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WPF DataGrid in 2 minutes

  • Create a folder named Models, then create a class definition like this:
class IWebElementList : ObservableCollection<IWebElement> {}
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The ObservableCollection is a part of this library:

using System.Collections.Generic;
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We are modeling a collection Selenium IWebElements. That class is defined here:

using OpenQA.Selenium;
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  • Create a new UserControl and name it ElementGrid.
  • Click on View/Other Window/Data Sources

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  • Click on Add New
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  • Click on Object
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  • Select the Model
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  • Once imported...
    You should be able to select the presentation layout, note it defaults to a datagrid
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  • Drag the DataSource to the UserControl.
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  • Instant Data Grid
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  • Auto Generated XAML
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  • Auto Generated Code
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Uncomment the code parts, and notice there are two areas requiring our attention.

"your data" will be an instance of an ObservableCollection . This will come directly from Selenium.

"Resource Key..." will be found in the User Control pages, Resources area as shown here.

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Congratulations, you've just created a GUI interface to Selenium in literally 2 minutes.

This same technique works for any model. In a future article we'll discuss the benefits of the CollectionViewSource.

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