Find relative web element

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Posted on by KrzysztofKa

Hi,

I'm trying to solve RPA challenge from this website https://futureofworkblog.web.app/challenge2021.html on a regular level. I'm trying to get an input element relative to the label class element. In UiPath there is something called Anchor activity that allows interaction with an element relative to another. Is there anything like that available in PAD?

Or is there a way to create a selector that will get one element before? I was able to create selectors that get one element after, but before (previous) wasn't working.

Thank you in advance.

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fraenK 2,125 on at

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Did you try this as a custom selector? https://css-tricks.com/child-and-sibling-selectors/#adjacent-sibling-combinator

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KrzysztofKa 4 on at

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I did, but it gets only UI elements after not an element before. I did it some other way, but still being able to capture elements before would a better option.

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fraenK 2,125 on at

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Please post your custom selector

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KrzysztofKa 4 on at

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Actually, there is nothing custom to it. I just look for the .label after the input, read its content and then look for input.

#form_container > input:eq(%LoopIndex%) + .label

#form_container > input:eq(%LoopIndex%)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD5u8D1Fado

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fraenK 2,125 on at

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There is no previous element selector in CSS so you'll need to (loop through the input fields) and verify their label before entering anything

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BoredFish 26 on at

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You shouldn't need to do any looping. Try directly picking the element where the next sibling has what you're looking for.

Something like this:

input:has(+ label[text="whateverXYZ"])

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