I'm surprised this doesn't work, since in many other ways UI Automation falls back on MSAA by default, and we do implement IAccessible::accHitTest.

I'd suggest using IAccessible::accHitTest as a workaround, but otherwise we'll put this on our future roadmap.

IAccessible::accHitTest gets IAccessible. How to get IUIAutomationElement from it? Chrome does not support IUIAutomation::ElementFromIAccessible.

Hi,

I am not able to get the Address and Search Bar when I run chrome as administrator. What is the solution for this behavior. I am using the latest version of Chrome and UIAutomation code pasted here 

public static string GetActiveTabUrl()
{
  Process[] procsChrome = Process.GetProcessesByName("chrome");

  if (procsChrome.Length <= 0)
    return null;

  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);
    var SearchBar = root.FindFirst(TreeScope.Descendants, new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.NameProperty, "Address and search bar"));
    if (SearchBar != null)
      return (string)SearchBar.GetCurrentPropertyValue(ValuePatternIdentifiers.ValueProperty);
  }

  return null;
}