MSAA Events

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Introduction

Proposed mapping IA2 Events to Gecko Events.

Events List

IA2 Event ('IA2_EVENT_' prefix is omitted)	Description	Gecko Event
ACTION_CHANGED	The change of the number or attributes of actions of an accessible object is signaled by events of this type.	EVENT_ACTION_CHANGE
ACTIVE_DECENDENT_CHANGED	The active descendant of a component has changed. The active descendant is used in objects with transient children	EVENT_ACTIVE_DECENDENT_CHANGED
DOCUMENT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED	The document wide attributes of the document object have changed.	EVENT_DOCUMENT_ATTRIBUTES_CHANGED
DOCUMENT_LOAD_COMPLETE	The loading of the document has completed.	EVENT_DOCUMENT_LOAD_COMPLETE
DOCUMENT_LOAD_STOPPED	The loading of the document was interrupted.	EVENT_DOCUMENT_LOAD_STOPPED
DOCUMENT_RELOAD	The document contents are being reloaded.	EVENT_DOCUMENT_RELOAD
HYPERLINK_END_INDEX_CHANGED	The ending index of this link within the containing string has changed.	EVENT_HYPERLINK_END_INDEX_CHANGED
HYPERLINK_NUMBER_OF_ANCHORS_CHANGED	The number of anchors assoicated with this hyperlink object has changed.	EVENT_HYPERLINK_NUMBER_OF_ANCHORS_CHANGED
HYPERLINK_SELECTED_LINK_CHANGED	The hyperlink selected state changed from selected to unselected or from unselected to selected.	EVENT_HYPERLINK_SELECTED_LINK_CHANGED
HYPERTEXT_LINK_ACTIVATED	One of the links associated with the hypertext object has been activated.	EVENT_HYPERTEXT_LINK_ACTIVATED
HYPERTEXT_LINK_SELECTED	One of the links associated with the hypertext object has been selected.	EVENT_HYPERTEXT_LINK_SELECTED
HYPERLINK_START_INDEX_CHANGED	The starting index of this link within the containing string has changed.	EVENT_HYPERLINK_START_INDEX_CHANGED
HYPERTEXT_CHANGED	Focus has changed from one hypertext object to another, or focus moved from a non-hypertext object to a hypertext object, or focus moved from a hypertext object to a non-hypertext object.	EVENT_HYPERTEXT_CHANGED
HYPERTEXT_NLINKS_CHANGED	The number of hyperlinks associated with a hypertext object changed.	EVENT_HYPERTEXT_NLINKS_CHANGED
OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED	An object's attributes changed.	EVENT_OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED
PAGE_CHANGED	A slide changed in a presentation document or a page boundary was crossed in a word processing document.	EVENT_PAGE_CHANGED
ROLE_CHANGED	An object's role changed.	EVENT_ROLE_CHANGED
TABLE_CAPTION_CHANGED	A table caption changed.	EVENT_TABLE_CAPTION_CHANGED
TABLE_COLUMN_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED	A table's column description changed.	EVENT_TABLE_COLUMN_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED
TABLE_COLUMN_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED	A table's column description changed.	EVENT_TABLE_COLUMN_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED
TABLE_COLUMN_HEADER_CHANGED	A table's column header changed.	EVENT_TABLE_COLUMN_HEADER_CHANGED
TABLE_MODEL_CHANGED	A table's data changed.	EVENT_TABLE_MODEL_CHANGED
TABLE_ROW_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED	A table's row description changed.	EVENT_TABLE_ROW_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED
TABLE_ROW_HEADER_CHANGED	A table's row header changed.	EVENT_TABLE_ROW_HEADER_CHANGED
TABLE_SUMMARY_CHANGED	A table's summary changed.	EVENT_TABLE_SUMMARY_CHANGED
TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED	A text object's attributes changed.	EVENT_TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED
TEXT_CARET_MOVED	The caret has moved to a new position.	EVENT_TEXT_CARET_MOVED
TEXT_CHANGED	This event indicates general text changes, i.e. changes to text that is exposed through the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText interfaces.	EVENT_TEXT_CHANGED
TEXT_INSERTED	Text was inserted.	EVENT_TEXT_INSERTED
TEXT_REMOVED	Text was removed.	EVENT_TEXT_REMOVED
TEXT_UPDATED	Text was updated.	EVENT_TEXT_UPDATED
TEXT_SELECTION_CHANGED	The text selection changed.	EVENT_TEXT_SELECTION_CHANGED
VISIBLE_DATA_CHANGED	A visibile data event indicates the change of the visual appearance of an accessible object. This includes for example most of the attributes available via the IAccessibleComponent interface.	EVENT_VISIBLE_DATA_CHANGED
COLUMN_CHANGED	The caret moved from one column to the next.	EVENT_COLUMN_CHANGED
SECTION_CHANGED	The caret moved from one section to the next.	EVENT_SECTION_CHANGED