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Not Selecting UI Element

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Hello, I am trying to select a UI element in a webpage using the "Click UI element in window" action. The HTML structure of the element is provided in the image below. The selector is attempting to select the element by targeting its "id" component but it gives an error saying that the element cannot be found. I also tried making the selector target the other components of the element such as the "name" and "value" components but nothing seems to work. How can this element be selected?

 

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  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @OnurOnal 

     

    Use this action for clicking elements in webpage 

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  • OnurOnal Profile Picture
    158 on at

    Hello @Nived_Nambiar,

     

    I tried using this action but it still does not work.

  • Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Most Valuable Professional on at

    The idea is that you are trying to click on a web element, so you need to use actions under the Browser group of actions.

    Why are you trying to click on a text field, though? If you want to write to it, try using the Populate text field in web page action. If you want to press it as a button, use the Press button in web page action.

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  • OnurOnal Profile Picture
    158 on at

    @Agnius,

     

    I initially tried to write to it directly using the action you suggested, but the program cannot write you a UI element it cannot detect. In such cases, clicking on the UI element before writing to it sometimes solves the issue but in this case it did not. Here is an image of the error I am getting.

     

    Screenshot 2023-07-20 at 10.31.25 AM.png

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    Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
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    This error is not related to an element not being found. It is related to an object/table that you are referencing not having a property/column with the name "Schedule Name".

    It has nothing to do with the selector. It's related to what you are writing.

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  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @OnurOnal 

     

    Could you show how you have designed the selectors for this ?

     

  • OnurOnal Profile Picture
    158 on at

    @Agnius,

     

    You are correct. The issue has been solved, thanks for the help.

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