Roemer
commented
6 years ago The x:Name is something only related to XAML and has nothing to do with UIA. The Name property in UIA is usually the "Content" or "Text" of an element. As a listview itself does not have any text, it makes sense to be empty.
Also the automationid is something that is sometimes set by microsoft itself to a value they think makes sense. The specific code from Microsoft for a listview is:
protected override string GetAutomationIdCore()
{
string text = base.GetAutomationIdCore();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
{
FrameworkElement frameworkElement = (FrameworkElement)base.Owner;
text = base.Owner.Uid;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
{
text = frameworkElement.Name;
}
}
return text ?? string.Empty;
}
HyruleWarrior
I am seeing some odd behavior with FlaUInspect. I have an element I am trying to find, it has a name of "listView" but there is no AutomationId set for it. When I look at this item in FlaUInspect, it says the AutomationId is "listView" and the name property is blank. If I set an AutomationId for the element, the correct AutomationId shows up, but name looks like it is still blank. The element is using x:Name to set the name.
I am not sure if this actually impacts grabbing the element with FlaUI. I specified an AutomationId of "listView" and I got back an element, but it was a different element and I didn't dig into it to see exactly which element was being returned and if that element did in fact have "listView" as it's AutomationId.