How to select an item from ComboBox using WinAppDriver?

Question

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 ?

Answer 1

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();