TcxCustomGridColumn.Automation Property

Provides access to column UI Automation and accessibility-related settings.

Declaration

property Automation: TdxGridColumnAutomationSettings read; write;

Property Value

Type	Description
TdxGridColumnAutomationSettings	Stores UI Automation tree node settings for a data grid column.

Remarks

A Data Grid control, its Table Views, and, in turn, columns and rows map to nodes in the UI Automation tree. A UIA client application reads properties of the UIA node that corresponds to the focused UI element.

Available Options

The column caption serves as the default name for the corresponding node in the UI Automation tree. You can use the Automation.Name property to specify a different name for the UIA node associated with the data item and retain the current caption in the UI.

In addition, you can use the Automation.Description property to add optional information to clarify the data item purpose for users who rely on third-party assistive tools (such as Microsoft Narrator).

UIA Row Information

You can set the Automation.IncludeCellInRowName property to bTrue to explicitly include the column’s values in UIA information for corresponding grid rows. This option is useful if the column includes information that helps users to identify the focused row.

Refer to the TdxGridColumnAutomationSettings class description for detailed information on all available options.