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PAD UI Element does not capture or recognize web page filter

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I am designing a flow that will pull reports from our internal website. The reports needed require to be filtered by a specific user. This is where the issue arises. The way the site works, the drop-down arrow beside 'Updated By', we need to go to the 'Filters' and 'Contains' options to get to the area to population the text. The two options do not require a click but is a hoover feature. I am attempting to get PAD to understand how to get to the field to population the user we need. I have tried using the Recorder feature, but it does help and even with the current flow, using UI automation, I've not been successful. I provided screen shots of how the filter appears and the flows for my current and the recorder. Any suggestion would be helpful

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catto16 56 on at

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You could try hover mouse feature and also could try sending keys to move from filter > contains > the text box. I don't have anything like that right now to try so I'm not sure but you could try "tab" key. Then when u manage to get to the text box, send keys again to fill whatever you'd like to fill.
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Very likely, you can still use an actual click to do it. If the click does not result in any unwanted filters applied or the drop-down thing closing, you can send those clicks, which will make each menu actually open.

Alternatively you could use Send keys as suggested by @catto16 or a JavaScript.

Finally, does the filter actually appear in the URL after you apply it? Perhaps it's possible to simply pass it to the URL instead of doing it via the UI.

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