Activities

Click on element

Description

This activity simulates clicking a specific browser element. It is possible to do a left click, right click, and double click.

Similar to other browser-related activities it requires an added ‘Open URL’ activity block placed before it. Read about its usage in this article.

Browser element

First of all, we need to define the browser element that will be used for it. This can be a search string, button, or any other kind of interface element. This can be done in Studio Pro using Pick New Element. Let us take a look at how it works.

Browser element is the main parameter here. It defines the used browser element. To set up a new element, click on "Pick New Element". If you have already selected one, the "Edit element" option is available, then you can either pick a new element or choose a new one from the list.

Once you click on the button, the browser appears. Hover your cursor over the desired element: if it is recognized, it is highlighted in red. Press Ctrl + X while hovering over the element to pick it. The Esc key closes Browser Picker without choosing any elements.

As soon as the element is picked, this window will appear. It indicates that the element was found and recognized. You can also set the element name here. It will be displayed in Studio Pro.

It is also possible to view the advanced options by opening the dropdown menu. Advanced options represent the chosen element as a table. It contains the properties and values of this element. This table can be modified in case it is required to refine or correct the element.

Advanced element options

The "Test" button lets you check if the element was defined correctly. Upon clicking it, focus will be shifted to the browser window and the picked element will be highlighted yellow if it was recognized correctly. It can display one of the following messages:

• Found 1 element means that the specific element was successfully recognized.
• Found >1 element means that there are a few similar elements. In this case, it is required to pick one of them or double check the advanced options.
• Not found means that the element was not recognized and must be redefined or the advanced options must be corrected.

The "Pick" button lets you pick another element or pick the element once again.

Click "Save" once you are ready. This element will be saved for further usage in Studio Pro activities.

It is also possible to edit an existing element that you have previously picked. To do this, click the "Edit element" button below its name.

Other parameters

On tab. This parameter allows you to specify the name of the tab that you want the bot to interact with. The name of the tab is assigned in the "Open URL" activity.

1. Set a value allows you to manually specify the name of the tab.
2. Calculate a value allows you to use a special formula or a special method to determine the name of the tab.
3. Save the previous step result takes the result of the previous workflow action as the name of the tab.

Use tab name in order

This checkbox allows you to specify a sequential number of a tab in the browser. It is worth using if a new tab opens not manually, but automatically after clicking on some element.

In iframe

It is also possible to click an element in IFrame. Check this parameter if you would like to use this feature. Once it is checked, IFrame parameter will appear. In this specific case, this parameter is required.

Double click and Right Click

Use these options to specify different ways of clicking the element you chose. Notice that you can toggle these options along with Key Modifiers if you want your bot to use combinations like Ctrl + Shift + Double click, for example.

Simulate Human Behavior

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Note

The "Simulate User Behavior" option is only available when "Chrome Native or Edge" is selected as the browser. In the case of selecting Chrome Selenium, this option will not be available.

Check this parameter to simulate the action as a human input and avoid target Browsers considering any activity as bot input.

Wait before, sec, and Wait after, sec parameters indicate how much time will pass before or after executing this activity.

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Hover over element

Description

Hovers the mouse cursor over the specified element in the browser opened via Studio Pro.

Parameters

Browser element

This activity allows you to select the desired browser elements using the Browser picker.

On tab

This parameter allows you to specify the name of the tab that you want the bot to interact with. The name of the tab is assigned in the Open URL activity.

1. Set a value allows you to manually specify the name of the tab.
2. Calculate a value allows you to use a special formula or a special method to determine the name of the tab.
3. Save the previous step result takes the result of the previous workflow action as the name of the tab.

Use tab name in order

This checkbox allows you to specify a sequential number of a tab in the browser. It is worth using if a new tab opens not manually, but automatically after clicking on some element.

In iframe

This parameter allows you to select a specific iframe on a given page where the action is to be executed.

Simulate User Behavior

Check this parameter to simulate the action as a human input and avoid target Browsers considering any activity as bot input.

Wait before, sec

Allows you to set the delay in seconds before the action is executed.

Wait after, sec

Allows you to set the delay in seconds after the action has been performed.

Comment

Contains an annotation of the activity. The input text will be displayed above the activity name.

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Drag and drop element

Description

Simulates drag and drop of a web page element to another element.

Parameters

Browser tabs

This activity allows you to select the desired browser elements using the "Browser picker".

The tab selection parameter offers two options: specify the tab number manually or use the "Use tab number by order" checkbox.

Specifying the tab number manually allows you to designate the selected tab independently from the other tabs. That is, if tab "2" is selected in the option and other tabs are actually opened in the browser before it (i.e. the tab becomes, for example, the third one), the activity will be executed in this tab anyway.

The "Use tab number by order" checkbox denotes the tab strictly by the order of the actually opened tabs in the browser. That is, in a similar case (when the desired tab is actually the third), the Browser Picker will work exactly with the second tab of the browser.

Browser element

Target element for relocation.

Attributes

'Change the element' - allows you to use 'Browser Picker' to define an item.

CSS selector

1. Set a value: enables you to directly write a CSS-selector string of the specified element, for example, input[name='btnK'].
2. Save the previous step result: chooses the previous function result as the CSS-selector.
3. Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form the CSS-selector.

XPath

1. Set a value: enables you to directly write a string which is the selector of the specified element in the XPath form, for example, //*[@id="rso"]/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/a.
2. Save the previous step result: chooses the previous function result as the XPath expression.
3. Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form the XPath expression.

Target element

The end point of the element movement.

Attributes

Change the element' - allows you to use 'Browser Picker' to define an item.

CSS selector

1. Set a value: enables you to directly write a CSS-selector string of the specified element, for example, input[name='btnK'].
2. Save the previous step result: chooses the previous function result as the CSS-selector.
3. Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form the CSS-selector.

XPath

1. Set a value: enables you to directly write a string which is the selector of the specified element in the XPath form, for example, //*[@id="rso"]/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/a.
2. Save the previous step result: chooses the previous function result as the XPath expression.
3. Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form the XPath expression.

Offset X

Mouse cursor shift in the X axis.

1. Set a value: specify horizontal axis offset coordinates.
2. Save the previous step result: take the value of the variable calculated in the previous step of the workflow.
3. Calculate a value: use a special formula or a special method to calculate the value.

Offset Y

Couse cursor shift in the Y axis.

1. Set a value: specify vertical axis offset coordinates.
2. Save the previous step result: take the value of the variable calculated in the previous step of the workflow.
3. Calculate a value: use a special formula or a special method to calculate the value.

Use tab number by order

Allows you to manually specify the tab number.

Browser tab

The number of the browser tab where the desired item is located. In total, up to five tabs can be used in the workflow.

On tab. This parameter allows you to specify the name of the tab that you want the bot to interact with. The name of the tab is assigned in the "Open URL" activity.

1. Set a value allows you to manually specify the name of the tab.
2. Calculate a value allows you to use a special formula or a special method to determine the name of the tab.
3. Save the previous step result takes the result of the previous workflow action as the name of the tab.

Use tab name in order

This checkbox allows you to specify a sequential number of a tab in the browser. It is worth using if a new tab opens not manually, but automatically after clicking on some element.

In iframe

Allows you to select a specific iframe on a given page where you want to perform the action.

Comment

Contains an annotation to the activity. The input text will be displayed above the activity name.

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Select List Item

Description

This activity allows you to select a specific item in a dropdown list. The item to be selected can be chosen directly or determined as a variable, implying that the item itself can be dynamic.

Please note that only the standard HTML dropdown lists are supported.

Browser Picker

First of all, we need to define the browser element that will be used for it. This can be done in Studio Pro using Browser Picker. Let us take a look at how it works.

Here we are going to provide an example with a dropdown list. The list we used here can be found on this website https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/forms/select/.

The Browser Element is the main parameter here. It defines the used browser element. To set up a new element, open the dropdown menu here and click ‘Pick New Element’. If there is an existing element, it will be present in the list and it will be possible to choose it.

The browser window opens. Hover your cursor over the desired element. If it is recognized, it will be highlighted in red. Press Ctrl + X while hovering over the element to pick it. Esc key closes Browser Picker without choosing any elements.

As soon as the element is picked, the Browser Picker window appears confirming the element was found and recognized. You can also set an "Element name" here to be displayed in Studio Pro later on.

In the Browser Picker window, it is also possible to view the advanced options by opening the dropdown menu. These "Advanced options" represent the chosen element as a table. It contains the properties and values that belong to this element. Edit these values in the table by checking and unchecking the options and defining values for Calculation and Values.

The ‘Test’ button lets you check if the element was defined correctly. Upon clicking it, the focus will be shifted to the browser window and the picked element will be highlighted yellow if it was recognized correctly. It can display one of the following messages:

• Found 1 element means that the specific element was successfully recognized.
• Found >1 element means that there are a few similar elements. In this case, it is required to pick one of them or double-check the advanced options.
• Not found means that the element was not recognized and must be redefined or the advanced options must be corrected.

The ‘Pick’ button lets you pick another element or pick the element once again.

Click ‘Save’ once you are ready. This element will be saved for further usage in Studio Pro activities.

It is also possible to edit an existing element that you have previously picked. To do this, click the ‘Edit element’ button below its name.

Parameters

We have just described how to pick a new interface element. Now let us review the other parameters.

Browser Element

The Browser element is the main parameter here. It defines the used browser element. To set up a new element, open the dropdown menu here and click ‘Pick New Element’. If there is an existing element, it will be present in the list and it will be possible to choose it.

The browser window opens. Hover your cursor over the desired element. If it is recognized, it will be highlighted in red. Press Ctrl + X while hovering over the element to pick it. Esc key closes Browser Picker without choosing any elements.

As soon as the element is picked, the Browser Picker window appears confirming the element was found and recognized. You can also set an "Element name" here to be displayed in Studio Pro later on.

In the Browser Picker window, it is also possible to view the advanced options by opening the dropdown menu. These "Advanced options" represent the chosen element as a table. It contains the properties and values that belong to this element. Edit these values in the table by checking and unchecking the options and defining values for Calculation and Values.

List item

This parameter defines what item of the specified list will be selected.

1. Set a value allows you to manually specify the item to be selected.
2. Calculate a value allows you to use a special formula or a special method to determine the item to be selected. It can be used to specify variables in this parameter.
3. Save the previous step result takes the result of the previous workflow action as the item to be selected.

On tab

This parameter allows you to specify the name of the tab that you want the bot to interact with. The name of the tab is assigned in the "Open URL" activity.

1. Set a value allows you to manually specify the name of the tab.
2. Calculate a value allows you to use a special formula or a special method to determine the name of the tab.
3. Save the previous step result takes the result of the previous workflow action as the name of the tab.

Use tab name in order

This checkbox allows you to specify a sequential number of a tab in the browser. It is worth using if a new tab opens not manually, but automatically after clicking on some element.

In iframe

This parameter allows you to select a specific iframe on a given page where the action is to be executed.

Wait before, sec, and Wait after, sec

These parameters indicate how much time will pass before or after executing this activity.

Comment

Contains an annotation of the activity. The input text will be displayed above the activity name.

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