Coded UI c# - how to click a table htmlcell - mouseevent

Question

I have tried numerous things to access a cell in a table. I have actually found the row that I need based on an innertext search, but then when I change the columnindex to the column for the found row, I cannot get mouse.click(cell); to do anything. Please see my code below. It has been modified many times! I have also used record to capture information about the cell.
The Method:
` public string SelectExistingCustomer(UITestControl parent, TestContext TestContext, string sLastName)
{
Controls control = new Controls(this.parent);
EditControl econtrol = new EditControl(this.parent);
HtmlTable tCustomerSearch = new HtmlTable(this.parent);
//HtmlTable tCustomerSearch1 = tCustomerSearch;
HtmlCell cell = new HtmlCell(tCustomerSearch);
//HtmlCell cell = GetCell;
string sFullName = "";
string sRowIndex = "";
if (sLastName != "")
{
try
{
// CodedUI scrolls items into view before it can click them
bool notfound = true;
int NumberOfpages = 0;
while (notfound)
{
tCustomerSearch.SearchProperties.Add(HtmlTable.PropertyNames.TagName, "TABLE");
Trace.WriteLine("####tCustomerSearch??? : " + tCustomerSearch + " : TABLE.");
tCustomerSearch.SearchConfigurations.Add(SearchConfiguration.AlwaysSearch);
int rowcount = tCustomerSearch.RowCount;
Trace.WriteLine("Row###: " + rowcount + ".");
HtmlRow lastRow = (HtmlRow)tCustomerSearch.Rows[rowcount - 1];
//lastRow.EnsureClickable();
NumberOfpages++;
cell.SearchProperties.Add(HtmlCell.PropertyNames.InnerText, sLastName, PropertyExpressionOperator.Contains);
cell.SearchConfigurations.Add(SearchConfiguration.AlwaysSearch);
if (cell.TryFind())
{
notfound = false;
sFullName = cell.GetProperty(HtmlCell.PropertyNames.InnerText).ToString();
sRowIndex = cell.GetProperty(HtmlCell.PropertyNames.RowIndex).ToString();
Trace.WriteLine(string.Format("found name at page {0}", NumberOfpages));
Trace.WriteLine(string.Format("Table row nr: {0}", cell.RowIndex));
Trace.WriteLine("cell####: " + cell + ".");
}
else Trace.WriteLine("NOT FOUND: CELL###:" + cell + ". And sFullName: " + sFullName + ".");
}
Trace.WriteLine("CELL###:" + cell + ". And sFullName: " + sFullName + ". And sRowIndex: " + sRowIndex + ".");
cell.SearchProperties.Add(HtmlCell.PropertyNames.RowIndex, sRowIndex);
cell.SearchProperties.Add(HtmlCell.PropertyNames.ColumnIndex, "0");
cell.SearchProperties[HtmlCell.PropertyNames.InnerText] = "Get";
cell.SetFocus();
//HtmlInputButton stry = new HtmlInputButton(cell);
Mouse.Click(cell);
//Mouse.Click(stry);
Assert.IsTrue(!notfound);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.WriteLine("Failed to Search and find. Exception: " + ex + ".");
return "Failed";
}
}
//else - For the Future
return sFullName;
}
Table and cell - I modified this from the recording, not really sure what this does but I did something similar when I was having difficulty selecting from a combox:
public class tCustomerSearch : HtmlTable
{
public tCustomerSearch(UITestControl searchLimitContainer) :
base(searchLimitContainer)
{
#region Search Criteria
this.FilterProperties[HtmlTable.PropertyNames.ControlDefinition] = "class=\"table table-striped\"";
this.FilterProperties[HtmlTable.PropertyNames.Class] = "table table-striped";
this.FilterProperties[HtmlTable.PropertyNames.TagInstance] = "1";
#endregion
}
#region Properties
public HtmlCell GetCell
{
get
{
if ((this.mGetCell == null))
{
this.mGetCell = new HtmlCell(this);
#region Search Criteria
this.mGetCell.SearchProperties[HtmlCell.PropertyNames.InnerText] = "Get";
//this.GetCell.SearchProperties[HtmlCell.PropertyNames.MaxDepth] = "3";
Trace.WriteLine("###sLastName: " + sLastName + ". And mGetCell: " + mGetCell + ".");
#endregion
}
return this.mGetCell;
}
}
#endregion
// public string ctrlPropertyValue { get; private set; }
public string sLastName { get; }
#region Fields
private HtmlCell mGetCell;
#endregion
}
`

Answer 1

So, I found my own answer - even though this is not the best - it works!
` Keyboard.SendKeys("{TAB}");
Keyboard.SendKeys("{ENTER}");
'
I use this in place of mouse.click(cell);
The TAB highlights the button in the cell, and Enter triggers the event.