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Good day,

Unfortunately, I don't know where to find a solution to my problem, so I want to try to contact you. Namely, I try to use a power automate to control the browser. Everything works except for one button, which the program finds, but pressing does not work at all. The only way out was to locate the button using the mouse position functions and then double-click with the mouse. But this is not a good solution as the position of the button changes with different monitors. Can you advise me on how to approach this problem? Alternatively, there is a function that would press the button "like a mouse". I also tried the "CLICK LINK ON WEB PAGE" function also doesn't work.

Thank you very much in advance

Sincerely

Robert.

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miketran13 720 on at

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Hi Robert,

Have you tried to use Press Button on web page yet? If not, please try it.
And I also know that, Click link on web page and Press Button on web page is not always working as expected. I got few problems with these before. There is a workaround solution that I tried sometime, that is sending Tabs key on the browser until it located at the Button position. Then, I just need to send another hotkey is Enter replaces for the Press button action.

Thanks and hope it can help you.
Mike
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Scenox 22 on at

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Hello Mike,

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Scenox 22 on at

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Hello Mike,

Thank you for your answer. Well i tried press button on web page it doesn't work.
With hotkeys couldn't be problem when user will be work simultaneously on the computer?

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Robert.

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Shrav Microsoft Employee on at

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Hello Robert,

When you say Click Link/Press Button on Web Page don't work, double check the error.

If you see an error that says the element is not found, it would be an issue with the CSS Selector of the button.
In such cases, you'll need to modify the CSS Selector of the button for the interaction to be successful.
Press F12 while on a browser to see the structure of the webpage and create your own CSS selectors.
Know more about CSS Selectors here.

If there's no error, it means that the click was successfully sent. You may see the button highlighted in yellow, indicating that the element is in focus but it hasn't been clicked. For such cases, you can send an "Enter" keystroke to complete the click event.

You can also use JavaScript to press a button,
Populate text field and click on link using JavaScript | Microsoft Docs

On a sidenote, if a user is working simultaneously on the same system, the user's interactions would conflict with any such interactive actions (mouse clicks/keystrokes etc.) that your flow may perform.

Thanks,
Shrav

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GanCW 237 on at

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As a last resort, you can use click on image to simulate the click.

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if you can not use any other solution, to overcome the issue with the resolution you can add the actions get / set resolution

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