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Hello PAD Team,

I am trying to press a Browse button on a web page, which will open a file select window. However, using either 'Press button on web page' or 'Click link on web page' doesnt open the file select window.

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This issue does NOT trigger an error message - I assume this means that PAD thinks it actually performed the task, when it clearly didnt.

I know the button works when I manually click.

I cannot use mouse clicks as a solution because the windows size changes.

What are my options here?

Thank you so much!

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UK_Mike on at

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Try "Press Button in Window" from the Actions Pane.

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jibbs 84 on at

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I forgot to mention I already tried that but no dice.

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Henrik_M 2,021 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@jibbs wrote:
I cannot use mouse clicks as a solution because the windows size changes.

You can with this technique: How to send physical right/left click on web element | Microsoft Docs

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Guriga 188 on at

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Hi,
Edit the UI element, choose Custom, delete everything there and paste this.
div:contains('Browse') > button.

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Hey,

I would suggest using Guriga's idea because it will always look for the specific div rather than move mouse and click.

But the combination of actions, "move mouse" and "send left click" can be another alternative. Move mouse also accounts for if your window size is different. Just throw in a move mouse command, in the settings window, make sure "Active Window" is selected and make sure you keep the window with the button selected, then take your cursor to the button and hit ctrl+shift to record the x and y coordinate as to where the button is located. Once you have the move mouse done, then send the "send left click" command.

This is optional, but for added measure, in your flow, before move mouse, you can add another command i.e. "Focus Window" and select the window where the button is located. That way, RPA will select the window as active window and thereby move the cursor to the correct position before sending left click.

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jibbs 84 on at

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Hi @Guriga , I went to edit the UI element, chose Custom, and removed everything there, but I cannot paste in anything. Here is what I see:
Any suggestions?

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Henrik_M 2,021 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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It's NOT custom right now. Toggle has to be TO THE LEFT.....

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jibbs 84 on at

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Thank you. I appreciate all the replies so far.

I pasted "div:contains('Browse') > button." but still it's saying not found:

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Henrik_M 2,021 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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"DOUBLE QUOTES" not 'single quotes'

button:contains("Browse")

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Guriga 188 on at

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Hi,

Mine working with single quotes.

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