---
title: kAXSelectedChildrenAttribute
framework: applicationservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: applicationservices/kaxselectedchildrenattribute
---

# kAXSelectedChildrenAttribute

## Declaration

```swift
var kAXSelectedChildrenAttribute: String { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion An array of selected first-order accessibility objects contained by this accessibility object. For example, the selected subelements of a list view are contained in the AXSelectedChildren array of the list view’s accessibility object. The members of the AXSelectedChildren array are a subset of the members of this accessibility object’s AXChildren array. This attribute is required for accessibility objects that contain selectable child objects.