uitest: add method to get first component

Note that this method should be improved to allow selecting a specific
component. However for now this works will all tests that start only one
document.

Change-Id: Iaba47b3dc5996abbfc3fca54dfefa48df5a603d8

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/uitest/uitest/test.py b/uitest/uitest/test.py
index 552071fd8699..d68a67edd78a 100644
--- a/uitest/uitest/test.py
+++ b/uitest/uitest/test.py
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ class UITest(object):
         frames = desktop.getFrames()
         return frames
 
+    def get_component(self):
+        desktop = self.get_desktop()
+        components = desktop.getComponents()
+        for component in components:
+            if component is not None:
+                return component
+
     def load_file(self, url):
         desktop = self.get_desktop()
         with EventListener(self._xContext, "OnLoad") as event: