honor UIA_WindowVisibilityOverridden property (#5839) #6009
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Addresses #5443
This is a port of a servicing fix in .NET 4.7-4.8.
Description
This bug is about "anomalous" windows, where the UIA_WindowVisibilityOverridden property is set to 1 (ForceVisible), but window's rect is empty. The .NET automation code doesn't recognize this property, and thus treats the window as "not visible" because it's empty. This means an automation search won't find any windows below the anomalous window.
Fixed by recognizing the property, and overriding the hwnd's visibility to automation accordingly.
Customer Impact
Automation searches cannot find descendants of anomalous windows (e.g. the Windows 11 Start button).
Regression
No.
Testing
Ad-hoc around customer scenario.
Standard regression testing.
Risk
Low. Port of a .NETFx servicing fix released earlier this year.