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Hello dear Community.

I am trying to click on one of 4 possible Elements in a browser.
If the first "Room" is not available I want to automatically try the next one until one works.
This is what I came up with:

Every selector looks the same, just the room parameter gets increased.
I thought when having multiple Selectors PAD will run through them from top to bottom until one works. But apparently this is not the case, since in my example Room3 should work but when I run it, I only get this error.

As soon as I deactivate the first two selectors, the whole process works...
How do I fix this? How can I make PAD run through all the selectors until one works?

Thanks in advance,
Robert

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Nived_Nambiar 18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @jotas

Is the selector issue is occuring at 1st selector or 2nd selector ?

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jotas 10 on at

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When I manually test them, Selector 1 and 2 don't find results if that is what you mean

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PeterPeng 7 on at

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Looks like it ran through all the 4 selectors already, see the error details, 4 selectors in single quotes and separate with comma, maybe you should double check your selectors.

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jotas 10 on at

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I double-triple checked everything. Like I said, as soon as I deactivate the first two selectors, it works.
It also works when I move the third selector to the top of the selectors.

That tells me, that the program does not run through all selectors but rather only the first of the list.
Do you have any other ideas what the issue might be? Do you need any other information that I might be able to provide? I really need this to work..

Should I instead use the function "If web page contains" to run through the 4 possible Elements that I am looking for instead of using 4 Selectors?

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PeterPeng 7 on at

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Please try to use "Wait for web page content" with all 4 selectors, and then use "If web page contains" 4 times with each single selector
wait for web page content : 4 selectors
if web page contains : selector 1
do something...
end
if web page contains : selector 2
do something...
end
...

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jotas 10 on at

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I tried it with wait for web page content as you can see here
Nothing happens.
And when I test the single Selectors it works

Now I just used the "If web page contaings" solution 4 times with the 4 different selectors and this works, even though it's not as fast as I hoped it would be. Thanks for trying to help

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Nived_Nambiar 18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi

I have one question regarding the selector option you have in your power automate , i could not see this highlighted option in my PAD

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jotas 10 on at

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I am sorry but what is the question? I am using the current PAD version and there I have these options when editing an UI element

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Nived_Nambiar 18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @jotas

I couldn't find the same option , i am using PAD 2.30.109.23075

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jotas 10 on at

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Hello @Nived_Nambiar
I am using PAD 2.31.100.23089
Very handy testing option

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