UI elements

  • 5 minutes

To interact with UI items, Power Automate for desktop must first identify them. To do so without resorting to image recognition or on-screen positions, Power Automate for desktop uses UI elements to identify windows and their contents.

Add controls

In order to interact with a UI window and its elements in a flow, the first step is to add them to the flow. Select the Add UI Element button in the UI elements tab, as shown in the following screenshot:

Screenshot of the Add U I element button.

Doing so will launch the UISpy, which allows the capturing of multiple UI elements. Select all the elements the flow will interact with, using Ctrl & left-click. When finished, select Done:

Screenshot of the Add multiple U I elements.

Alternatively, when configuring a UI/Windows action, select the drop-down list and press the Add UI element button:

Screenshot of the Add U I element through a U I action.