#FeatureBlog - 19.10 - Using non-greedy search in selectors

[loginerror (Maciej Kuźmicz)]

What’s new?

The Non-Greedy search makes it possible to identify the target element from a pool of similar applications, matching the attributes you specify.

Let’s begin

1. As an example, let’s assume I am automating two Calculator applications which are opened simultaneously:

   

2. I want that my automation spies these two Calculator applications for the entered number 100 in any of them and execute some steps afterwards. Thus, I am using the following selector:

   

3. With the current selector default options, the selector search is done only in the application in focus, while the other similar ones matching top level attributes are ignored. See below, how the Calculator app in focus displays 99, and the secondary one displays 100, and the selector remains invalid:

   

4. However, adding:

   idx='*'
   

   in the top level selector will instruct the code to do the search throughout all the opened application, not only the one in focus. Thus the selector becomes valid:

   

And this is how you can empower your selectors to be more reliable and do a broader search for the target application

That’s it for this #FeatureBlog

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[atoi (Amin Kamali)]

@loginerror

As an example, let’s assume I am automating two Calendar applications which are opened simultaneously:

*Calculator, not calendar.

[loginerror (Maciej Kuźmicz)]

Thanks!

[sushildarveshi (Sushil)]

.pdf and .PDF are different in selector. Any idea how to make it case insensitive ?

[nerlichman (Nicolas Erlichman)]

Hi @sushildarveshi

It’s not a direct solution, but you can read this post on how to use regex in selectors. It’s available starting from version 2019.10

#FeatureBlog - 19.10 - Using regular expression (Regex) in the selector attributes

It is now possible to use Regular Expressions in your selectors. Follow this guide to learn how! What’s new? We have added extra syntax to the Selector Editor to allow for advanced configuration of your selectors. Let’s begin As an example, I will be creating a selector that will be able to open a file whose name is dynamically changing. Let’s assume I am receiving daily list of bills via email which are saved as a text file named ‘bills mmddyy.txt’, e.g ‘’bills 101019’. Now, I want to writ…

[nerlichman (Nicolas Erlichman)]

@sushildarveshi How are you?

Starting from the latest preview there’s support for case insensitive selectors.

You can check it here