pywinauto.controls.uiawrapper

Basic wrapping of UI Automation elements

class pywinauto.controls.uiawrapper.LazyProperty(fget)

Bases: object

A lazy evaluation of an object attribute.

The property should represent immutable data, as it replaces itself. Provided by: http://stackoverflow.com/a/6849299/1260742

class pywinauto.controls.uiawrapper.UIAWrapper(element_info)

Bases: pywinauto.base_wrapper.BaseWrapper

Default wrapper for User Interface Automation (UIA) controls.

All other UIA wrappers are derived from this.

This class wraps a lot of functionality of underlying UIA features for working with windows.

Most of the methods apply to every single element type. For example you can click() on any element.

can_select_multiple()

An interface to CanSelectMultiple of the SelectionProvider pattern

Indicates whether the UI Automation provider allows more than one child element to be selected concurrently.

children_texts()

Get texts of the control’s children

close()

Close the window

Only a control supporting Window pattern should answer. If it doesn’t (menu shadows, tooltips,...), try to send “Esc” key

collapse()

Displays all child nodes, controls, or content of the control

An interface to Collapse method of the ExpandCollapse control pattern.

expand()

Displays all child nodes, controls, or content of the control

An interface to Expand method of the ExpandCollapse control pattern.

friendly_class_name()

Return the friendly class name for the control

This differs from the class of the control in some cases. class_name() is the actual ‘Registered’ window class of the control while friendly_class_name() is hopefully something that will make more sense to the user.

For example Checkboxes are implemented as Buttons - so the class of a CheckBox is “Button” - but the friendly class is “CheckBox”

get_expand_state()

Indicates the state of the control: expanded or collapsed.

An interface to CurrentExpandCollapseState property of the ExpandCollapse control pattern. Values for enumeration as defined in uia_defines module: expand_state_collapsed = 0 expand_state_expanded = 1 expand_state_partially = 2 expand_state_leaf_node = 3

get_selection()

An interface to GetSelection of the SelectionProvider pattern

Retrieves a UI Automation provider for each child element that is selected. Builds a list of UIAElementInfo elements from all retrieved providers.

has_keyboard_focus()

Return True if the element is focused with keyboard

iface_expand_collapse = None
iface_grid = None
iface_grid_item = None
iface_invoke = None
iface_item_container = None
iface_range_value = None
iface_scroll_item = None
iface_selection = None
iface_selection_item = None
iface_table = None
iface_table_item = None
iface_text = None
iface_toggle = None
iface_value = None
iface_virtualized_item = None
iface_window = None
invoke()

An interface to the Invoke method of the Invoke control pattern

is_active()

Whether the window is active or not

is_collapsed()

Test if the control is collapsed

is_expanded()

Test if the control is expanded

is_keyboard_focusable()

Return True if the element can be focused with keyboard

is_selected()

Indicate that the item is selected or not.

Only items supporting SelectionItem pattern should answer. Raise NoPatternInterfaceError if the pattern is not supported

Usually applied for controls like: a radio button, a tree view item, a list item.

is_selection_required()

An interface to IsSelectionRequired property of the SelectionProvider pattern.

This property can be dynamic. For example, the initial state of a control might not have any items selected by default, meaning that IsSelectionRequired is FALSE. However, after an item is selected the control must always have at least one item selected.

maximize()

Maximize the window

Only controls supporting Window pattern should answer

menu_select(path, exact=False)

Select a menu item specified in the path

The full path syntax is specified in: pywinauto.menuwrapper.Menu.get_menu_path()

There are usually at least two menu bars: “System” and “Application” System menu bar is a standart window menu with items like: ‘Restore’, ‘Move’, ‘Size’, ‘Minimize’, e.t.c. This menu bar usually has a “Title Bar” control as a parent. Application menu bar is often what we look for. In most cases, its parent is the dialog itself so it should be found among the direct children of the dialog. Notice that we don’t use “Application” string as a title criteria because it couldn’t work on applications with a non-english localization. If there is no menu bar has been found we fall back to look up for Menu control. We try to find the control through all descendants of the dialog

minimize()

Minimize the window

Only controls supporting Window pattern should answer

select()

Select the item

Only items supporting SelectionItem pattern should answer. Raise NoPatternInterfaceError if the pattern is not supported

Usually applied for controls like: a radio button, a tree view item or a list item.

selected_item_index()

Return the index of a selected item

set_focus()

Set the focus to this element

writable_props

Extend default properties list.

class pywinauto.controls.uiawrapper.UiaMeta(name, bases, attrs)

Bases: pywinauto.base_wrapper.BaseMeta

Metaclass for UiaWrapper objects

static find_wrapper(element)

Find the correct wrapper for this UIA element

pywinauto.controls.uiawrapper.lazy_property

alias of LazyProperty