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ISelectionProvider.GetSelection Method

Definition

Namespace:
System.Windows.Automation.Provider
Assembly:
UIAutomationProvider.dll

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Retrieves a UI Automation provider for each child element that is selected.

public:
 cli::array <System::Windows::Automation::Provider::IRawElementProviderSimple ^> ^ GetSelection();
public System.Windows.Automation.Provider.IRawElementProviderSimple[] GetSelection();
abstract member GetSelection : unit -> System.Windows.Automation.Provider.IRawElementProviderSimple[]
Public Function GetSelection () As IRawElementProviderSimple()

Returns

A collection of UI Automation providers.

Examples

The following example shows one possible implementation of this method for a list box that supports only single selection.

/// <summary>
/// Returns the UI Automation provider for the selected list items.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The selected items.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Because this is a single-selection list box, only one item is 
/// returned.
/// </remarks>
IRawElementProviderSimple[] ISelectionProvider.GetSelection()
{
 int index = OwnerListControl.SelectedIndex;
 return new IRawElementProviderSimple[] { GetProviderForIndex(index) };
}
''' <summary>
''' Returns the UI Automation provider for the selected list items.
''' </summary>
''' <returns>The selected items.</returns>
''' <remarks>
''' Because this is a single-selection list box, only one item is 
''' returned.
''' </remarks>
Private Function GetSelection() As IRawElementProviderSimple() Implements ISelectionProvider.GetSelection
 Dim index As Integer = OwnerListControl.SelectedIndex
 Return New IRawElementProviderSimple() { GetProviderForIndex(index) }
End Function

Remarks

A default empty array is returned by UIAutoCore.dll when the provider doesn't supply a value.

Applies to

See also


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