AT-SPI States

 

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Introduction

The table below shows how AT-SPI states are mapped to Gecko states.

States List

State Description Gecko State
STATE_INVALID   no
STATE_ACTIVE Indicates a window is currently the active window, or is an active subelement within a container or table. EXT_STATE_ACTIVE
STATE_ARMED Indicates that the object is armed. no
STATE_BUSY Indicates the current object is busy, i.e. STATE_BUSY
STATE_CHECKED Indicates this object is currently checked. STATE_CHECKED
STATE_COLLAPSED Indicates this object is collapsed. no
STATE_DEFUNCT Indicates that this object no longer has a valid backing widget (for instance, if its peer object has been destroyed). EXT_STATE_DEFUNCT
STATE_EDITABLE Indicates the user can change the contents of this object. EXT_STATE_EDITABLE
STATE_ENABLED Indicates that this object is enabled EXT_STATE_ENABLED
STATE_EXPANDABLE Indicates this object allows progressive disclosure of its children. EXT_STATE_EXPANDABLE
STATE_EXPANDED Indicates this object its expanded. STATE_EXPANDED
STATE_FOCUSABLE Indicates this object can accept keyboard focus, which means all events resulting from typing on the keyboard will normally be passed to it when it has focus. STATE_FOCUSABLE
STATE_FOCUSED Indicates this object currently has the keyboard focus. STATE_FOCUSED
STATE_HAS_TOOLTIP Indicates that the object has an associated tooltip. no
STATE_HORIZONTAL Indicates the orientation of thsi object is horizontal. EXT_STATE_HORIZONTAL
STATE_ICONIFIED Indicates this object is minimized and is represented only by an icon. no
STATE_MODAL Indicates something must be done with this object before the user can interact with an object in a different window. EXT_STATE_MODAL
STATE_MULTI_LINE Indicates this (text) object can contain multiple lines of text. EXT_STATE_MULTI_LINE
STATE_MULTISELECTABLE Indicates this object allows more than one of its children to be selected at the same time, or in the case of text objects, that the object supports non-contiguous text selections. STATE_MULTISELECTABLE
STATE_OPAQUE Indicates this object paints every pixel within its rectangular region. EXT_STATE_OPAQUE
STATE_PRESSED Indicates this object is currently pressed. STATE_PRESSED
STATE_RESIZABLE Indicates the size of this object's size is not fixed. STATE_SIZEABLE
STATE_SELECTABLE Indicates this object is the child of an object that allows its children to be selected and that this child is one of those children that can be selected. STATE_SELECTABLE
STATE_SELECTED Indicates this object is the child of an object that allows its children to be selected and that this child is one of those children that has been selected. STATE_SELECTED
STATE_SENSITIVE Indicates this object is sensitive EXT_STATE_SENSITIVE
STATE_SHOWING Indicates this object, the object's parent, the object's parent's parent, and so on, are all 'shown' to the end-user  !STATE_OFFSCREEN
STATE_SINGLE_LINE Indicates this (text) object can contain only a single line of text. EXT_STATE_SINGLE_LINE
STATE_STALE Indicates that the information returned for this object may no longer be synchronized with the application state. EXT_STATE_STALE
STATE_TRANSIENT Indicates this object is transient. EXT_STATE_TRANSIENT
STATE_VERTICAL Indicates the orientation of this object is vertical; for example this state may appear on such objects as scrollbars, text objects (with vertical text flow), separators, etc. EXT_STATE_VERTICAL
STATE_VISIBLE Indicates this object is visible  !STATE_INVISIBLE
STATE_MANAGES_DESCENDANTS Indicates that "active-descendant-changed" event is sent when children become 'active' no
STATE_INDETERMINATE Indicates that a check box or other boolean indicator is in a state other than checked or not checked. STATE_MIXED
STATE_REQUIRED Indicates that user interaction with this object is 'required' from the user, for instance before completing the processing of a form. STATE_REQUIRED
STATE_ANIMATED Indicates this object's visual representation is dynamic, not static. STATE_ANIMATED
STATE_INVALID_ENTRY This object has indicated an error condition due to failure of input validation. STATE_INVALID
STATE_SUPPORTS_TYPEAHEAD This state indicates that the object in question implements some form of ¨typeahead¨ or pre-selection behavior whereby entering the first character of one or more sub-elements causes those elements to scroll into view or become selected. no
STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT This state indicates that the object in question supports text selection. EXT_STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT

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