Role

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Description:

Content:

Enum values:

• ACCELERATOR_LABEL - Object is a label indicating the keyboard accelerators for the parent.
• ALERT - Object is used to alert the user about something.
• ANIMATION - Object contains a dynamic or moving image of some kind.
• APPLICATION - An object corresponding to the toplevel accessible of an application, which may contain ATSPI_ROLE_FRAME objects or other accessible objects.
• ARROW - Object is a 2d directional indicator.
• ARTICLE - A section of a page that consists of a composition that forms an independent part of a document, page, or site.
• AUDIO - An object which represents an audio element.
• AUTOCOMPLETE - The object is a dialog or list containing items for insertion into an entry widget, for instance a list of words for completion of a text entry.
• BLOCK_QUOTE - An object which contains a text section that is quoted from another source.
• CALENDAR - Object contains one or more dates, usually arranged into a 2d list.
• CANVAS - Object that can be drawn into and is used to trap events.
• CAPTION - The object contains descriptive information, usually textual, about another user interface element such as a table, chart, or image.
• CHART - The object is a graphical depiction of quantitative data.
• CHECK_BOX - A choice that can be checked or unchecked and provides a separate indicator for the current state.
• CHECK_MENU_ITEM - A menu item that behaves like a check box.
• COLOR_CHOOSER - A specialized dialog that lets the user choose a color.
• COLUMN_HEADER - The header for a column of data.
• COMBO_BOX - A list of choices the user can select from.
• COMMENT - An object found within a document and designed to present a comment, note, or other annotation.
• CONTENT_DELETION - Content previously deleted or proposed to be deleted, e.
• CONTENT_INSERTION - Content previously inserted or proposed to be inserted, e.
• DATE_EDITOR - An object which allows entry of a date.
• DEFINITION - A definition of a term or concept.
• DESCRIPTION_LIST - An object that represents a list of term-value groups.
• DESCRIPTION_TERM - An object that represents a term or phrase with a corresponding definition.
• DESCRIPTION_VALUE - An object that represents the description, definition, or value of a term.
• DESKTOP_FRAME - A pane that supports internal frames and iconified versions of those internal frames.
• DESKTOP_ICON - An inconifed internal frame within a DESKTOP_PANE.
• DIAL - An object that allows a value to be changed via rotating a visual element, or which displays a value via such a rotating element.
• DIALOG - A top level window with title bar and a border.
• DIRECTORY_PANE - A pane that allows the user to navigate through and select the contents of a directory.
• DOCUMENT_EMAIL - A document frame which contains email content to be displayed or composed either in plain text or HTML.
• DOCUMENT_FRAME - The object is a visual frame or container which contains a view of document content.
• DOCUMENT_PRESENTATION - A document frame which contains a presentation or slide content.
• DOCUMENT_SPREADSHEET - A document frame which contains a spreadsheet.
• DOCUMENT_TEXT - A document frame which contains textual content, such as found in a word processing application.
• DOCUMENT_WEB - A document frame which contains HTML or other markup suitable for display in a web browser.
• DRAWING_AREA - A specialized dialog that displays the files in the directory and lets the user select a file, browse a different directory, or specify a filename.
• EDITBAR - The object is an editable text object in a toolbar.
• EMBEDDED - The object is an embedded component container.
• ENTRY - The object is a component whose textual content may be entered or modified by the user, provided ATSPI_STATE_EDITABLE is present.
• EXTENDED - means that the role for this item is known, but not included in the core enumeration.
• FILE_CHOOSER - An object used for drawing custom user interface elements.
• FILLER - A object that fills up space in a user interface.
• FOCUS_TRAVERSABLE - Don't use, reserved for future use.
• FONT_CHOOSER - Allows selection of a display font.
• FOOTER - An object that serves as a document footer.
• FOOTNOTE - An object that contains the text of a footnote.
• FORM - The object is a containing instance of document content which has within it components with which the user can interact in order to input information; i.
• FRAME - A top level window with a title bar, border, menubar, etc.
• GLASS_PANE - A pane that is guaranteed to be painted on top of all panes beneath it.
• GROUPING - A group of related widgets.
• HEADER - An object that serves as a document header.
• HEADING - The object serves as a heading for content which follows it in a document.
• HTML_CONTAINER - A document container for HTML, whose children represent the document content.
• ICON - A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
• IMAGE - An image, typically static.
• IMAGE_MAP - An image map object.
• INFO_BAR - An object designed to present a message to the user within an existing window.
• INPUT_METHOD_WINDOW - The object is a window or similar viewport which is used to allow composition or input of a 'complex character', in other words it is an "input method window".
• INTERNAL_FRAME - A frame-like object that is clipped by a desktop pane.
• INVALID - A role indicating an error condition, such as uninitialized Role data.
• LABEL - An object used to present an icon or short string in an interface.
• LANDMARK - A region of a web page intended as a navigational landmark.
• LAST_DEFINED - Not a valid role, used for finding end of enumeration.
• LAYERED_PANE - A specialized pane that allows its children to be drawn in layers, providing a form of stacking order.
• LEVEL_BAR - A bar that serves as a level indicator to, for instance, show the strength of a password or the state of a battery.
• LINK - The object is a hypertext anchor, i.
• LIST - An object that presents a list of objects to the user and allows the user to select one or more of them.
• LIST_BOX - A non-collapsible list of choices the user can select from.
• LIST_ITEM - An object that represents an element of a list.
• LOG - A text widget or container holding log content, such as chat history and error logs.
• MARK - A run of content that is marked or highlighted, such as for reference purposes, or to call it out as having a special purpose.
• MARQUEE - A container where non-essential information changes frequently.
• MATH - A text widget or container that holds a mathematical expression.
• MATH_FRACTION - An object that represents a mathematical fraction.
• MATH_ROOT - An object that represents a mathematical expression displayed with a radical.
• MENU - An object usually found inside a menu bar that contains a list of actions the user can choose from.
• MENU_BAR - An object usually drawn at the top of the primary dialog box of an application that contains a list of menus the user can choose from.
• MENU_ITEM - An object usually contained in a menu that presents an action the user can choose.
• NOTIFICATION - A transitory object designed to present a message to the user, typically at the desktop level rather than inside a particular application.
• OPTION_PANE - A specialized pane whose primary use is inside a dialog.
• PAGE - The object is a containing instance which encapsulates a page of information.
• PAGE_TAB - An object that is a child of a page tab list.
• PAGE_TAB_LIST - An object that presents a series of panels (or page tabs), one at a time,through some mechanism provided by the object.
• PANEL - A generic container that is often used to group objects.
• PARAGRAPH - An object which is contains a single paragraph of text content.
• PASSWORD_TEXT - A text object uses for passwords, or other places where the text content is not shown visibly to the user.
• POPUP_MENU - A temporary window that is usually used to offer the user a list of choices, and then hides when the user selects one of those choices.
• PROGRESS_BAR - An object used to indicate how much of a task has been completed.
• PUSH_BUTTON - An object the user can manipulate to tell the application to do something.
• RADIO_BUTTON - A specialized check box that will cause other radio buttons in the same group to become unchecked when this one is checked.
• RADIO_MENU_ITEM - Object is both a menu item and a "radio button" .
• RATING - A widget whose purpose is to display a rating, such as the number of stars associated with a song in a media player.
• REDUNDANT_OBJECT - The object is redundant with another object in the hierarchy, and is exposed for purely technical reasons.
• ROOT_PANE - A specialized pane that has a glass pane and a layered pane as its children.
• ROW_HEADER - The header for a row of data.
• RULER - An object which describes margins and tab stops, etc.
• SCROLL_BAR - An object usually used to allow a user to incrementally view a large amount of data by moving the bounds of a viewport along a one-dimensional axis.
• SCROLL_PANE - An object that allows a user to incrementally view a large amount of information.
• SECTION - The object is a containing instance of document content which constitutes a particular 'logical' section of the document.
• SEPARATOR - An object usually contained in a menu to provide a visible and logical separation of the contents in a menu.
• SLIDER - An object that allows the user to select from a bounded range.
• SPIN_BUTTON - An object which allows one of a set of choices to be selected, and which displays the current choice.
• SPLIT_PANE - A specialized panel that presents two other panels at the same time.
• STATIC - A generic non-container object whose purpose is to display a brief amount of information to the user and whose role is known by the implementor but lacks semantic value for the user.
• STATUS_BAR - Object displays non-quantitative status information (c.
• SUBSCRIPT - An object that contains text that is displayed as a subscript.
• SUGGESTION - A container for content that is called out as a proposed change from the current version of the document, such as by a reviewer of the content.
• SUPERSCRIPT - An object that contains text that is displayed as a superscript.
• TABLE - An object used to repesent information in terms of rows and columns.
• TABLE_CELL - A 'cell' or discrete child within a Table.
• TABLE_COLUMN_HEADER - An object which labels a particular column in an Table.
• TABLE_ROW - A row in a table.
• TABLE_ROW_HEADER - An object which labels a particular row in a Table.
• TEAROFF_MENU_ITEM - Object allows menu to be removed from menubar and shown in its own window.
• TERMINAL - An object that emulates a terminal.
• TEXT - An interactive widget that supports multiple lines of text and optionally accepts user input, but whose purpose is not to solicit user input.
• TIMER - An object containing a numerical counter which indicates an amount of elapsed time from a start point, or the time remaining until an end point.
• TITLE_BAR - A bar that serves as the title of a window or a dialog.
• TOGGLE_BUTTON - A specialized push button that can be checked or unchecked, but does not procide a separate indicator for the current state.
• TOOL_BAR - A bar or palette usually composed of push buttons or toggle buttons.
• TOOL_TIP - An object that provides information about another object.
• TREE - An object used to repsent hierarchical information to the user.
• TREE_ITEM - An object that represents an element of a tree.
• TREE_TABLE - An object that presents both tabular and hierarchical info to the user.
• UNKNOWN - The object contains some Accessible information, but its role is not known.
• VIDEO - An object which represents a video element.
• VIEWPORT - An object usually used in a scroll pane, or to otherwise clip a larger object or content renderer to a specific onscreen viewport.
• WINDOW - A top level window with no title or border.

Methods:

• public string get_name ()
  Gets a localizable string that indicates the name of an Role.