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 ?

Thanks for updating question good sir! – Jul 16 '20 at 08:08 — , Jul 16 '20 at 08:08

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 15 '20 at 09:59

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

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);

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();

Using SendKey is not elegant way, cause you have to remember where you are in the combobox list, but it's works. — Amir Touitou, Jul 22 '20 at 07:07

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '20 at 07:05

    /// <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();
        
    }

Can't tell you how many solutions I have worked through until I tried this. It worked a charm. — cw84, Sep 08 '21 at 16:02

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 11 '20 at 15:46

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You can use also combobox item name itself on SendKeys:

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

answered Aug 11 '20 at 15:46

dostavka2008

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 17 '22 at 08:22

0

Try doing this:

comboBoxElement.FindElement(By.Name("Item Text To Select")).Click();

Somehow I could not get success using any of the above suggested items.

answered Nov 17 '22 at 08:22

Kim Smith

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 18 '23 at 18:47

I found that by selecting the ComboBox and then sending it the first character of an item in the dropdown list I could reliably select the list item I wanted (but all my list items started with a different first character)

I had 2 ComboBoxes on by form. Here's the code (just 1 line) First ComboBox the items is the dropdown list were "Pairs" & "Individuals"

driver.FindElementByAccessibilityId("Cb_Class").SendKeys("P");

2nd Combobox items were "Match Points" and "XIMPs"

driver.FindElementByAccessibilityId("Cb_ScoringMethod").SendKeys("M");

How to select an item from ComboBox using WinAppDriver?

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