C# System.Windows.Automation get element text

Question

I am trying to get text/labels from application controls with Automation in C#.

So far I am able to obtain AutomationElement tree of application (for example Notepad

Answer 1

Mike Zboray answer works fine. In case you have access to pattern-Matching, here is the same (condensed) code :

public static class AutomationExtensions
{
    public static string GetText(this AutomationElement element)
    => element.TryGetCurrentPattern(ValuePattern.Pattern, out object patternValue) ? ((ValuePattern)patternValue).Current.Value
        : element.TryGetCurrentPattern(TextPattern.Pattern, out object patternText) ? ((TextPattern)patternText).DocumentRange.GetText(-1).TrimEnd('\r') // often there is an extra '\r' hanging off the end.
        : element.Current.Name;
}