Setting automationIDs for dataitems in a WPF Grid for automation with UI Automation Framework

Question

I've got an application that's written in C# using .NET Framework 3.5 and want to automate the UI using Microsoft UI Automation Framework. I'm not allowed to show everything here, because it's a software from my company.

In this application I'm generating a grid that displays my data items.

I've tried to set the automationIDs for every data item in the grid through XAML, but the problem is, that I can't see the dataitems there. They are dynamically generated during runtime of my application. Only the grid that contains the data items is defined in the XAML. I will post a snippet of my XAML below.

I've also tried to set the automationIDs through the Code of the program, but I only managed to get the AutomationElement of every data item. There I'm stuck. I don't know how to set the automationIds for every AutomationElement there.

To sum it up I am either looking for:

• Setting the automationID for data items in a WPF grid through XAML
• Setting the automationID for data item AutomationElement through Code

Screenshot of my Inspect Tool: Inspect Tool

Snippet of my XAML Code:

    <ListView IsEnabled="{Binding TestSelectorEnabled}" x:Name="ListView1" ItemsSource="{Binding TestsViewModel.TestsDataTable}" SelectedValue="{Binding TestsViewModel.SelectedTest}" SelectedValuePath="TestName" Height="180" View="{Binding TestsViewModel.GridView}"  TabIndex="0" MinWidth="1" Focusable="False"/>
            <Grid  Visibility="Collapsed" IsSharedSizeScope="False">
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="200"></ColumnDefinition>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"></ColumnDefinition>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="40"></ColumnDefinition>
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="25"></RowDefinition>
                    <RowDefinition Height="20"></RowDefinition>
                </Grid.RowDefinitions>
            </Grid>

Answer 1

Try to specify ItemTemplate explicitly, it will let you set ids. It should be an automation API to iterate though ListView children as well.