I am trying to figure out what item (for example document, web page tab, window, picture, folder) the user has clicked on. I started by using the following code when I detect a global left mouse click:
System.Drawing.Point MousePoint = System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position; AutomationElement AutomationElement = AutomationElement.FromPoint(new System.Windows.Point(MousePoint.X, MousePoint.Y)); Console.WriteLine(AutomationElement.Current.Name);
This seems to work well in most conditions. However, I need to (if possible) get names of documents/images/folders inside Windows Explorer for example. The value returned when I click a document in the right hand pane of Windows Explorer (not the tree view)
is "Name". Is there anyway to get the actual document name? For some reason, clicking sub-folders in the tree view returns the name of the folder, which is what I want.
I also notice that the code seems to display the document/image/folder name when clicked if the Windows Explorer view is set to icons (medium, large or extra large). Is there any reason why other views return "Name" or empty string while medium, large and extra large icons return the actual document/image/folder name? Is it to do with the size of the object clicked? I could really do with a way round this if possible?
I apologise, I am new to UI Automation and just really want a way to find the name of the object (file, folder, document, picture, web page tab etc.) that the user has clicked on. Any help anyone could give would be great.