Accessibility Question

[GeoffEngelstein]

We are updating our app for accessibility using the AutomationProperties.Name and AutomationProperties.HelpText properties. When we apply them to the material design xaml Popup Box they do not propagate to the subcontrols. We can modify the control template to do this, but I was wondering if anyone had perhaps gone through this already and would be willing to share any tips or source code.

[nicolaihenriksen]

@GeoffEngelstein I am curious as to why you want the automation properties to effectively be inherited? I have not seen such a use of them before, but that doesn't mean it cannot serve a purpose; so I am genuinely interested.

I don't believe there is anything stopping you from applying automation properties on the controls in PopupBox.Content...

[GeoffEngelstein]

You are correct that the controls in the content part are fine.

The accessibility testing tool is reporting that the popup part is not compliant. I should have clarified - the content part of the popup is fine. If we set automation properties there it is OK. We are getting the error on the 'button' part of the popup that triggers the content to open.

My current plan is to do it through an attached property that just finds what it needs through the visual tree rather than mess around with the template. I will report back when I get some time to try it.