SettingsCard missing invoke pattern

[AmelBawa-msft]

Describe the bug

Issue

Accessibility Insights reporting: "A button must support one of these patterns: Invoke, Toggle, or ExpandCollapse." when using a SettingsCard that is clickable (IsClickEnabled=True).

Investigation

• SettingsCardAutomationPeer may possibly need to implement GetPatternCore(PatternInterface patternInterface) method.

protected override object GetPatternCore(PatternInterface patternInterface)
{
    return patternInterface == PatternInterface.Invoke ? this : base.GetPatternCore(patternInterface);
}

• Implement IInvokeProvider in the same class (since we're returning this).
• Or instead, maybe the SettingsCardAutomationPeer can inherit from ButtonBaseAutomationPeer?

Steps to reproduce

- Add a settings card

<controls:SettingsCard Header="Example" IsClickEnabled="True" />


- Run accessibility scan on the displayed card
- The following error is reported: "A button must support one of these patterns: Invoke, Toggle, or ExpandCollapse."

Expected behavior

No errors

Screenshots

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Code Platform

• UWP
• WinAppSDK / WinUI 3
• Web Assembly (WASM)
• Android
• iOS
• MacOS
• Linux / GTK

Windows Build Number

• Windows 10 1809 (Build 17763)
• Windows 10 1903 (Build 18362)
• Windows 10 1909 (Build 18363)
• Windows 10 2004 (Build 19041)
• Windows 10 20H2 (Build 19042)
• Windows 10 21H1 (Build 19043)
• Windows 10 21H2 (Build 19044)
• Windows 10 22H2 (Build 19045)
• Windows 11 21H2 (Build 22000)
• Other (specify)

Other Windows Build number

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App minimum and target SDK version

• Windows 10, version 1809 (Build 17763)
• Windows 10, version 1903 (Build 18362)
• Windows 10, version 1909 (Build 18363)
• Windows 10, version 2004 (Build 19041)
• Windows 10, version 2104 (Build 20348)
• Windows 11, version 22H2 (Build 22000)
• Other (specify)

Other SDK version

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Visual Studio Version

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Visual Studio Build Number

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Device form factor

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[michael-hawker]

Thanks @AmelBawa-msft for the report and offering to help. We're working towards an 8.1 release in the near future. This seems like a simple fix, if you can open a PR this week, we can get look to get it into the upcoming release. FYI @niels9001

[niels9001]

@AmelBawa-msft Just wanted to check; were you planning to do a PR with these fixes?

[AmelBawa-msft]

@niels9001, unfortunately I will not be working on this PR. At least not in the near future. If anyone would like to load balance, please feel free to do so ❤️

[g0g8rz]

Just to add some more support for this issue, it seems this might be a blocker for software trying to comply with the European accessibility act (wikipedia summary) which takes full effect June 2025. From my understanding (although I am not a lawyer, nor a European) software must comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and UIs containing the SettingsCard fails WCAG 4.1.2