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Trigger a simple mouse click event everytime a specific UI element updates/ changes value.

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Posted on by Neves077

How do i do this? I just downloaded Power Automate just watched some videos but cant seem to find anything on it. But i bet it is possible.

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mathiaskjeldsen 224 on at

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This could be done by initializing two different Variables on the UI element. So first you want to identify the UI element, and then you subsequently create two variables - call the first initialState and the second currentState. Then you add a Loop action to continuously check the state of the UI element. Inside the Loop action you add "Get UI element property", and then inside that you add an If condition to compare the currentState variable with the initialState variable. If they aren't equal, trigger a mouse click.

Put a delay on the whole flow, depending on how often you want it to run.

That should do the trick. If this solved your problem please flag my answer as a solution 🙂

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Neves077 2 on at

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ok that seems about right thank you so much because i wouldnt get there not even close!!! but ahm but like will this work if the value in case will change from Layer 0/418 and i need it to update everytime the value follows the sequence like from 0 to 1/418 and then 2/418 because i need a click for each layer change. Does this make sense?

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VishnuReddy1997 2,656 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Neves077 ,

In Power Automate Desktop (PAD), you can use the UI Automation actions to interact with UI elements. However, PAD doesn’t provide a built-in way to trigger an action every time a specific UI element updates or changes its value.

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mathiaskjeldsen 224 on at

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Hey. For that you need to implement another Variable outside the loop condition that updates the initialState to what was now the currenState, so that the new initialState is 1 and then when it changes from 1 to 2, the Loop action captures the change.

So the initial variable starts at 0, then it loops through until it changes to 1, then you update the first variable to be 1 (as this is now "new normal"), and then it loops through again - when it then changes from 1 to 2, you do the same mouse click, update variable and start from the beginning again.

Hope it makes sense.

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AK88 453 on at

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Hi @Neves077 ,

You can play with custom selector by using UI Automation. It's better and advisable to to chose UI automation rather than mouse click events. Kindly try with UI Automation and make selectors as dynamic as you need.

if this answers your query kindly mark it as solution and give kudos.

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