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Hi,

I have a UI element that includes two variables as part of its CSS Selector. One is for the Type and the other is for the Ordinal. Resulting CSS is below.

button[Class="inline-button"][Type="%NewVar%"]:eq(%LoopIndex%)

I received the following error. The value for %NewVar% for Type is used, but the %LoopIndex% variable is not successful for the Ordinal. Is this a bug?

Element with selector 'button[Class="bg-transparent bn lh-solid pa0 sans-serif tc underline inline-button black pointer f6 ml1"][Type="button"]:eq(%LoopIndex%)' not found.

Thanks,

John

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Henrik_M 2,021 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Variables in the selector only works with custom mode activated. Did you turn it on?

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jfk86d 51 on at

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Hi @Henrik_M,
Thank you for your reply. I think I have it on. I left the circled item below turned on. Is that what you mean?

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No; needs to be to the left. Microsoft needs to hire someone who knows about user interfaces.

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@Henrik_M , Thank you that solved it!

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7ishty 2 on at

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I am facing the same problem but I am not able to find "custom" button in my UI selector dialog box. Can you please help in it ?

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jfk86d 51 on at

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Hi @7ishty
It appears Microsoft fixed the poor UI and the custom button is gone. I have not revisited the Flow that used this variable in a selector, so I'm not sure of the solution for the updated interface. It also appears they updated the documentation for this screen. Maybe the answer is there? UI elements and controls - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn & Build a custom selector - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn Good luck and please post what you find as a solution. Thanks! John

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wezhema 31 on at

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Hey, I had the same issue but you have to enable the "Text Editor" at the top right, seems like the Custom button disappeared with the latest versions:

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