UI Automation for RadRibbonContextualGroup

[Igorious]

I have ribbon with contextual tabs.

01.<telerik:RadRibbonWindow x:Class="WpfApp.MainWindow"
02.        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
03.        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
04.        xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
05.        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
06.    <telerik:RadRichTextBoxRibbonUI>
07.        <telerik:RadRibbonTab Header="Tab1">
08.            <telerik:RadRibbonGroup Header="BBB">
09.                <telerik:RadToggleButton Name="ToggleButton" Content="Show" />
10.            </telerik:RadRibbonGroup>
11.        </telerik:RadRibbonTab>
12.
13.        <telerik:RadRibbonTab ContextualGroupName="TestTab" Header="Tab2">
14.            <telerik:RadRibbonGroup Header="AAA">
15.                <telerik:RadRadioButton Name="TARGET_BUTTON" Content="ClickMe" />
16.            </telerik:RadRibbonGroup>
17.        </telerik:RadRibbonTab>
18.
19.        <telerik:RadRichTextBoxRibbonUI.ContextualGroups>
20.            <telerik:RadRibbonContextualGroup Header="Test" IsActive="{Binding IsChecked, ElementName=ToggleButton}" Color="BlueViolet" GroupName="TestTab" />
21.        </telerik:RadRichTextBoxRibbonUI.ContextualGroups>
22.    </telerik:RadRichTextBoxRibbonUI>
23.</telerik:RadRibbonWindow>

 I try get access to element with name "TARGET_BUTTON" with UI Automation API.

01.var app = AutomationElement.RootElement.FindFirst(TreeScope.Children, new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.NameProperty, "My Application"));
02.var allChildren = TreeWalker.RawViewWalker.GetParent(app).FindAll(TreeScope.Descendants, Condition.TrueCondition);
03.
04.foreach (AutomationElement automationElement in allChildren)
05.{
06.    try
07.    {
08.        if (automationElement.Current.AutomationId == "TARGET_BUTTON")
09.        {
10.            Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", automationElement.Current.ClassName, automationElement.Current.AutomationId);
11.        }
12.    }
13.    catch { }
14.}

But this code don't find the button.
If I set in line 20 IsActive="true" then I can find the button.
I use last version of UI for WPF.

[Kiril Vandov]

Hello Igorious,

The RadRibbonView loads only its selected tab content. When you try to find an element in a RadRibbonTab which is not selected (as in your case) the content is not yet loaded and that is why such element can't be found. Also please note that until the ContextualGroup is active the peers for its children (RadRibbonGroup, buttons, e.t.) are not yet created and that is why you can not find the searched element. When you set the IsActive property of the ContextualGroup the RadRibbonView automatically selects the first tab in that group and that is why in this case you can find the element.

I hope this information helps.

Kind regards,
Kiril Vandov
Telerik