Search for Elements
Object for searching elements present on websites
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Object for searching elements present on websites
Last updated
This object depends on the "Open Browser" object to work
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) |
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:
