IUIAutomationTextPattern Interface

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06/12/2009

Exposes methods and properties of UI Automation elements that contain text.

IUIAutomationTextPattern Members

DocumentRange Retrieves a text range that encloses the main text of a document.

GetSelection Retrieves a collection of disjoint text ranges associated with the current text selection or selections.

GetVisibleRanges Retrieves an array of disjoint text ranges from a text container where each text range begins with the first partially visible line and ends at the end of the last partially visible line.

RangeFromChild Retrieves a text range enclosing a child element such as an image, hyperlink, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, or other embedded object.

RangeFromPoint Retrieves the degenerate (empty) text range nearest to the specified screen coordinates.

SupportedTextSelection Retrieves a value that specifies whether a text provider supports selection and, if so, the type of selection supported.

Interface Information

Inherits from IUnknown

Header and IDL files uiautomation.h, uiautomationclient.idl

Minimum operating systems Windows 7

DocumentRange	Retrieves a text range that encloses the main text of a document.
GetSelection	Retrieves a collection of disjoint text ranges associated with the current text selection or selections.
GetVisibleRanges	Retrieves an array of disjoint text ranges from a text container where each text range begins with the first partially visible line and ends at the end of the last partially visible line.
RangeFromChild	Retrieves a text range enclosing a child element such as an image, hyperlink, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, or other embedded object.
RangeFromPoint	Retrieves the degenerate (empty) text range nearest to the specified screen coordinates.
SupportedTextSelection	Retrieves a value that specifies whether a text provider supports selection and, if so, the type of selection supported.

Inherits from	IUnknown
Header and IDL files	uiautomation.h, uiautomationclient.idl
Minimum operating systems	Windows 7

IUIAutomationTextPattern Interface

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