeForLineParameterizedAttribute

The range of characters (NSValue containing an NSRange) corresponding to the specified line number (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityStringForRangeParameterizedAttribute

The substring (NSString) specified by the range (NSValue containing an NSRange).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRangeForPositionParameterizedAttribute

The range of characters (NSValue containing an NSRange) composing the glyph at the specified point (NSValue containing NSPoint).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRangeForIndexParameterizedAttribute

The full range of characters (NSValue containing an NSRange), including the specified character, which compose a single glyph (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityBoundsForRangeParameterizedAttribute

The rectangle (NSValue containing an NSRect) enclosing the specified range of characters (NSValue containing an NSRange). If the range crosses a line boundary, the returned rectangle will fully enclose all the lines of characters.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRTFForRangeParameterizedAttribute

The RTF data (NSData) describing the specified range of characters (NSValue containing an NSRange).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityStyleRangeForIndexParameterizedAttribute

The full range of characters (NSValue containing an NSRange), including the specified character (NSNumber), which have the same style.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityAttributedStringForRangeParameterizedAttribute

Does not use attributes from Appkit/AttributedString.h (NSAttributedString).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Text attributed string attributes and constants

Attributes and key constants used with attributed strings.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityAttachmentTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityBackgroundColorTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFontFamilyKey;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFontNameKey;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFontSizeKey;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFontTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityForegroundColorTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLinkTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMisspelledTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityShadowTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityStrikethroughColorTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityStrikethroughTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySuperscriptTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnderlineColorTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnderlineTextAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVisibleNameKey;

Constants

NSAccessibilityForegroundColorTextAttribute

Text foreground color (CGColorRef).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityBackgroundColorTextAttribute

Text background color (CGColorRef).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnderlineColorTextAttribute

Text underline color (CGColorRef).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityStrikethroughColorTextAttribute

Text strikethrough color (CGColorRef).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnderlineTextAttribute

Text underline style (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySuperscriptTextAttribute

Text superscript style (NSNumber). Values > 0 are superscript; values < 0 are subscript.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityStrikethroughTextAttribute

Text strikethrough (NSNumber as a Boolean value).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityShadowTextAttribute

Text shadow (NSNumber as a Boolean value).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityAttachmentTextAttribute

Text attachment (id).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityLinkTextAttribute

Text link (id).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMisspelledTextAttribute

Misspelled text (NSNumber as a Boolean value).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFontTextAttribute

Font keys (NSDictionary).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFontNameKey

Required key for font name.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFontFamilyKey

Optional key for font family.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVisibleNameKey

Optional key for font visibility.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFontSizeKey

Required key for font size.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Window-specific attributes

Attributes specific to windows.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityCancelButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityCloseButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDefaultButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityGrowAreaAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMainAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMinimizeButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMinimizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityModalAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityProxyAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityToolbarButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityZoomButtonAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityCloseButtonAttribute

The element representing the close button (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityGrowAreaAttribute

The element representing the grow area (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityModalAttribute

A flag that indicates whether the window represented by this element is modal (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDefaultButtonAttribute

The element that represents the default button (id).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityCancelButtonAttribute

The element that represents the cancel button (id).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMainAttribute

A flag that indicates whether the window is the main window (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMinimizeButtonAttribute

The element that represents the minimize button (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMinimizedAttribute

A flag that indicates whether the window is minimized (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityToolbarButtonAttribute

The element that represents the toolbar button (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityProxyAttribute

The element that represents the window’s document proxy (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityZoomButtonAttribute

The element that represents the zoom button (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Orientations

Values that indicate the orientation of elements, such as scroll bars and split views. One of these values is returned as the value for an object’s NSAccessibilityOrientationAttribute.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityHorizontalOrientationValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVerticalOrientationValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnknownOrientationValue;

Constants

NSAccessibilityHorizontalOrientationValue

The element is oriented horizontally.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVerticalOrientationValue

The element is oriented vertically.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnknownOrientationValue

The element has unknown orientation.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Application-specific attributes

Attributes that are specific to the application object.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityClearButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityColumnTitlesAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFocusedUIElementAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFocusedWindowAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFrontmostAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityHiddenAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMainWindowAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMenuBarAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityOrientationAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySearchButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySearchMenuAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityWindowsAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityFocusedUIElementAttribute

The element with the current focus (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFocusedWindowAttribute

The application’s window that has current focus (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFrontmostAttribute

A flag that indicates whether the application is frontmost (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityHiddenAttribute

A flag that indicates whether the application is hidden (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMainWindowAttribute

The application’s main window (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMenuBarAttribute

The application’s menu bar (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityWindowsAttribute

The application’s windows (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Grid view attributes

Attributes that are used with grid views, such as thumbnails and media browsers that present a grid of items. The children of a grid are ordered.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityColumnCountAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityOrderedByRowAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRowCountAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityColumnCountAttribute

The number of columns in the grid (NSNumber as intValue).

Available in OS X v10.5 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityOrderedByRowAttribute

A flag that indicates whether the grid is ordered row major (YES), or column major (NO) (NSNumber as boolValue).

Available in OS X v10.5 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRowCountAttribute

The number of rows in the grid (NSNumber as intValue).

Available in OS X v10.5 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Table view and outline view attributes

Attributes that are specific to tables and outlines.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityColumnHeaderUIElementsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityColumnsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRowHeaderUIElementsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRowsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedColumnsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedRowsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySortDirectionAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVisibleColumnsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVisibleRowsAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityColumnHeaderUIElementsAttribute

The table’s column headers (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityColumnsAttribute

The table’s columns (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRowHeaderUIElementsAttribute

The table’s row headers (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRowsAttribute

The table’s rows (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedColumnsAttribute

The table’s selected columns (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedRowsAttribute

The table’s selected rows (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySortDirectionAttribute

The column’s sort direction (NSString). See “Column sort direction” for possible values.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVisibleColumnsAttribute

The table’s visible columns (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVisibleRowsAttribute

The table’s visible rows (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Outline view attributes

Attributes that are used in outline views.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityDisclosedByRowAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDisclosedRowsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDisclosingAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDisclosureLevelAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityDisclosedByRowAttribute

The row disclosing this row (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDisclosedRowsAttribute

The rows disclosed by this row (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDisclosingAttribute

A flag that indicates whether a row is disclosing other rows (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDisclosureLevelAttribute

The indentation level of this row (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Cell-based table attributes

Attributes that are specific to cell-based tables.

NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedCellsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVisibleCellsAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilitySelectedCellsAttribute

The table’s selected cells (NSArray). This attribute is required for cell-based tables.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVisibleCellsAttribute

The table’s visible cells (NSArray). This attribute is required for cell-based tables.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Cell-based table parameterized attributes

Parameterized attributes specific to cell-based tables.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityCellForColumnAndRowParameterizedAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityCellForColumnAndRowParameterizedAttribute

The cell at the specified row and column. The parameter is an NSArray that contains two NSNumber objects: the first number specifies the column index and the second number specifies the row index. This attribute is required for cell-based tables.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Cell attributes

Attributes that are specific to individual table cells.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityRowIndexRangeAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityColumnIndexRangeAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityRowIndexRangeAttribute

The row index range of the cell (an NSValue that contains the row’s starting index and index span in the table).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityColumnIndexRangeAttribute

The column index range of the cell (an NSValue that contains the row’s starting index and index span in the table).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Column sort direction

Values that indicate the sort direction of a column (used with NSAccessibilitySortDirectionAttribute).

NSString *const NSAccessibilityAscendingSortDirectionValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDescendingSortDirectionValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnknownSortDirectionValue;

Constants

NSAccessibilityAscendingSortDirectionValue

The column is sorted in ascending values.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDescendingSortDirectionValue

The column is sorted in descending values.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnknownSortDirectionValue

The sort direction is unknown.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Layout area attributes

Attributes that are specific to layout areas.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityHorizontalUnitsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVerticalUnitsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityHorizontalUnitDescriptionAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVerticalUnitDescriptionAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityHorizontalUnitsAttribute

The units that the layout view uses for horizontal values (NSString). See “Ruler unit attributes” for possible values.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVerticalUnitsAttribute

The units that the layout view uses for vertical values (NSString). See “Ruler unit attributes” for possible values.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityHorizontalUnitDescriptionAttribute

The description of the layout view’s horizontal units (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVerticalUnitDescriptionAttribute

The description of the layout view’s vertical units (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Layout area parameterized attributes

Parameterized attributes that are specific to layout areas.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityLayoutPointForScreenPointParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLayoutSizeForScreenSizeParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityScreenPointForLayoutPointParameterizedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityScreenSizeForLayoutSizeParameterizedAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityLayoutPointForScreenPointParameterizedAttribute

The point in the layout area (NSValue) corresponding to the specified point on the screen (NSValue).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityLayoutSizeForScreenSizeParameterizedAttribute

The size of the layout area (NSValue) corresponding to the specified screen size (NSValue).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityScreenPointForLayoutPointParameterizedAttribute

The screen point (NSValue) corresponding to the specified point in the layout area (NSValue).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityScreenSizeForLayoutSizeParameterizedAttribute

The size of the screen (NSValue) corresponding to the specified size of the layout area (NSValue).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Layout item attributes

Attributes that are specific to the items in a layout area.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityHandlesAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityHandlesAttribute

The drag handles of the item (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Slider attributes

Attributes that are specific to sliders.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityAllowedValuesAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLabelUIElementsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLabelValueAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityAllowedValuesAttribute

The allowed values in the slider (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityLabelUIElementsAttribute

The elements that represent the slider’s labels (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityLabelValueAttribute

The value of the label represented by this element (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Screen matte attributes

Attributes that are specific to screen mattes.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityMatteContentUIElementAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMatteHoleAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityMatteHoleAttribute

The bounds of the matte hole, in screen coordinates (NSValue containing an NSRect).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMatteContentUIElementAttribute

The element that is clipped by the matte (id).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Ruler view attributes

Attributes that are specific to ruler views.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityMarkerGroupUIElementAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMarkerTypeAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMarkerTypeDescriptionAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMarkerUIElementsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMarkerValuesAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnitDescriptionAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnitsAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityMarkerGroupUIElementAttribute

Marker group user interface element (id).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMarkerTypeAttribute

The type of the marker (NSString). See “Ruler marker type values” for possible values.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMarkerTypeDescriptionAttribute

The description of the marker type (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMarkerUIElementsAttribute

Array of marker user interface elements (NSArray)

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMarkerValuesAttribute

The marker values (NSArray of NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnitDescriptionAttribute

The description of ruler units (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnitsAttribute

The ruler units (NSString). See “Ruler unit attributes” for possible values.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Ruler marker type values

Values that indicate the marker type of an element.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityCenterTabStopMarkerTypeValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDecimalTabStopMarkerTypeValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFirstLineIndentMarkerTypeValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityHeadIndentMarkerTypeValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLeftTabStopMarkerTypeValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRightTabStopMarkerTypeValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTailIndentMarkerTypeValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnknownMarkerTypeValue;

Constants

NSAccessibilityLeftTabStopMarkerTypeValue

Left tab stop.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRightTabStopMarkerTypeValue

Right tab stop.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityCenterTabStopMarkerTypeValue

Center tab stop.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDecimalTabStopMarkerTypeValue

Decimal tab stop.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityHeadIndentMarkerTypeValue

Head indent marker.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTailIndentMarkerTypeValue

Tail indent marker.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFirstLineIndentMarkerTypeValue

First line indent marker.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnknownMarkerTypeValue

Unknown marker type.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Measurement unit attributes

Values that indicate the unit values of a ruler or layout area (used with NSAccessibilityUnitsAttribute).

NSString *const NSAccessibilityCentimetersUnitValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityInchesUnitValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityPicasUnitValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityPointsUnitValue;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnknownUnitValue;

Constants

NSAccessibilityInchesUnitValue

The units are inches.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityCentimetersUnitValue

The units are centimeters.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityPointsUnitValue

The units are points.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityPicasUnitValue

The units are picas.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnknownUnitValue

The units are unknown.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Linkage elements

Constants that specify links between accessibility elements.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityLinkedUIElementsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityServesAsTitleForUIElementsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTitleUIElementAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityLinkedUIElementsAttribute

The elements with which this element is related (NSArray). For example, the contents of a list item that are displayed in another pane or window.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTitleUIElementAttribute

An element that represents another element’s static text title (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityServesAsTitleForUIElementsAttribute

The elements for which this element serves as the title (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Miscellaneous attributes

Miscellaneous attributes that can apply to various types of elements.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityDecrementButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDocumentAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityEditedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityExpandedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFilenameAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityHeaderAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityHorizontalScrollBarAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityIncrementButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityIndexAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityNextContentsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityOverflowButtonAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityPreviousContentsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySplittersAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTabsAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityURLAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityVerticalScrollBarAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityWarningValueAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityCriticalValueAttribute;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityPlaceholderValueAttribute;

Constants

NSAccessibilityClearButtonAttribute

The element that represents the clear button in a search field (id).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityColumnTitlesAttribute

The elements that represent column titles (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDecrementButtonAttribute

The element that represents a stepper’s decrement button (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDocumentAttribute

The URL for the file represented by the element (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityEditedAttribute

A flag that indicates whether the element has been modified (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityExpandedAttribute

A flag that indicates whether the element is expanded (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFilenameAttribute

The filename associated with the element (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityHeaderAttribute

The element that represents a table view’s header (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityHorizontalScrollBarAttribute

The element that represents a scroll view’s horizontal scroll bar (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityIncrementButtonAttribute

The element that represents a stepper’s increment button (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityIndexAttribute

The index of the row or column represented by the element (NSValue).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityNextContentsAttribute

The contents following the current divider element, such as a subview adjacent to a split view’s splitter element (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityOrientationAttribute

The element’s orientation, which can have the value NSAccessibilityHorizontalOrientationValue or NSAccessibilityVerticalOrientationValue.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityOverflowButtonAttribute

The element that represents a toolbar’s overflow button (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityPreviousContentsAttribute

The contents preceding the current divider element, such as a subview adjacent to a split view’s splitter bar element (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySearchButtonAttribute

The element that represents the search button in a search field (id).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySearchMenuAttribute

The element that represents the menu in a search field (id).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedAttribute

A flag that indicates whether the element is selected (NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySplittersAttribute

The views and splitter bar in a split view (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTabsAttribute

The tab elements in a tab view (NSArray).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityURLAttribute

The URL associated with the element (NSURL).

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityVerticalScrollBarAttribute

The element that represents the vertical scroll bar in a scroll view (id).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityWarningValueAttribute

The warning value in a level indicator (typically, NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityCriticalValueAttribute

The critical value in a level indicator (typically, NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityPlaceholderValueAttribute

The placeholder value for a control, such as a text field (NSString).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Roles

Standard roles that identify the type of object an accessibility object represents. One of these values is returned as the value for an object’s NSAccessibilityRoleAttribute.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityApplicationRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityBrowserRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityBusyIndicatorRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityButtonRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityCellRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityCheckBoxRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityColorWellRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityColumnRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityComboBoxRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDisclosureTriangleRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDrawerRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityGridRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityGroupRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityGrowAreaRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityHandleRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityHelpTagRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityImageRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityIncrementorRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLayoutAreaRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLayoutItemRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLinkRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityListRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityLevelIndicatorRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMatteRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMenuBarRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMenuButtonRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMenuItemRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMenuRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityOutlineRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityPopUpButtonRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityProgressIndicatorRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRadioButtonRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRadioGroupRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRelevanceIndicatorRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRowRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRulerMarkerRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRulerRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityScrollAreaRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityScrollBarRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySheetRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySliderRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySortButtonRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySplitGroupRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySplitterRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityStaticTextRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySystemWideRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTabGroupRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTableRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTextAreaRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTextFieldRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityToolbarRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnknownRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityValueIndicatorRole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityWindowRole;

Constants

NSAccessibilityApplicationRole

Application.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityBrowserRole

Browser.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityBusyIndicatorRole

Busy indicator.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityButtonRole

Button.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityCellRole

Cell in a table or matrix.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityCheckBoxRole

Checkbox.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityColorWellRole

Color well.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityColumnRole

Column.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityComboBoxRole

Combo box.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDisclosureTriangleRole

Disclosure triangle.

Available in OS X v10.5 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDrawerRole

Drawer.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityGridRole

Grid.

Available in OS X v10.5 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityGroupRole

Group.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityGrowAreaRole

A window’s grow (resize) area.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityHandleRole

Drag handle.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityHelpTagRole

Help tag.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityImageRole

Image.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityIncrementorRole

Stepper.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityLayoutAreaRole

Layout area (a view, such as a graphic view, that contains visual elements that may not have any accessibility representation).

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityLayoutItemRole

An item in a layout area.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityLinkRole

Link.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityListRole

List.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityLevelIndicatorRole

Level indicator.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMatteRole

Matte.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMenuBarRole

Menu bar.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMenuButtonRole

Menu button.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMenuItemRole

Menu item.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMenuRole

Menu.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityOutlineRole

Outline.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityPopUpButtonRole

Pop-up button.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityProgressIndicatorRole

Progress indicator.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRadioButtonRole

Radio button.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRadioGroupRole

Radio button group.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRelevanceIndicatorRole

Relevance indicator.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRowRole

Row.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRulerRole

Ruler.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRulerMarkerRole

Ruler marker.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityScrollAreaRole

Scroll view.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityScrollBarRole

Scroll bar.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySheetRole

Sheet.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySliderRole

Slider.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySortButtonRole

Sort button.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Deprecated in OS X v10.6.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySplitGroupRole

Split view.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySplitterRole

Splitter bar of a split view.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityStaticTextRole

Uneditable text.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySystemWideRole

The system-wide accessibility object.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTabGroupRole

Tab group.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTableRole

Table.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTextAreaRole

Text view.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTextFieldRole

Text field.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityToolbarRole

Toolbar.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnknownRole

Unknown object type.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityValueIndicatorRole

Value indicator.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityWindowRole

Window.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Subroles

Subroles that identify a specialized type of object an accessibility object represents. One of these values is returned as the value for an object’s NSAccessibilitySubroleAttribute.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityCloseButtonSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDecrementArrowSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDecrementPageSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDialogSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFloatingWindowSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityIncrementArrowSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityIncrementPageSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMinimizeButtonSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityOutlineRowSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySearchFieldSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySecureTextFieldSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityStandardWindowSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySystemDialogSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySystemFloatingWindowSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTableRowSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTextAttachmentSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTextLinkSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTimelineSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityToolbarButtonSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnknownSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityZoomButtonSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySortButtonSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRatingIndicatorSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityContentListSubrole;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDefinitionListSubrole;

Constants

NSAccessibilityCloseButtonSubrole

A window’s close button.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDecrementArrowSubrole

Decrement arrow (the down arrow in a scroll bar).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDecrementPageSubrole

Decrement page (the decrement area in the scroll track of a scroll bar).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDialogSubrole

Dialog.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFloatingWindowSubrole

Floating window.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityIncrementArrowSubrole

Increment arrow (the up arrow in a scroll bar).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityIncrementPageSubrole

Increment page (the increment area in the scroll track of a scroll bar).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMinimizeButtonSubrole

A window’s minimize button.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityOutlineRowSubrole

Outline row.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySearchFieldSubrole

Search field.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySecureTextFieldSubrole

Secure text field.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityStandardWindowSubrole

A standard window.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySystemDialogSubrole

System dialog (a system-generated dialog that floats on the top layer, regardless of which application is frontmost).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySystemFloatingWindowSubrole

System floating window (a system-generated panel).

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTableRowSubrole

Table row.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTextAttachmentSubrole

Text attachment.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTextLinkSubrole

Text link.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTimelineSubrole

Timeline.

Available in OS X v10.5 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityToolbarButtonSubrole

A window’s toolbar button.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnknownSubrole

Unknown subrole.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityZoomButtonSubrole

A window’s zoom button.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySortButtonSubrole

Sort button in a table or outline view.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRatingIndicatorSubrole

Rating indicator.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityContentListSubrole

Content that is organized in a list, but is not in a list control or table view.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDefinitionListSubrole

A content list in a webpage.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Action values

Standard actions that accessibility objects can perform.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityCancelAction;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityConfirmAction;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDecrementAction;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityDeleteAction;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityIncrementAction;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityPickAction;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityPressAction;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRaiseAction;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityShowMenuAction;

Constants

NSAccessibilityConfirmAction

Simulates pressing Return in the object, such as a text field.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDecrementAction

Decrements the value of the object.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityDeleteAction

Deletes the value of the object.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityIncrementAction

Increments the value of the object.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityPickAction

Selects the object, such as a menu item.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityPressAction

Simulates clicking an object, such as a button.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityCancelAction

Cancels the operation.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRaiseAction

Simulates bringing a window forward by clicking on its title bar.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityShowMenuAction

Simulates showing a menu by clicking on it.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Focus-change notifications

Notifications that are sent to observing assistive applications when focus-change events occur. The notifications are sent using the NSAccessibilityPostNotification function instead of an NSNotificationCenter object.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityMainWindowChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFocusedWindowChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityFocusedUIElementChangedNotification;

Constants

NSAccessibilityMainWindowChangedNotification

Posted after the main window has changed.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFocusedWindowChangedNotification

Posted after the key window has changed.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityFocusedUIElementChangedNotification

Posted after the element has gained focus.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Window-change notifications

Notifications that are sent to observing assistive applications when window-change events occur. The notifications are sent using the NSAccessibilityPostNotification function instead of an NSNotificationCenter object.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityWindowCreatedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityWindowDeminiaturizedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityWindowMiniaturizedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityWindowMovedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityWindowResizedNotification;

Constants

NSAccessibilityWindowCreatedNotification

Posted after a new window has appeared.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityWindowDeminiaturizedNotification

Posted after the window has been restored to full size from the Dock.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityWindowMiniaturizedNotification

Posted after the window has been put in the Dock.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityWindowMovedNotification

Posted after the window has moved.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityWindowResizedNotification

Posted after the window has changed size.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Application notifications

Notifications that are sent to observing assistive applications when application events occur. The notifications are sent using the NSAccessibilityPostNotification function instead of an NSNotificationCenter object.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityApplicationActivatedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityApplicationDeactivatedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityApplicationHiddenNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityApplicationShownNotification;

Constants

NSAccessibilityApplicationActivatedNotification

Posted after the application has activated.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityApplicationDeactivatedNotification

Posted after the application has deactivated.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityApplicationHiddenNotification

Posted after the application has been hidden.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityApplicationShownNotification

Posted after the application has been shown.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Drawer and sheet notifications

Notifications that are sent to observing assistive applications when drawer and sheet events occur. The notifications are sent using the NSAccessibilityPostNotification function instead of an NSNotificationCenter object.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityDrawerCreatedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySheetCreatedNotification;

Constants

NSAccessibilityDrawerCreatedNotification

Posted after a drawer has appeared.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySheetCreatedNotification

Posted after a sheet has appeared.

Available in OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Element notifications

Notifications that are sent to observing assistive applications when certain element-related events occur. Note that these notifications are not sent from every element. The notifications are sent using the NSAccessibilityPostNotification function instead of an NSNotificationCenter object.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityCreatedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityMovedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityResizedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityTitleChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUIElementDestroyedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityValueChangedNotification;

Constants

NSAccessibilityCreatedNotification

Posted after the element has been created.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityMovedNotification

Posted after the element has been moved.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityResizedNotification

Posted after the element has been resized.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityTitleChangedNotification

Posted after the title has changed.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUIElementDestroyedNotification

Posted after the element has been destroyed.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityValueChangedNotification

Posted after the element’s value has changed.

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

Miscellaneous notifications

Notifications that are sent to observing assistive applications when certain events occur. The notifications are sent using the NSAccessibilityPostNotification function instead of an NSNotificationCenter object.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityHelpTagCreatedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRowCountChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedChildrenChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedColumnsChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedRowsChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedTextChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRowExpandedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityRowCollapsedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedCellsChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilityUnitsChangedNotification;
NSString *const NSAccessibilitySelectedChildrenMovedNotification;

Constants

NSAccessibilityHelpTagCreatedNotification

Posted after a help tag has appeared.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRowCountChangedNotification

Posted after a row has been added or deleted.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedChildrenChangedNotification

Posted after selected child elements have changed.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedColumnsChangedNotification

Posted after selected columns have changed.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedRowsChangedNotification

Posted after selected rows have changed.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedTextChangedNotification

Posted after selected text has changed.

Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRowExpandedNotification

Posted after the row has expanded.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityRowCollapsedNotification

Posted after the row has collapsed.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedCellsChangedNotification

Posted after selected cells in a cell-based table have changed.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilityUnitsChangedNotification

Posted after the units in a layout area have changed.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

NSAccessibilitySelectedChildrenMovedNotification

Posted after selected items in a layout area have moved.

Available in OS X v10.6 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

UserInfo key for error codes in accessibility exceptions

This is a key used by the userInfo dictionary of an NSAccessibilityException.

NSString *const NSAccessibilityErrorCodeExceptionInfo;

Constants

NSAccessibilityErrorCodeExceptionInfo

Integer error code used for debugging (as an NSNumber).

Available in OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared in NSAccessibility.h.

Declared In

NSAccessibility.h

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