add AutomationNotification for screen readers (#40761)

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## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

Add AutomationNotification to ItemsList_SelectionChanged so that when
user uses keyboard navigation, it sends the title to be read by the
screen reader


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Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <migrie@microsoft.com>
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Jessica Dene Earley-Cha
2025-07-28 07:56:01 -07:00
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commit 6242401b40

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@@ -144,6 +144,18 @@ public sealed partial class ListPage : Page,
if (ItemsList.SelectedItem != null)
{
ItemsList.ScrollIntoView(ItemsList.SelectedItem);
// Automation notification for screen readers
var listViewPeer = Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation.Peers.ListViewAutomationPeer.CreatePeerForElement(ItemsList);
if (listViewPeer != null && li != null)
{
var notificationText = li.Title;
listViewPeer.RaiseNotificationEvent(
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation.Peers.AutomationNotificationKind.Other,
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation.Peers.AutomationNotificationProcessing.MostRecent,
notificationText,
"CommandPaletteSelectedItemChanged");
}
}
}