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How to use MenuItem class of FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements package

Best FlaUI code snippet using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements.MenuItem

ElementBuilder.cs

...36            _element = new Button(_innerElement);37            return this;38        }39        /// <summary>40        /// Creates a MenuItem element41        /// </summary>42        /// <returns></returns>43        public ElementBuilder CreateMenuItem()44        {45            _innerElement = new TestBasicAutomationElement() { ControlType = FlaUI.Core.Definitions.ControlType.MenuItem };46            _element = new MenuItem(_innerElement);47            return this;48        }49        /// <summary>50        /// Creates a Pane element51        /// </summary>52        /// <returns></returns>53        public ElementBuilder CreatePane()54        {55            _innerElement = new TestBasicAutomationElement() { ControlType = FlaUI.Core.Definitions.ControlType.Pane };56            _element = new MenuItem(_innerElement);57            return this;58        }59        /// <summary>60        /// Sets the name property61        /// </summary>62        /// <param name="name">Value of the name property</param>63        /// <returns></returns>64        public ElementBuilder WithName(string name)65        {66            _innerElement.Name = name;67            return this;68        }69        /// <summary>70        /// Sets a property value....

SolutionContextMenu.cs

Source: SolutionContextMenu.cs

...11            And(e.ByClassName("ContextMenu")).And(e.ByControlType(FlaUI.Core.Definitions.ControlType.Menu)))).AsMenu();12        public void ClickContextMenuByName(string name) 13        {14            var menuItem  = WaitForElement(() => popUpMContextMenu.FindFirstDescendant(e => e.ByName(name).15                And(e.ByClassName("MenuItem")).And(e.ByControlType(FlaUI.Core.Definitions.ControlType.MenuItem)))).AsMenuItem();16            menuItem.WaitUntilClickable();17            menuItem.DrawHighlight();18            menuItem.Click();19        }20        public MenuItem GetContextMenuItemByName(string name)21        { 22             return popUpMContextMenu.FindFirstDescendant(e => e.ByName(name).23                And(e.ByClassName("MenuItem")).And(e.ByControlType(FlaUI.Core.Definitions.ControlType.MenuItem))).AsMenuItem();24        }25    }26}...

FlaUiExtensions.cs

Source: FlaUiExtensions.cs

...5namespace WinformsTools.IntegrationTestUtils.Extensions6{7    public static class FlaUiExtensions8    {9        public static void SelectMenuItem(this Menu menu, string menuItem)10        {11            menu.Items[menuItem].Focus();12            Keyboard.Type(VirtualKeyShort.ENTER);13            // Here, it should be "menu.Items[menuItem].Click()", but it's not working. Documented at:14            // https://github.com/FlaUI/FlaUI/issues/8215            // https://github.com/FlaUI/FlaUI/pull/15316            // https://github.com/FlaUI/FlaUI/issues/20317        }18        public static VisualForm AsForm(this AutomationElement context) => new VisualForm(context);19        public static ModalElement AsModal(this AutomationElement context) => context != null ? new ModalElement(context) : null;20    }21}...

MenuItem

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements;2using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;3using FlaUI.Core.Input;4using System;5using System.Collections.Generic;6using System.Linq;7using System.Text;8using System.Threading.Tasks;9{10{11static void Main(string[] args)12{13var application = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch("calc.exe");14var mainWindow = application.GetMainWindow(FlaUI.Core.Automation.AutomationFactory.Instance);15var menuItem = mainWindow.FindFirstDescendant(d => d.ByText("View"));16menuItem.Click();17}18}19}

MenuItem

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements;2using FlaUI.Core;3using System;4using System.Collections.Generic;5using System.Linq;6using System.Text;7using System.Threading.Tasks;8using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements.Infrastructure;9using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;10using FlaUI.Core.Input;11using FlaUI.Core.Tools;12using FlaUI.Core.WindowsAPI;13using System.Windows.Forms;14{15    {16        static void Main(string[] args)17        {18            var application = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE");19            var automation = FlaUI.Core.Automation.GetDefaultFactory().GetAutomation();20            var mainWindow = application.GetMainWindow(automation);21            var menuItems = mainWindow.FindAllDescendants(cf => cf.ByControlType(FlaUI.Core.Definitions.ControlType.MenuItem)).ToList();22            var fileMenuItem = menuItems.Where(x => x.Name == "File").FirstOrDefault();23            var printMenuItem = menuItems.Where(x => x.Name == "Print").FirstOrDefault();24            fileMenuItem.Click();25            printMenuItem.Click();26            Wait.UntilInputIsProcessed();27            var printDialog = application.GetMainWindow(automation);28            var printButton = printDialog.FindAllDescendants(cf => cf.ByControlType(FlaUI.Core.Definitions.ControlType.Button)).Where(x => x.Name == "Print").FirstOrDefault();29            printButton.Click();30            Wait.UntilInputIsProcessed();31            var printPreview = application.GetMainWindow(automation);32            var printPreviewButton = printPreview.FindAllDescendants(cf => cf.ByControlType(FlaUI.Core.Definitions.ControlType.Button)).Where(x => x.Name == "Print").FirstOrDefault();33            printPreviewButton.Click();34            Wait.UntilInputIsProcessed();35            var printPreview2 = application.GetMainWindow(automation);36            var printPreviewButton2 = printPreview2.FindAllDescendants(cf => cf.ByControlType(FlaUI.Core.Definitions.ControlType.Button)).Where(x =>

MenuItem

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements;2using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;3using FlaUI.Core.Tools;4using System;5using System.Windows.Automation;6{7    {8        static void Main(string[] args)9        {10            var app = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch("C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe");11            var automation = FlaUI.Core.Automation.AutomationFactory.GetAutomation();12            var window = app.GetMainWindow(automation);13            var menu = window.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByAutomationId("MenuBar"));14            var fileMenu = menu.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByText("File"));15            fileMenu.Click();16            var fileMenuItems = fileMenu.FindAllChildren(cf => cf.ByControlType(ControlType.MenuItem));17            foreach (var item in fileMenuItems)18            {19                Console.WriteLine(item.Name);20            }21            var app = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch("C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe");22            var automation = FlaUI.Core.Automation.AutomationFactory.GetAutomation();23            var window = app.GetMainWindow(automation);24            var menu = window.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByAutomationId("MenuBar"));

MenuItem

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements;2using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;3using FlaUI.Core.Input;4using FlaUI.Core.Tools;5using FlaUI.UIA3;6using System;7using System.Diagnostics;8using System.Threading;9{10    {11        static void Main(string[] args)12        {13            var automation = new UIA3Automation();14            Process process = Process.Start("notepad.exe");15            Thread.Sleep(1000);16            var mainWindow = automation.GetDesktop().FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByName("Untitled - Notepad").And(cf.ByControlType(ControlType.Window))).AsWindow();17            var menuBar = mainWindow.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByControlType(ControlType.MenuBar)).AsMenuBar();18            var fileMenu = menuBar.Items.FindFirst(cf => cf.ByName("File")).AsMenuItem();19            var openMenuItem = fileMenu.Items.FindFirst(cf => cf.ByName("Open...")).AsMenuItem();20            openMenuItem.Invoke();21            Thread.Sleep(1000);22            var openDialog = automation.GetDesktop().FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByName("Open").And(cf.ByControlType(ControlType.Window))).AsWindow();23            var fileNameTextBox = openDialog.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByControlType(ControlType.Edit)).AsTextBox();24            fileNameTextBox.Text = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\test.txt";25            var openButton = openDialog.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByName("Open").And(cf.ByControlType(ControlType.Button))).AsButton();26            openButton.Click();27            Thread.Sleep(1000);28            var textBox = mainWindow.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByControlType(ControlType.Edit)).AsTextBox();29            textBox.Text = "Hello World!";30            var saveMenuItem = fileMenu.Items.FindFirst(cf =>

MenuItem

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements;2using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;3using FlaUI.Core.Tools;4using FlaUI.UIA2;5using System;6using System.Collections.Generic;7using System.Diagnostics;8using System.Linq;9using System.Text;10using System.Threading;11using System.Threading.Tasks;12{13    {14        static void Main(string[] args)15        {16            var automation = new UIA2Automation();17            AutomationElement desktop = automation.GetDesktop();18            var process = Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad").FirstOrDefault();19            var mainWindow = desktop.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByProcessId(process.Id));20            var menuBar = mainWindow.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByControlType(ControlType.MenuBar));21            var fileMenu = menuBar.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByName("File"));22            var openMenuItem = fileMenu.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByName("Open..."));23            openMenuItem.Invoke();24            var openDialog = mainWindow.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByName("Open"));25            var fileNameTextBox = openDialog.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByControlType(ControlType.Edit));26            fileNameTextBox.Enter("C:\\test.txt");27            var openButton = openDialog.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByControlType(ControlType.Button).And(cf.ByName("Open")));28            openButton.Click();29            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");30            Console.ReadKey();31        }32    }33}

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