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Building Accessible Universal Windows Apps Session code Building Accessible Universal Windows Apps Sean Hayes & Mariah Dunn

By the end of this talk you will know: 2/25/2019 1:55 PM By the end of this talk you will know: How to make a databound templated control, such as ListView, accessible by working with the Windows Automation system © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Make your app usable by the widest possible audience 2/25/2019 1:55 PM Make your app usable by the widest possible audience Windows accommodations that rely on Automation: Narrator (Blindness accommodation) Magnifier (Low vision accommodation) Windows Speech Recognition (Mobility accommodation) © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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What changes do we need to make for a templated data-bound container 2/25/2019 1:55 PM What changes do we need to make for a templated data-bound container Intercept the choosing container events: In the event handler return a subclass of ListViewItem For the subclass return a new automation peer In the automation peer override the property methods and implement the patterns. Name Value pattern © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Automation Provider (your app) 2/25/2019 1:55 PM Automation Provider (your app) 90% of the work is done in the framework 10% App code responsibility Use the right semantic constructs Order your markup appropriately Provide information that the framework cannot deduce automatically Ensure that the expected events are hooked up © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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