Automation - No elements in TabItem Group in .NET8

Hi Vincent,

Yes, the changes Microsoft made in .NET 8 did cause some automation peers to change behavior. 

v24.1.3 did contain the updates mentioned in the other thread.  Those along with other recent updates should have things working in .NET 8.

Since the other thread seems to focus on collapsed Group, is it possible that v24.1.3 is missing some changes that would allow uncollapsed Group to behave properly? My tests were performed using v24.1.3, and each Group contained in a TabItem are empty.

Just so we are making sure we are looking at the same thing, can you walk us through step by step in one of our samples to tell us where you see the issue occurring?

For instance, when you run our classic Ribbon product demo, do you mean you don't see anything under the collapsed "Editing" group there while closed, but are expecting to see child controls in the UIA peer tree?  I don't really see that behaving differently from older verisons.

Also, which app are you using to examine the UIA peer tree?  And are you looking at the Raw, Control, or Content UIA tree?

When using the Ribbon product demo, the "Editing" group is indeed behaving exactly like the element I am refering in my app (group is empty). However, in my app, the group is not a collapsable item. The whole group is simply composed of one button, this is why I would expect to see child controls in the UI Automation peer tree.

The app I am using is VisualUIAVerifyNative from Windows Kits.

Hi Vincent,

The "Editing" group I had previously mentioned has no UIA peer children since it's collapsed at the time.  I tried finding something similar to what you describe.  The "Insert / Tables" group has a single button in it.  But when I use VisualUIVerify on it, I do see the button's peer as a child of the group's peer.  Can you tell us how to see the scenario you see within one of our samples?  Thanks!