[C#]Cant't get wrappedDriver from an element using PageFactory

When elements are located using PageFactory there seems to be an issue with casting element to IWrapsDriver, although it works pretty good with elements found by FindElement(s).

In my case I’m trying to get wrappedDriver inside following extension method
public static bool SelectDropdownOptionByText(this IWebElement element, string optionText).

Here to be more specific: private static IWebDriver GetDriverFromElement(IWebElement element) { return ((IWrapsDriver)element).WrappedDriver; }

Error says:

Additional information: Unable to cast transparent proxy to type ‘OpenQA.Selenium.Internal.IWrapsDriver’.

BTW:Is this NOT implemented or as designed?

[robertfaheymoonpig]

It’s useful for IWebElement extension methods

E.g.

public static IWebElement WaitForElement(this IWebElement element)
        {
            var driver = ((IWrapsDriver)element).WrappedDriver;

            new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60)).Until((d) => element.Displayed);

            return element;
        }

[jimevans]

The proxy object created by the .NET PageFactory implementation does not proxy the IWrapsDriver interface. It’s unclear how that interface would be useful from a page object, which should have a reference to the driver anyway.