Unable to get text from disabled ComboBox

[sszemer]

Hi,
I'm trying to get text from a disabled ComboBox but with no success so far.
every other disabled element is fine, just the ComboBox.
UISpy shows:

How element looks like:

what debugger shows for this element:

so my method to get text does not work correctly as it returns 'System.Xml.XmlElement' instead of 'TELEFONICA'
public string GetGlobalName() { var pane = driver.FindElementByAccessibilityId("AddEditGridScrollViewer"); var cbox = pane.FindElement(By.ClassName("ComboBox")); return cbox.Text; }
Am i doing something wrong? Anyone has an idea how to get the text?
I would appreciate some help :)
cheers

[Shakevg]

@sszemer can you can try the next:

1. get next attribute: cbox.GetAttribute("Value.Value")
2. check combo-box attributed page source XML: driver.PageSource
3. post screenshot from Inspect.exe https://medium.com/@licanhua/inspecting-ui-elements-for-winappdriver-automation-using-appium-desktop-8f178b2d0d6c

[sszemer]

@sszemer can you can try the next:

1. get next attribute: cbox.GetAttribute("Value.Value")
2. check combo-box attributed page source XML: driver.PageSource
3. post screenshot from Inspect.exe https://medium.com/@licanhua/inspecting-ui-elements-for-winappdriver-automation-using-appium-desktop-8f178b2d0d6c

hi, @Shakevg,
got page source and i do not see the value anywhere there :/
Value.Value returns null
data from inspect.exe

How found: Selected from tree...
Name: ""
ControlType: UIA_ComboBoxControlTypeId (0xC353)
LocalizedControlType: "combo box"
BoundingRectangle: {l:650 t:207 r:908 b:230}
IsEnabled: false
IsOffscreen: false
IsKeyboardFocusable: false
HasKeyboardFocus: false
AcceleratorKey: ""
AccessKey: ""
ProcessId: 13000
RuntimeId: [7.32C8.1AD1E5A]
AutomationId: ""
FrameworkId: "WPF"
ClassName: "ComboBox"
IsControlElement: true
IsContentElement: true
ProviderDescription: "[pid:13000,providerId:0x0 Main(parent link):Unidentified Provider (managed:MS.Internal.Automation.ElementProxy, PresentationCore, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35)]"
IsPassword: false
ItemStatus: ""
ItemType: ""
IsRequiredForForm: false
HelpText: ""
ClickablePoint: {x:779 y:218}
Orientation: 0
ExpandCollapse.ExpandCollapseState: Collapsed (0)
LegacyIAccessible.ChildId: 0
LegacyIAccessible.DefaultAction: "Expand"
LegacyIAccessible.Description: ""
LegacyIAccessible.Help: ""
LegacyIAccessible.KeyboardShortcut: ""
LegacyIAccessible.Name: ""
LegacyIAccessible.Role: combo box (0x2E)
LegacyIAccessible.State: unavailable,collapsed (0x401)
LegacyIAccessible.Value: ""
Selection.CanSelectMultiple: false
Selection.IsSelectionRequired: false
Selection.Selection: "System.Xml.XmlElement" list item
IsAnnotationPatternAvailable: false
IsDragPatternAvailable: false
IsDockPatternAvailable: false
IsDropTargetPatternAvailable: false
IsExpandCollapsePatternAvailable: true
IsGridItemPatternAvailable: false
IsGridPatternAvailable: false
IsInvokePatternAvailable: false
IsItemContainerPatternAvailable: true
IsLegacyIAccessiblePatternAvailable: true
IsMultipleViewPatternAvailable: false
IsObjectModelPatternAvailable: false
IsRangeValuePatternAvailable: false
IsScrollItemPatternAvailable: false
IsScrollPatternAvailable: false
IsSelectionItemPatternAvailable: false
IsSelectionPatternAvailable: true
IsSpreadsheetItemPatternAvailable: false
IsSpreadsheetPatternAvailable: false
IsStylesPatternAvailable: false
IsSynchronizedInputPatternAvailable: true
IsTableItemPatternAvailable: false
IsTablePatternAvailable: false
IsTextChildPatternAvailable: false
IsTextEditPatternAvailable: false
IsTextPatternAvailable: false
IsTextPattern2Available: false
IsTogglePatternAvailable: false
IsTransformPatternAvailable: false
IsTransform2PatternAvailable: false
IsValuePatternAvailable: false
IsVirtualizedItemPatternAvailable: false
IsWindowPatternAvailable: false
IsCustomNavigationPatternAvailable: false
IsSelectionPattern2Available: false
FirstChild: [null]
LastChild: [null]
Next: "Address:" text
Previous: "Global Name:" text
Other Props: Object has no additional properties
Children: Container has no children
Ancestors: "" pane
"System.Windows.Controls.TabItem Header: Content:" tab item
"" tab
"FSM563EMSIT" window
"Desktop 1" pane
[ No Parent ]

[Gilesey]

Is this because IsValuePatternAvailable: false? I've noticed that although Accessibility Insights and Inspect.exe show a Value.Value or ValuePattern.Value, we are unable to read it through WinAppDriver if the Pattern isn't officially available, even though, the value is a property that's popualted.