[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
The IAccessible interface is the heart of Active Accessibility. Applications provide this Component Object Model (COM) interface on behalf of user interface elements.
The IAccessible interface methods can be organized into the following groups.
| Navigation and Hierarchy | IAccessible::accNavigate |
| IAccessible::get_accChild | |
| IAccessible::get_accParent | |
| Property Access | IAccessible::accLocation |
| IAccessible::get_accChildCount | |
| IAccessible::get_accDefaultAction | |
| IAccessible::get_accDescription | |
| IAccessible::get_accHelp | |
| IAccessible::get_accHelpTopic | |
| IAccessible::get_accKeyboardShortcut | |
| IAccessible::get_accName | |
| IAccessible::get_accRole | |
| IAccessible::get_accState | |
| IAccessible::get_accValue | |
| IAccessible::put_accName | |
| IAccessible::put_accValue | |
| Selection and Focus | IAccessible::accSelect |
| IAccessible::get_accFocus | |
| IAccessible::get_accSelection | |
| Miscellaneous | IAccessible::accHitTest |
| IAccessible::accDoDefaultAction | |