Winappdriver: Finding elements by tag name is not working.

[pcbt]

I am using appium python client and added following unit test to calculatortest.py sample:

   def test_tag_name(self):
        buttons=self.driver.find_elements_by_tag_name("button")

        for i in buttons:
            print(i.text)
 ```

When this unit test runs, WinAppDriver gives this result:

==========================================
POST /session/0491F049-B8E4-43C4-AE7C-665BAC521E76/elements HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Accept-Encoding: identity
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 93
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
Host: 127.0.0.1:4723
User-Agent: appium/python 0.48 (selenium/3.141.0 (python windows))

{"using": "tag name", "value": "button", "sessionId": "0491F049-B8E4-43C4-AE7C-665BAC521E76"}

Exception: Encountered element sharing the same runtimeId 42.985794.3.0

new Object {System, , 42.985794.3.0}
runtimeId 42.985794.3.0
className
name System
NativeWindowHandle 0

existing Object {System, , 42.985794.3.0}
runtimeId 42.985794.3.0
className
name System
NativeWindowHandle 0

Ignoring new object and keeping existing one

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 74
Content-Type: application/json

{"sessionId":"0491F049-B8E4-43C4-AE7C-665BAC521E76","status":0,"value":[]}

`` I inspect the calculator app there are bunch of button tagged (in Inspect.exeLocalizedControlType: "button"` ) element. Why WinAppDriver returns nothing?

[StasGrishaev]

@pcbt probably you should use cappital letter in tag name :

self.driver.find_elements_by_tag_name("Button")

do not forget to check locators through inspectors

[pcbt]

@StasGrishaev thanks for help it is working now. I used lowercase because my inspector (Windows SDK/inspector.exe) shows with lowercase. It looks little bit different then yours. Which inspector do you use?

[StasGrishaev]

@pcbt yep, i use different one - https://github.com/FlaUI/FlaUInspect
glad to help, cheers.

[naeemakram]

WinAppDriver UI Recorder is also a good tool for inspecting UI elements, I prefer using WAD UIR instead of the inspector.exe.