New option to build flows in Power Automate for desktop recorder

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Enabled for Public preview Early access General availability
Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - - Sep 30, 2022

Business value

The performance of the recorder is improved significantly, especially for highlighting the UI elements. Users get better control for creating the desktop flow. Moreover, the recorder is now more accessible for our users.

Feature details

The Power Automate for desktop recorder is enhanced with some aspects of a flow builder. The following steps during the recording now have a different experience:

  • Click on UI element in window/Click link on web page
  • Populate text field in window/Populate text field on web page
  • Set drop-down list value in window/Set drop-down list value on web page

Additionally, the recording context menu options can now be accessed with a more user-friendly and accessible approach, and the whole recorder experience is now more accessible.

See also

Record flows in Power Automate Desktop (docs)