---
title: Attributes
framework: applicationservices
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: applicationservices/carbon_accessibility/attributes
---

# Attributes

Define the attributes available for accessibility objects.

## Overview

Overview See the “Roles and Associated Attributes” appendix in Accessibility Programming Guide for OS X for more information on which attributes are associated with a specific role.

## Topics

### Constants

- [kAXRoleAttribute](applicationservices/kaxroleattribute.md)
- [kAXSubroleAttribute](applicationservices/kaxsubroleattribute.md)
- [kAXRoleDescriptionAttribute](applicationservices/kaxroledescriptionattribute.md)
- [kAXHelpAttribute](applicationservices/kaxhelpattribute.md)
- [kAXTitleAttribute](applicationservices/kaxtitleattribute.md)
- [kAXValueAttribute](applicationservices/kaxvalueattribute.md)
- [kAXMinValueAttribute](applicationservices/kaxminvalueattribute.md)
- [kAXMaxValueAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmaxvalueattribute.md)
- [kAXValueIncrementAttribute](applicationservices/kaxvalueincrementattribute.md)
- [kAXAllowedValuesAttribute](applicationservices/kaxallowedvaluesattribute.md)
- [kAXEnabledAttribute](applicationservices/kaxenabledattribute.md)
- [kAXFocusedAttribute](applicationservices/kaxfocusedattribute.md)
- [kAXParentAttribute](applicationservices/kaxparentattribute.md)
- [kAXChildrenAttribute](applicationservices/kaxchildrenattribute.md)
- [kAXSelectedChildrenAttribute](applicationservices/kaxselectedchildrenattribute.md)
- [kAXVisibleChildrenAttribute](applicationservices/kaxvisiblechildrenattribute.md)
- [kAXWindowAttribute](applicationservices/kaxwindowattribute.md)
- [kAXPositionAttribute](applicationservices/kaxpositionattribute.md)
- [kAXTopLevelUIElementAttribute](applicationservices/kaxtopleveluielementattribute.md)
- [kAXSizeAttribute](applicationservices/kaxsizeattribute.md)
- [kAXOrientationAttribute](applicationservices/kaxorientationattribute.md)
- [kAXDescriptionAttribute](applicationservices/kaxdescriptionattribute.md)
- [kAXSelectedTextAttribute](applicationservices/kaxselectedtextattribute.md)
- [kAXSelectedTextRangeAttribute](applicationservices/kaxselectedtextrangeattribute.md)
- [kAXVisibleCharacterRangeAttribute](applicationservices/kaxvisiblecharacterrangeattribute.md)
- [kAXNumberOfCharactersAttribute](applicationservices/kaxnumberofcharactersattribute.md)
- [kAXSharedTextUIElementsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxsharedtextuielementsattribute.md)
- [kAXSharedCharacterRangeAttribute](applicationservices/kaxsharedcharacterrangeattribute.md)
- [kAXMainAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmainattribute.md)
- [kAXMinimizedAttribute](applicationservices/kaxminimizedattribute.md)
- [kAXCloseButtonAttribute](applicationservices/kaxclosebuttonattribute.md)
- [kAXZoomButtonAttribute](applicationservices/kaxzoombuttonattribute.md)
- [kAXMinimizeButtonAttribute](applicationservices/kaxminimizebuttonattribute.md)
- [kAXToolbarButtonAttribute](applicationservices/kaxtoolbarbuttonattribute.md)
- [kAXGrowAreaAttribute](applicationservices/kaxgrowareaattribute.md)
- [kAXProxyAttribute](applicationservices/kaxproxyattribute.md)
- [kAXModalAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmodalattribute.md)
- [kAXDefaultButtonAttribute](applicationservices/kaxdefaultbuttonattribute.md)
- [kAXCancelButtonAttribute](applicationservices/kaxcancelbuttonattribute.md)
- [kAXMenuItemCmdCharAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmenuitemcmdcharattribute.md)
- [kAXMenuItemCmdVirtualKeyAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmenuitemcmdvirtualkeyattribute.md)
- [kAXMenuItemCmdGlyphAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmenuitemcmdglyphattribute.md)
- [kAXMenuItemCmdModifiersAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmenuitemcmdmodifiersattribute.md)
- [kAXMenuItemMarkCharAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmenuitemmarkcharattribute.md)
- [kAXMenuItemPrimaryUIElementAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmenuitemprimaryuielementattribute.md)
- [kAXMenuBarAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmenubarattribute.md)
- [kAXWindowsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxwindowsattribute.md)
- [kAXFrontmostAttribute](applicationservices/kaxfrontmostattribute.md)
- [kAXHiddenAttribute](applicationservices/kaxhiddenattribute.md)
- [kAXMainWindowAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmainwindowattribute.md)
- [kAXFocusedWindowAttribute](applicationservices/kaxfocusedwindowattribute.md)
- [kAXHeaderAttribute](applicationservices/kaxheaderattribute.md)
- [kAXEditedAttribute](applicationservices/kaxeditedattribute.md)
- [kAXTitleUIElementAttribute](applicationservices/kaxtitleuielementattribute.md)
- [kAXValueWrapsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxvaluewrapsattribute.md)
- [kAXTabsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxtabsattribute.md)
- [kAXHorizontalScrollBarAttribute](applicationservices/kaxhorizontalscrollbarattribute.md)
- [kAXVerticalScrollBarAttribute](applicationservices/kaxverticalscrollbarattribute.md)
- [kAXOverflowButtonAttribute](applicationservices/kaxoverflowbuttonattribute.md)
- [kAXFilenameAttribute](applicationservices/kaxfilenameattribute.md)
- [kAXExpandedAttribute](applicationservices/kaxexpandedattribute.md)
- [kAXSelectedAttribute](applicationservices/kaxselectedattribute.md)
- [kAXSplittersAttribute](applicationservices/kaxsplittersattribute.md)
- [kAXNextContentsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxnextcontentsattribute.md)
- [kAXPreviousContentsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxpreviouscontentsattribute.md)
- [kAXDocumentAttribute](applicationservices/kaxdocumentattribute.md)
- [kAXIncrementButtonAttribute](applicationservices/kaxincrementbuttonattribute.md)
- [kAXDecrementButtonAttribute](applicationservices/kaxdecrementbuttonattribute.md)
- [kAXContentsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxcontentsattribute.md)
- [kAXIncrementorAttribute](applicationservices/kaxincrementorattribute.md)
- [kAXHourFieldAttribute](applicationservices/kaxhourfieldattribute.md)
- [kAXMinuteFieldAttribute](applicationservices/kaxminutefieldattribute.md)
- [kAXSecondFieldAttribute](applicationservices/kaxsecondfieldattribute.md)
- [kAXAMPMFieldAttribute](applicationservices/kaxampmfieldattribute.md)
- [kAXDayFieldAttribute](applicationservices/kaxdayfieldattribute.md)
- [kAXMonthFieldAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmonthfieldattribute.md)
- [kAXYearFieldAttribute](applicationservices/kaxyearfieldattribute.md)
- [kAXColumnTitleAttribute](applicationservices/kaxcolumntitleattribute.md)
- [kAXURLAttribute](applicationservices/kaxurlattribute.md)
- [kAXLabelUIElementsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxlabeluielementsattribute.md)
- [kAXLabelValueAttribute](applicationservices/kaxlabelvalueattribute.md)
- [kAXShownMenuUIElementAttribute](applicationservices/kaxshownmenuuielementattribute.md)
- [kAXServesAsTitleForUIElementsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxservesastitleforuielementsattribute.md)
- [kAXLinkedUIElementsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxlinkeduielementsattribute.md)
- [kAXRowsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxrowsattribute.md)
- [kAXVisibleRowsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxvisiblerowsattribute.md)
- [kAXSelectedRowsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxselectedrowsattribute.md)
- [kAXColumnsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxcolumnsattribute.md)
- [kAXVisibleColumnsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxvisiblecolumnsattribute.md)
- [kAXSelectedColumnsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxselectedcolumnsattribute.md)
- [kAXSortDirectionAttribute](applicationservices/kaxsortdirectionattribute.md)
- [kAXColumnHeaderUIElementsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxcolumnheaderuielementsattribute.md)
- [kAXIndexAttribute](applicationservices/kaxindexattribute.md)
- [kAXDisclosingAttribute](applicationservices/kaxdisclosingattribute.md)
- [kAXDisclosedRowsAttribute](applicationservices/kaxdisclosedrowsattribute.md)
- [kAXDisclosedByRowAttribute](applicationservices/kaxdisclosedbyrowattribute.md)
- [kAXMatteHoleAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmatteholeattribute.md)
- [kAXMatteContentUIElementAttribute](applicationservices/kaxmattecontentuielementattribute.md)
- [kAXIsApplicationRunningAttribute](applicationservices/kaxisapplicationrunningattribute.md)
- [kAXFocusedApplicationAttribute](applicationservices/kaxfocusedapplicationattribute.md)
- [kAXInsertionPointLineNumberAttribute](applicationservices/kaxinsertionpointlinenumberattribute.md)

## See Also

### Accessibility Object Constants

- [Roles](applicationservices/carbon_accessibility/roles.md)
- [Subroles](applicationservices/carbon_accessibility/subroles.md)
- [Parameterized Attributes](applicationservices/carbon_accessibility/parameterized_attributes.md)
- [Actions](applicationservices/carbon_accessibility/actions.md)
- [Notifications](applicationservices/carbon_accessibility/notifications.md)
- [Orientations and Sort Directions](applicationservices/carbon_accessibility/orientations_and_sort_directions.md)