Search for Elements
Object for searching elements present on websites
Settings
Field
Descriptive
Title
Object title
Select the Main Object
Option to select a browser opened with the "Open Browser" object
Declare Variable
Allows you to declare a variable to reference the value(text) of the element.
Variable
Variable name that will reference the element text
Xpath
Opção de busca por xpath do elemento (como obter xpath do elemento) - Option to search by xpath of the element (how to get xpath of the element)
Name
Searches element by tag name
Id
Searches element by tag ID
Class Name
Searches element by class
CSS Selector
Searches element by the CSS Selector
Contains in Path
Checks if an element on the page contains the path (if so, gets the element)
Object Identifier Name
Singular object name for the element search (variable)
Search just one
Searches just one element (better performance)
Search a list
Searches a list of elements
Minimum Quantity
Minimum number of elements to be retrieved (for list searches only)
Timeout
Maximum waiting time of the object to be found
Stop execution if something goes wrong
Throws error and stops the robot execution
Click
Click action on the found element (only for 1 element searches)
Type
Types on the found element (only for 1 element searches)
Password Field
Action to not display on screen the password entered in the text field
Text
Text to be displayed on screen
Teclas de atalho - Shortcut keys
Activates shortcut keys on the element (only for 1 element search)
Example
To do an element search on a website, you must follow the next steps:
1 - Select the objet "Open Browser" on the "Internet" menu and drag it to your working area:
First, define a singular object name in the "Object Identifier Name" field , select a browser and enter the website to be accessed in the "Web Page Address" field
As shown above we used the Google website for this tutorial:
2 - On this site, it is necessary to fill in some search information. To do this, we will use the "Search Elements" object, which is available in the "Internet" menu.
You should enter the main object, in this case, the browser object. Next we should enter the xpath in the search field and set "SEARCH A LIST" and then define the action to be applied. (See how to get the xpath of elements manually, by clicking HERE)
2 - The working area will look like this:
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