nsIAccessibleRelation

This interface gives access to an accessible’s set of relations.

Methods

getTarget(index)

Returns one accessible relation target.

Parameters

getTargets()

Returns multiple accessible relation targets.

Attributes

relationType

Returns the type of the relation.

targetsCount

Returns the number of targets for this relation.

Constants

RELATION_LABELLED_BY

This object is labelled by a target object.

RELATION_LABEL_FOR

This object is label for a target object.

RELATION_DESCRIBED_BY

This object is described by the target object.

RELATION_DESCRIPTION_FOR

This object is describes the target object.

RELATION_NODE_CHILD_OF

This object is a child of a target object.

RELATION_NODE_PARENT_OF

This object is a parent of a target object. A dual relation to
RELATION_NODE_CHILD_OF

RELATION_CONTROLLED_BY

Some attribute of this object is affected by a target object.

RELATION_CONTROLLER_FOR

This object is interactive and controls some attribute of a target object.

RELATION_FLOWS_TO

Content flows from this object to a target object, i.e. has content that
flows logically to another object in a sequential way, e.g. text flow.

RELATION_FLOWS_FROM

Content flows to this object from a target object, i.e. has content that
flows logically from another object in a sequential way, e.g. text flow.

RELATION_MEMBER_OF

This object is a member of a group of one or more objects. When there is
more than one object in the group each member may have one and the same
target, e.g. a grouping object. It is also possible that each member has
multiple additional targets, e.g. one for every other member in the group.

RELATION_SUBWINDOW_OF

This object is a sub window of a target object.

RELATION_EMBEDS

This object embeds a target object. This relation can be used on the
OBJID_CLIENT accessible for a top level window to show where the content
areas are.

RELATION_EMBEDDED_BY

This object is embedded by a target object.

RELATION_POPUP_FOR

This object is a transient component related to the target object. When
this object is activated the target object doesn’t lose focus.

RELATION_PARENT_WINDOW_OF

This object is a parent window of the target object.

RELATION_DEFAULT_BUTTON

Part of a form/dialog with a related default button. It is used for
MSAA/XPCOM, it isn’t for IA2 or ATK.

RELATION_CONTAINING_DOCUMENT

The target object is the containing document object.

RELATION_CONTAINING_TAB_PANE

The target object is the topmost containing document object in the tab pane.

RELATION_CONTAINING_APPLICATION

The target object is the containing application object.