Fix screen reader issues with CardAction/Button/MenuItem/NavigationViewItem

src/Wpf.Ui/Controls/CardAction/CardAction.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 // All Rights Reserved.
 
 // ReSharper disable once CheckNamespace
+using System.Windows.Automation.Peers;
+
 namespace Wpf.Ui.Controls;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -48,4 +50,9 @@ public IconElement? Icon
         get => (IconElement?)GetValue(IconProperty);
         set => SetValue(IconProperty, value);
     }
-}
+
+    protected override AutomationPeer OnCreateAutomationPeer()
+    {
+        return new CardActionAutomationPeer(this);
+    }
+}

src/Wpf.Ui/Controls/CardAction/CardActionAutomationPeer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the MIT License.
+// If a copy of the MIT was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+// Copyright (C) Leszek Pomianowski and WPF UI Contributors.
+// All Rights Reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Automation;
+using System.Windows.Automation.Peers;
+
+namespace Wpf.Ui.Controls;
+
+internal class CardActionAutomationPeer : FrameworkElementAutomationPeer
+{
+    private readonly CardAction _owner;
+
+    public CardActionAutomationPeer(CardAction owner)
+        : base(owner)
+    {
+        _owner = owner;
+    }
+
+    protected override string GetClassNameCore()
+    {
+        return "Button";
+    }
+
+    protected override AutomationControlType GetAutomationControlTypeCore()
+    {
+        return AutomationControlType.Button;
+    }
+
+    public override object GetPattern(PatternInterface patternInterface)
+    {
+        if (patternInterface == PatternInterface.ItemContainer)
+        {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        return base.GetPattern(patternInterface);
+    }
+
+    protected override AutomationPeer GetLabeledByCore()
+    {
+        if (_owner.Content is UIElement element)
+        {
+            return CreatePeerForElement(element);
+        }
+
+        return base.GetLabeledByCore();
+    }
+
+    protected override string GetNameCore()
+    {
+        var result = base.GetNameCore() ?? string.Empty;
+
+        if (result == string.Empty)
+        {
+            result = AutomationProperties.GetName(_owner);
+        }
+
+        if (result == string.Empty && _owner.Content is DependencyObject d)
+        {
+            result = AutomationProperties.GetName(d);
+        }
+
+        if (result == string.Empty && _owner.Content is string s)
+        {
+            result = s;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}

src/Wpf.Ui/Controls/Menu/MenuItem.xaml

@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@
                         ContentSource="Header"
                         RecognizesAccessKey="True"
                         TextElement.Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" />
+                    <!-- TextBlock added so that screen readers don't try to read Icon -->
+                    <TextBlock Grid.Column="0"
+                        Grid.ColumnSpan="3"
+                        Width="{Binding Width, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                        Height="{Binding Height, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                        Margin="-10"
+                        FontSize="1"
+                        Opacity="0"
+                        Text="{Binding AutomationProperties.Name, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                        Background="Black"/>
                 </Grid>
 
                 <Popup
@@ -181,6 +191,16 @@
                     ContentSource="Header"
                     RecognizesAccessKey="True"
                     TextElement.Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" />
+                <!-- TextBlock added so that screen readers don't try to read Icon -->
+                <TextBlock Grid.Column="0"
+                   Grid.ColumnSpan="3"
+                   Width="{Binding Width, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                   Height="{Binding Height, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                   Margin="-10"
+                   FontSize="1"
+                   Opacity="0"
+                   Text="{Binding AutomationProperties.Name, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                   Background="Black"/>
             </Grid>
         </Border>
         <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
@@ -264,6 +284,17 @@
                     FontSize="11"
                     Foreground="{DynamicResource TextFillColorDisabledBrush}"
                     Text="{TemplateBinding InputGestureText}" />
+
+                <!-- TextBlock added so that screen readers don't try to read Icon -->
+                <TextBlock Grid.Column="0"
+                   Grid.ColumnSpan="5"
+                   Width="{Binding Width, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                   Height="{Binding Height, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                   Margin="-10"
+                   FontSize="1"
+                   Opacity="0"
+                   Text="{Binding AutomationProperties.Name, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                   Background="Black"/>
             </Grid>
         </Border>
         <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
@@ -334,6 +365,17 @@
                             FontSize="{TemplateBinding FontSize}"
                             Symbol="ChevronRight20" />
                     </Grid>
+
+                    <!-- Fix double narration from mousing over the button and then the associated text -->
+                    <TextBlock Grid.Column="0"
+                        Grid.ColumnSpan="3"
+                        Width="{Binding Width, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                        Height="{Binding Height, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                        Margin="-10"
+                        FontSize="1"
+                        Opacity="0"
+                        Text="{Binding AutomationProperties.Name, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type MenuItem}}}"
+                        Background="Black"/>
                 </Grid>
             </Border>
 

src/Wpf.Ui/Controls/NavigationView/NavigationViewItem.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using System.Windows.Automation.Peers;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Input;
 
@@ -438,6 +439,11 @@ protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseButtonEventArgs e)
         e.Handled = true;
     }
 
+    protected override AutomationPeer OnCreateAutomationPeer()
+    {
+        return new NavigationViewItemAutomationPeer(this);
+    }
+
     private void OnMenuItems_CollectionChanged(object? sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
     {
         SetValue(HasMenuItemsPropertyKey, MenuItems.Count > 0);

src/Wpf.Ui/Controls/NavigationView/NavigationViewItemAutomationPeer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the MIT License.
+// If a copy of the MIT was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+// Copyright (C) Leszek Pomianowski and WPF UI Contributors.
+// All Rights Reserved.
+
+using System.Windows.Automation;
+using System.Windows.Automation.Peers;
+
+namespace Wpf.Ui.Controls;
+
+internal class NavigationViewItemAutomationPeer : FrameworkElementAutomationPeer
+{
+    private readonly NavigationViewItem _owner;
+
+    public NavigationViewItemAutomationPeer(NavigationViewItem owner)
+        : base(owner)
+    {
+        _owner = owner;
+    }
+
+    protected override string GetClassNameCore()
+    {
+        return "NavigationItem";
+    }
+
+    protected override AutomationControlType GetAutomationControlTypeCore()
+    {
+        return AutomationControlType.TabItem;
+    }
+
+    public override object GetPattern(PatternInterface patternInterface)
+    {
+        if (patternInterface == PatternInterface.ItemContainer)
+        {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        return base.GetPattern(patternInterface);
+    }
+
+    protected override AutomationPeer GetLabeledByCore()
+    {
+        if (_owner.Content is UIElement element)
+        {
+            return CreatePeerForElement(element);
+        }
+
+        return base.GetLabeledByCore();
+    }
+
+    protected override string GetNameCore()
+    {
+        var result = base.GetNameCore() ?? string.Empty;
+
+        if (result == string.Empty)
+        {
+            result = AutomationProperties.GetName(_owner);
+        }
+
+        if (result == string.Empty && _owner.Content is DependencyObject d)
+        {
+            result = AutomationProperties.GetName(d);
+        }
+
+        if (result == string.Empty && _owner.Content is string s)
+        {
+            result = s;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}