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Use cases for advance option toggle in 'populate text field on web page'

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Hello community, 

 

I would like to know about use cases for these toggles. When do I need to use them or what are they use for. I'm not quite understand about the details for each of them in PAD more info button.

 

Toggle: Populate text using keystrokes:

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Toggle: Un focus text box after filling it

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Toggle: wait for page to load

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    Deenuji_Loganathan_ Profile Picture
    6,250 Moderator on at

    Hi @deerzzxdell 

    1. Populating text using keystrokes:

    When you utilize the web automation populate text action, it typically employs JavaScript to input the text onto your web page. However, if you activate this toggle button, your text field will be populated using physical keystrokes instead of sending the text through JavaScript.

    2. Un focus text box after filling it:

    This feature dictates the behavior after entering text into a textbox within your webpage or application using the populate action. When you toggle this button on, after entering the text, the cursor or focus will be removed from the control or textbox. Conversely, toggling this button off will retain the cursor in the same textbox even after entering the text.

     

    3. wait for page to load
    This action entails waiting for the web page to finish loading after populating a text field. It ensures that the webpage has fully loaded and processed any changes resulting from the text population action before proceeding with subsequent actions.

     

    I believe testing the second option is straightforward and allows you to experience its functionality directly. However, options 1 and 3 involve background operations.

     

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  • CU31080729-3 Profile Picture
    502 Moderator on at

    Hi,

     

    1) Populate text using physical keystroke :-

     when you enable its , that means when populating text value on field that time its bring the page on foreground (front of screen) and populate value on it and when you disable its , that means when populating text value on field that time its bring the page on background (not front of screen)  and populate value on it

     

    2) Unfocus text Box after Filling it :- 

    when you enable its, after populating text on the specific filed then focus on this field is Unfocus.

     

    3) Wait for page load :-

    when you enable its, it wait for your page loading ,after populating text on field  you can provide time out for this after this specific time page not load its failed this action with time out error.

     

     

    (Note:- if you got your solution you can mark as solution and gives kudos)

     

    Thanks & Regards

    Chetan Ninghot

  • Deenuji_Loganathan_ Profile Picture
    6,250 Moderator on at

    @Chetan_Ninghot 

     

    I harbor no ill will towards your perspective.

    I agree with your points #1 and #2, but could you please review point #3 based on the screenshot below?

     

    My understanding differs slightly here. Your statement, "when you enable it, it waits for your page loading," is a bit confusing to me. Does this mean it waits before populating the text or after populating the text? According to Microsoft, toggling on this option implies that after populating the text on your web page, it will pause your next action until the page loads completely.

     

    Kindly correct me if I'm mistaken. I'm keen to understand it accurately.

     

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  • CU31080729-3 Profile Picture
    502 Moderator on at

    Hi,

    @Deenuji 

    I did some mistake 🙃 on my post for point 3  , that ,mistake I have correct on my post 

     

    Thanks & Regards

    Chetan Ninghot

     

  • Deenuji_Loganathan_ Profile Picture
    6,250 Moderator on at

    @Chetan_Ninghot 

    No worries at all! Mistakes happen to the best of us. 

    Let's ensure we're on the same page, and thanks for your continued collaboration! 😊

     

  • deerzzxdell Profile Picture
    on at

    Thank you so much for your response! It does help a lot.

     

    I have another question, do you happen to know any use cases or situation when we need to disable option #1?  

     

    Thank you.

  • Deenuji_Loganathan_ Profile Picture
    6,250 Moderator on at

    @deerzzxdell 

    You are fortunate to have an excellent example for option1:

     

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Desktop/How-to-replace-text-in-input-field/m-p/2643448#U2643448 

     

    Please take a look at the above post from a user who encountered difficulties few minutes back while populating text in certain textboxes. Despite specifying that the field isn't empty and selecting "replace text" in the advanced options, the text was being appended instead of replaced. However, when the user activated the "populate text using physical keystrokes" option, the issue was resolved.

     

    This method can be particularly useful in cases where direct text insertion methods may not work as expected due to specific application behaviors or limitations. By emulating physical keystrokes, the script or application interacts with the target text field in a manner that closely resembles manual user input, potentially bypassing issues related to text appending or other unexpected behaviors.
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