How to select an item from ComboBox using WinAppDriver?

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Generally for web application if we want to select an option from drown we use SelectElement method.

But in Windows application, when I tried to use SelectElement method, I got a below error:

OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI.UnexpectedTagNameException: Element should have been select but was ControlType.ComboBox

So for windows application, How to select a item from ComboBox dropdown ?

winappdriver appium c#
3 Answers

There are two ways to select the items in Combobox dropdown:

  1. By Using Keyboard keys if elements don't have unique attribute and value:

    WindowsElement comboBoxElement = session.FindElementByClassName("ComboBox");
comboBoxElement.Click();
comboBoxElement.SendKeys(Keys.Down);
comboBoxElement.SendKeys(Keys.Enter);

  2. By using drop down list Element if it has unique attribute and value:

    WindowsElement comboBoxElement = session.FindElementByClassName("ComboBox");
comboBoxElement.Click();
comboBoxElement.FindElementByAccessibilityId("Light Dismiss").Click();
user_104520210 
    /// <summary>
    /// select an item from a combobox 
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="element">the combo box element</param>
    /// <param name="index">the index of the item in the combobox list</param>
    public void SelectComboboxItem(AppiumWebElement element,int index)
    {
        element.Click();

        var comboBoxItems = element.FindElementsByClassName("ListBoxItem");

        new Actions(element.WrappedDriver).MoveToElement(comboBoxItems[index]).Click().Perform();
        
    }
user_9389560

You can use also combobox item name itself on SendKeys:

WindowsElement comboBoxElement = session.FindElementByClassName("ComboBox");
comboBoxElement.SendKeys("combobox item name");
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