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Oferv
Super Contributor
2 years ago

ClickItem for a WPF comboBox won't select an item by its caption, only by index

Hi, we are using a WPF comboBox object in our app (System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox), I am trying unsuccessfully to select one of the comboBox items using its caption, it does work using index but, ...
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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
2 years ago

Essentially, you may need to go through OCR to find the text on the screen and click on it.

Alternatively, if you click on the ComboBox to get the drop down without using ClickItem (simple Click method), you may be able to inspect the items in the list in the drop down window and see if there's a way you can find and click on the item that way.

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Oferv
Super Contributor
2 years ago

When clicking the drop down in order to open it using click() method, it won't open. it will open and close very quickly. not sure why