microsoft / microsoft/playwright

[BUG][Electron] filechooser event not emitted when dialog.show(Open|Save)Dialog is called

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Description

Duplicate of #5013. Full details and repro steps available there.

Opening new issue as requested by maintainers on original issue.

This is definitely a blocker for our integration tests as we need to test open and save functionality in our app and we're not able to select the files in the dialogs.

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Research direction

Start with duplicate issue #5013, which contains the full details and reproduction steps. Investigate the Electron dialog.show(Open|Save)Dialog path and verify that the filechooser event is emitted for both open and save dialogs so integration tests can select files.

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Assessment

Tech stack
electron, typescript
Domain
desktop, testing-qa
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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