System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser.Document WebView2 equivalent

[jwilburn]

trying to update some legacy code with WebView2 and can't find an equivalent property for System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser.Document, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.webbrowser.document?view=windowsdesktop-6.0

is there a property that supports this functionality off the base object and or CoreWebView2?

[champnic]

Hey @jwilburn - WebView2 doesn't give direct access to DOM elements. Instead you should use ExecuteScriptAsync to run script that manipulates the DOM as you need it. More info on native <-> web interop is here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/how-to/communicate-btwn-web-native

We are tracking adding support for HTML/DOM access here:
MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Feedback#77

Thanks!

[jwilburn]

Hey @champnic, I don't need to manipulate the DOM, I just access to a property that would return the entire HTML document. Is that available?

[champnic]

You should be able to do something like var html = ExecuteScriptAsync("document.body.innerHTML;");.