Validate the selectors of UI elements

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Business value

You can now ensure that a selector, whether edited or not, can locate the specified UI element. You may perform any change in the selector and test in an easy way whether the selector is valid and can find the desired UI element on the screen.

Feature details

UI and browser automation in desktop flows interacts with UI elements. A selector that specifies the UI element is generated when a UI element is captured. A selector is the address of the UI element that allows Power Automate for desktop to locate the UI element while running the desktop flow.

With the selector testing feature, you can navigate to the UI element builder window for a captured UI element, test one or all selectors, and check whether the UI element can be found.

You can perform testing immediately after opening the builder or after editing one or more selectors. The testing process will inform you whether a UI element is found on the screen (success), not found (failure), or multiple UI elements are found with the specific selector(s).

See also

Test a selector (docs)