Setting AutomationProperties.Name to all parts

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Posted 14 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hello,

Your options are:

1. Use implicit Styles for the various parts (i.e. DateTimeMonthPart) with a setter for AutomationProperties.Name
2. Override the metadata for the AutomationProperties.NameProperty for the various parts
3. Explicitly set the AutomationProperties.NameProperty for the parts when they are created. This would require that you create a derivation of the parts-editor and it's group, which is a bit more work.

We will go ahead and set this by default for the next build. If you have any suggestions for the automation names, please let us know.

Actipro Software Support

Posted 14 years ago by FinallyInSeattle

I'm attempting to do #2, but UISpy is still showing a blank for the Name property. Here's the code - am I missing something?:


    static ActiproDateTimeEditBox()
    {
      AutomationProperties.NameProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(DateTimeMonthPart), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata("Month"));
      AutomationProperties.NameProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(DateTimeDayPart), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata("Day"));
      AutomationProperties.NameProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(DateTimeYearPart), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata("Year"));
      AutomationProperties.NameProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(DateTimeHourPart), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata("Hour"));
      AutomationProperties.NameProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(DateTimeMinutePart), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata("Minute"));
    }

Posted 14 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hello,

Sorry, the issue is that UI Spy lists the MaskedTextBox used in the control template of the various parts, not the part itself. You'd need to update the Style used on the MaskedTextBox to pull the automation name from the templated part. Something like this works:

<Style x:Key="{x:Static themes:EditorsCommonDictionary.MaskedTextBoxInlineStyleKey}"
        TargetType="editors:MaskedTextBox"
        BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Static themes:EditorsCommonDictionary.MaskedTextBoxInlineStyleKey}}">
    <Setter Property="AutomationProperties.Name"
            Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=(AutomationProperties.Name)}" />
</Style>

You can then set the automation name like you have, or use an implicit Style.

Actipro Software Support

Posted 14 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hello,

Just fyi, we've updated the next maintenance release to set the Automation.Name property by default (like shown above).

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v24.1.2) was released 7 days ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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