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How to get the ToggleSwitch state's text (OnContent/OffContent)

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In UWP apps it is possible to set the On/Off text for a ToggleSwitch control.

I can find the on/off state from the selected property. Is there a way to get the actual text (OnContent/OffContent)? It would be great if it is possible as the tests would match what is there on the UI.

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Created 5 years ago
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harvinderscommented, Jun 5, 2018

@timotiusmargo @hassanuz I am able to find a workaround for the issue. The reason we are not able to use UIAutomation to access the children of ToggleSwitch is the AccessibilityView value of Raw set for OffContent and OnContent properties. Pay attention to AutomationProperties.AccessibilityView="Raw" , this makes it visible to UIAutomation clients only when raw filter is used.

<ContentPresenter x:Name="OffContentPresenter"
    Grid.Row="1"
    Grid.RowSpan="3"
    Grid.Column="2"
    Opacity="0"
    Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
    IsHitTestVisible="False"
    Content="{TemplateBinding OffContent}"
    ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding OffContentTemplate}"
    HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
    VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
    AutomationProperties.AccessibilityView="Raw" />
<ContentPresenter x:Name="OnContentPresenter"
    Grid.Row="1"
    Grid.RowSpan="3"
    Grid.Column="2"
    Opacity="0"
    Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
    IsHitTestVisible="False"
    Content="{TemplateBinding OnContent}"
    ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding OnContentTemplate}"
    HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
    VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
    AutomationProperties.AccessibilityView="Raw"/>

To solve this, either WinAppDriver should be using the raw filter to look at the UIAutomation tree or we can re-template the ToggleSwitch control, without the AutomationProperties.AccessibilityView="Raw".

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hassanuzcommented, Jun 5, 2018

Closing comment as original issue has been addressed - and workaround has been found.