How to get a list of open tabs from chrome? | C#

Question

So I want to extract the open tabs from google chrome (title, URL) and list theme out kind of like in the chrome task manager. So far I have tried to filter all the chrome p

Answer 1

First Reference two dll

UIAutomationClient.dll
UIAutomationTypes.dll

Located: C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.0 (or 3.5)

Then

using System.Windows.Automation;

and the code

Process[] procsChrome = Process.GetProcessesByName("chrome");
if (procsChrome.Length <= 0)
{
   Console.WriteLine("Chrome is not running");
}
else
{
   foreach (Process proc in procsChrome)
   {
      // the chrome process must have a window 
      if (proc.MainWindowHandle == IntPtr.Zero)
      {
          continue;
      }
      // to find the tabs we first need to locate something reliable - the 'New Tab' button 
      AutomationElement root = AutomationElement.FromHandle(proc.MainWindowHandle);
      Condition condNewTab = new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.NameProperty, "New Tab");
      AutomationElement elmNewTab = root.FindFirst(TreeScope.Descendants, condNewTab);
      // get the tabstrip by getting the parent of the 'new tab' button 
      TreeWalker treewalker = TreeWalker.ControlViewWalker;
      AutomationElement elmTabStrip = treewalker.GetParent(elmNewTab);
      // loop through all the tabs and get the names which is the page title 
      Condition condTabItem = new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.TabItem);
      foreach (AutomationElement tabitem in elmTabStrip.FindAll(TreeScope.Children, condTabItem))
      {
          Console.WriteLine(tabitem.Current.Name);
      }
   }
}

Answer 2

It's looking for a english content "new tab", if your browser it's not in english it will not find the text and not work

Answer 3

You can try this:

AutomationElement root = AutomationElement.FromHandle(process.MainWindowHandle);
Condition condition = new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.TabItem);
var tabs = root.FindAll(TreeScope.Descendants, condition);

Answer 4

didn't found a way to get all URLS, seems like only current active is possible... but here is my code sample to get all Tab Names even if you seperated them in different windows:
you need

UIAutomationClient.dll
UIAutomationTypes.dll 

added to your References as seen above and
using System.Windowsw.Automation

Process[] procsEdge = Process.GetProcessesByName("msedge");
if (procsEdge.Length <= 0)
{
   Console.WriteLine("Edge is not running");
}
else
{
   foreach (Process proc in procsEdge)
   {
        //the Edge process must have a window
        if (proc.MainWindowHandle != IntPtr.Zero)
        {
            AutomationElement root = AutomationElement.FromHandle(proc.MainWindowHandle);
            TreeWalker treewalker = TreeWalker.ControlViewWalker;
            AutomationElement rootParent = treewalker.GetParent(root);
            Condition condWindow = new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.Window);
            AutomationElementCollection edges = rootParent.FindAll(TreeScope.Children, condWindow);
            Condition condNewTab = new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.TabItem);
            foreach (AutomationElement e in edges)
            {
                //check if the root element is named with *Edge*
                if (e.Current.Name.Contains("Edge"))
                {
                    //var beb = e.FindAll(TreeScope.Children, condNewTab);
                    foreach (AutomationElement tabitem in e.FindAll(TreeScope.Descendants, condNewTab))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("TABNAME: " + tabitem.Current.Name);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
   }
} 

maybe that is helping somebody i realized to late that without the URL's it's not helping me...