Enumeration Role

Object is a label indicating the keyboard accelerators for the parent.

Object is used to alert the user about something.

Object contains a dynamic or moving image of some kind.

An object corresponding to the toplevel accessible of an application, which may contain ATSPI_ROLE_FRAME objects or other accessible objects. Children of #AccessibleDesktop objects are generally ATSPI_ROLE_APPLICATION objects.

Object is a 2d directional indicator.

A section of a page that consists of a composition that forms an independent part of a document, page, or site. Examples: A blog entry, a news story, a forum post. Since: 2.12

An object which represents an audio element. Since: 2.12

The object is a dialog or list containing items for insertion into an entry widget, for instance a list of words for completion of a text entry.

An object which contains a text section that is quoted from another source. Since: 2.12

Object contains one or more dates, usually arranged into a 2d list.

Object that can be drawn into and is used to trap events.

The object contains descriptive information, usually textual, about another user interface element such as a table, chart, or image.

The object is a graphical depiction of quantitative data. It may contain multiple subelements whose attributes and/or description may be queried to obtain both the quantitative data and information about how the data is being presented. The ATSPI_LABELLED_BY relation is particularly important in interpreting objects of this type, as is the accessible description property. See ATSPI_ROLE_CAPTION.

A choice that can be checked or unchecked and provides a separate indicator for the current state.

A menu item that behaves like a check box. See ATSPI_ROLE_CHECK_BOX.

A specialized dialog that lets the user choose a color.

The header for a column of data.

A list of choices the user can select from.

An object found within a document and designed to present a comment, note, or other annotation. In some cases, this object might not be visible until activated.

Content previously deleted or proposed to be deleted, e.g. in revision history or a content view providing suggestions from reviewers. Since: 2.34.

Content previously inserted or proposed to be inserted, e.g. in revision history or a content view providing suggestions from reviewers. Since: 2.34.

An object which allows entry of a date.

A definition of a term or concept. Since: 2.12

An object that represents a list of term-value groups. A term-value group represents an individual description and consist of one or more names (ATSPI_ROLE_DESCRIPTION_TERM) followed by one or more values (ATSPI_ROLE_DESCRIPTION_VALUE). For each list, there should not be more than one group with the same term name. Since: 2.26.

An object that represents a term or phrase with a corresponding definition. Since: 2.26.

An object that represents the description, definition, or value of a term. Since: 2.26.

A pane that supports internal frames and iconified versions of those internal frames.

An inconifed internal frame within a DESKTOP_PANE.

An object that allows a value to be changed via rotating a visual element, or which displays a value via such a rotating element.

A top level window with title bar and a border.

A pane that allows the user to navigate through and select the contents of a directory.

A document frame which contains email content to be displayed or composed either in plain text or HTML.

The object is a visual frame or container which contains a view of document content. #AtspiDocument frames may occur within another #AtspiDocument instance, in which case the second document may be said to be embedded in the containing instance. HTML frames are often ATSPI_ROLE_DOCUMENT_FRAME: Either this object, or a singleton descendant, should implement the #AtspiDocument interface.

A document frame which contains a presentation or slide content.

A document frame which contains a spreadsheet.

A document frame which contains textual content, such as found in a word processing application.

A document frame which contains HTML or other markup suitable for display in a web browser.

A specialized dialog that displays the files in the directory and lets the user select a file, browse a different directory, or specify a filename.

The object is an editable text object in a toolbar.

The object is an embedded component container. This role is a "grouping" hint that the contained objects share a context which is different from the container in which this accessible is embedded. In particular, it is used for some kinds of document embedding, and for embedding of out-of-process component, "panel applets", etc.

The object is a component whose textual content may be entered or modified by the user, provided ATSPI_STATE_EDITABLE is present. A readonly ATSPI_ROLE_ENTRY object (i.e. where ATSPI_STATE_EDITABLE is not present) implies a read-only 'text field' in a form, as opposed to a title, label, or caption.

means that the role for this item is known, but not included in the core enumeration. Deprecated since 2.24.

An object used for drawing custom user interface elements.

A object that fills up space in a user interface.

Don't use, reserved for future use.

Allows selection of a display font.

An object that serves as a document footer.

An object that contains the text of a footnote. Since: 2.26.

The object is a containing instance of document content which has within it components with which the user can interact in order to input information; i.e. the object is a container for pushbuttons, comboboxes, text input fields, and other 'GUI' components. ATSPI_ROLE_FORM should not, in general, be used for toplevel GUI containers or dialogs, but should be reserved for 'GUI' containers which occur within document content, for instance within Web documents, presentations, or text documents. Unlike other GUI containers and dialogs which occur inside application instances, ATSPI_ROLE_FORM containers' components are associated with the current document, rather than the current foreground application or viewer instance.

A top level window with a title bar, border, menubar, etc.

A pane that is guaranteed to be painted on top of all panes beneath it.

A group of related widgets. This group typically has a label.

An object that serves as a document header.

The object serves as a heading for content which follows it in a document. The 'heading level' of the heading, if availabe, may be obtained by querying the object's attributes.

A document container for HTML, whose children represent the document content.

A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.

An image, typically static.

An image map object. Usually a graphic with multiple hotspots, where each hotspot can be activated resulting in the loading of another document or section of a document.

An object designed to present a message to the user within an existing window.

The object is a window or similar viewport which is used to allow composition or input of a 'complex character', in other words it is an "input method window".

A frame-like object that is clipped by a desktop pane.

A role indicating an error condition, such as uninitialized Role data.

An object used to present an icon or short string in an interface.

A region of a web page intended as a navigational landmark. This is designed to allow Assistive Technologies to provide quick navigation among key regions within a document. Since: 2.12

Not a valid role, used for finding end of enumeration.

A specialized pane that allows its children to be drawn in layers, providing a form of stacking order.

A bar that serves as a level indicator to, for instance, show the strength of a password or the state of a battery. Since: 2.8

The object is a hypertext anchor, i.e. a "link" in a hypertext document. Such objects are distinct from 'inline' content which may also use the #AtspiHypertext/#AtspiHyperlink interfacesto indicate the range/location within a text object where an inline or embedded object lies.

An object that presents a list of objects to the user and allows the user to select one or more of them.

A non-collapsible list of choices the user can select from.

An object that represents an element of a list.

A text widget or container holding log content, such as chat history and error logs. In this role there is a relationship between the arrival of new items in the log and the reading order. The log contains a meaningful sequence and new information is added only to the end of the log, not at arbitrary points. Since: 2.12

A run of content that is marked or highlighted, such as for reference purposes, or to call it out as having a special purpose. If the marked content has an associated section in the document elaborating on the reason for the mark, then %ATSPI_RELATION_DETAILS should be used on the mark to point to that associated section. In addition, the reciprocal relation %ATSPI_RELATION_DETAILS_FOR should be used on the associated content section to point back to the mark. Since: 2.36.

A container where non-essential information changes frequently. Common usages of marquee include stock tickers and ad banners. The primary difference between a marquee and a log is that logs usually have a meaningful order or sequence of important content changes. Since: 2.12

A text widget or container that holds a mathematical expression. Since: 2.12

An object that represents a mathematical fraction. Since: 2.16.

An object that represents a mathematical expression displayed with a radical. Since: 2.16.

An object usually found inside a menu bar that contains a list of actions the user can choose from.

An object usually drawn at the top of the primary dialog box of an application that contains a list of menus the user can choose from.

An object usually contained in a menu that presents an action the user can choose.

A transitory object designed to present a message to the user, typically at the desktop level rather than inside a particular application.

A specialized pane whose primary use is inside a dialog.

The object is a containing instance which encapsulates a page of information. ATSPI_ROLE_PAGE is used in documents and content which support a paginated navigation model.

An object that is a child of a page tab list.

An object that presents a series of panels (or page tabs), one at a time,through some mechanism provided by the object.

A generic container that is often used to group objects.

An object which is contains a single paragraph of text content. See also ATSPI_ROLE_TEXT.

A text object uses for passwords, or other places where the text content is not shown visibly to the user.

A temporary window that is usually used to offer the user a list of choices, and then hides when the user selects one of those choices.

An object used to indicate how much of a task has been completed.

An object the user can manipulate to tell the application to do something.

A specialized check box that will cause other radio buttons in the same group to become unchecked when this one is checked.

Object is both a menu item and a "radio button" . See ATSPI_ROLE_RADIO_BUTTON.

A widget whose purpose is to display a rating, such as the number of stars associated with a song in a media player. Objects of this role should also implement AtspiValue. Since: 2.12

The object is redundant with another object in the hierarchy, and is exposed for purely technical reasons. Objects of this role should be ignored by clients, if they are encountered at all.

A specialized pane that has a glass pane and a layered pane as its children.

The header for a row of data.

An object which describes margins and tab stops, etc. for text objects which it controls (should have ATSPI_RELATION_CONTROLLER_FOR relation to such).

An object usually used to allow a user to incrementally view a large amount of data by moving the bounds of a viewport along a one-dimensional axis.

An object that allows a user to incrementally view a large amount of information. ATSPI_ROLE_SCROLL_PANE objects are usually accompanied by ATSPI_ROLE_SCROLL_BAR controllers, on which the ATSPI_RELATION_CONTROLLER_FOR and ATSPI_RELATION_CONTROLLED_BY reciprocal relations are set. See #atspi_get_relation_set.

The object is a containing instance of document content which constitutes a particular 'logical' section of the document. The type of content within a section, and the nature of the section division itself, may be obtained by querying the object's attributes. Sections may be nested.

An object usually contained in a menu to provide a visible and logical separation of the contents in a menu.

An object that allows the user to select from a bounded range.

An object which allows one of a set of choices to be selected, and which displays the current choice. Unlike ATSPI_ROLE_SCROLL_BAR, ATSPI_ROLE_SLIDER objects need not control 'viewport'-like objects.

A specialized panel that presents two other panels at the same time.

A generic non-container object whose purpose is to display a brief amount of information to the user and whose role is known by the implementor but lacks semantic value for the user. Examples in which ATSPI_ROLE_STATIC is appropriate include the message displayed in a message box and an image used as an alternative means to display text. ATSPI_ROLE_STATIC should not be applied to widgets which are traditionally interactive, objects which display a significant amount of content, or any object which has an accessible relation pointing to another object. The displayed information, as a general rule, should be exposed through the accessible name of the object. For labels which describe another widget, see ATSPI_ROLE_LABEL. For text views, see ATSPI_ROLE_TEXT. For generic containers, see ATSPI_ROLE_PANEL. For objects whose role is not known by the implementor, see ATSPI_ROLE_UNKNOWN. Since: 2.16.

Object displays non-quantitative status information (c.f. ATSPI_ROLE_PROGRESS_BAR)

An object that contains text that is displayed as a subscript. Since: 2.16.

A container for content that is called out as a proposed change from the current version of the document, such as by a reviewer of the content. This role should include either %ATSPI_ROLE_CONTENT_DELETION and/or %ATSPI_ROLE_CONTENT_INSERTION children, in any order, to indicate what the actual change is. Since: 2.36

An object that contains text that is displayed as a superscript. Since: 2.16.

An object used to repesent information in terms of rows and columns.

A 'cell' or discrete child within a Table. Note: Table cells need not have ATSPI_ROLE_TABLE_CELL, other #AtspiRoleType values are valid as well.

An object which labels a particular column in an #AtspiTable.

A row in a table.

An object which labels a particular row in a #AtspiTable. #AtspiTable rows and columns may also be labelled via the ATSPI_RELATION_LABEL_FOR/``ATSPI_RELATION_LABELLED_BY relationships. See #atspi_get_relation_set.

Object allows menu to be removed from menubar and shown in its own window.

An object that emulates a terminal.

An interactive widget that supports multiple lines of text and optionally accepts user input, but whose purpose is not to solicit user input. Thus ATSPI_ROLE_TEXT is appropriate for the text view in a plain text editor but inappropriate for an input field in a dialog box or web form. For widgets whose purpose is to solicit input from the user, see ATSPI_ROLE_ENTRY and ATSPI_ROLE_PASSWORD_TEXT. For generic objects which display a brief amount of textual information, see ATSPI_ROLE_STATIC.

An object containing a numerical counter which indicates an amount of elapsed time from a start point, or the time remaining until an end point. Since: 2.12

A bar that serves as the title of a window or a dialog. Since: 2.12

A specialized push button that can be checked or unchecked, but does not procide a separate indicator for the current state.

A bar or palette usually composed of push buttons or toggle buttons.

An object that provides information about another object.

An object used to repsent hierarchical information to the user.

An object that represents an element of a tree.

An object that presents both tabular and hierarchical info to the user.

The object contains some #AtspiAccessible information, but its role is not known.

An object which represents a video element. Since: 2.12

An object usually used in a scroll pane, or to otherwise clip a larger object or content renderer to a specific onscreen viewport.

A top level window with no title or border.