Class: UIAccessibilityElement

Inherits:
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Overview

The UIAccessibilityElement class encapsulates information about an item that should be accessible to users with disabilities, but that isn’t accessible by default. For example, an icon or text image is not automatically accessible because it does not inherit from UIView (or UIControl). A view that contains such nonview items creates an instance of UIAccessibilityElement to represent each item that needs to be accessible.

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Methods inherited from NSObject

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Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from NSObject

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method in the class NSObject

Instance Attribute Details

- (Object) accessibilityContainer

The view that contains the accessibility element.

Returns:

- (CGRect) accessibilityFrame

The frame of the accessibility element, in screen coordinates. When you create an accessibility element to represent an element in your application, you must set this property to the CGRect structure that specifies the object’s screen location and size. (Objects that inherit from UIView include this information by default.)

Returns:

- (String) accessibilityHint

A string that briefly describes the result of performing an action on the accessibility element. The hint is a brief, localized description of the result of performing an action on the element without identifying the element or the action. For example, the hint for a table row that contains an email message might be “Selects the message,” but not “Tap this row to select the message.”By default, standard UIKit controls and views have system-provided hints. If you provide a custom control or view, however, you need to set this property appropriately so that assistive applications can supply accurate information to users with disabilities.

Returns:

- (String) accessibilityLabel

A string that succinctly identifies the accessibility element. The label is a very short, localized string that identifies the accessibility element, but does not include the type of the control or view. For example, the label for a Save button is “Save,” not “Save button.”By default, standard UIKit controls and views have labels that derive from their titles. If you provide a custom control or view, however, you need to set this property appropriately so that assistive applications can supply accurate information to users with disabilities.

Returns:

- (UIAccessibilityTraits) accessibilityTraits

The combination of traits that best characterize the accessibility element. A trait describes a single aspect of an element’s behavior, state, or usage. Several traits are combined in this property (using an OR operation) to give a complete picture of the element to an assistive application. See “Accessibility Traits” in UIAccessibility Protocol Reference for a complete list of traits.UIKit provides an appropriate combination of traits for all standard controls and views. When combining traits for a custom accessibility element, be sure to:Use common sense. Don’t combine traits that characterize the element in mutually exclusive ways, such as combining the button and search-field traits. Combine the traits you select with the superclass’s traits. Specifically, always combine your custom traits with [super accessibilityTraits] in the method you use to set a custom element’s traits.

Returns:

  • (UIAccessibilityTraits)

- (String) accessibilityValue

A string that represents the current value of the accessibility element. The value is a localized string that contains the current value of an element. For example, the value of a slider might be 9.5 or 35% and the value of a text field is the text it contains.Use the value property only when an accessibility element can have a value that is not represented by its label. For example, a volume slider’s label might be “Volume,” but its value is the current volume level. In this case, it’s not enough for users to know the identity of the slider, because they also need to know its current value. The label of a Save button, on the other hand, tells users everything they need to know about the control; supplying the word “Save” as a value would be unnecessary and confusing.

Returns:

- (Boolean) isAccessibilityElement

A Boolean value indicating whether the item is an accessibility element an assistive application can access. The default value for this property is NO. If the receiver is a UIKit control, the default value is YES.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

Instance Method Details

- (Object) initWithAccessibilityContainer(container)

Creates and initializes an accessibility element to represent an item in the specified container. In general, you do not create accessibility elements for items in your application because standard UIKit controls and views are accessible by default. However, if you have a view that contains nonview items, such as icons or text images, that need to be accessible to users with disabilities, you create accessibility elements to represent them. In this case, the containing view should implement the UIAccessibilityContainer informal protocol and use this method to create an accessibility element to represent each item that should be exposed to an assistive application.

Parameters:

  • container (Object) —

    The view that contains the item.

Returns:

  • (Object) —

    An accessibility element to represent a non-view item in the container.