Get element details of cursor location

[Tommy_G]

Hey all,

Is there a way to retrieve the element details of a location that the cursor is at? I have uipath click the first element of the application and enter a keystroke that goes down to the first blank entry listed. I need to be able to identify that element. I know I can just do a screen scraping and identify the last row, but I was curious if there was another option.

[Susana (Susana González Cacheiro)]

Hi Tommy_G,

There are many topics related to obtain the position of the cursor. Just search for the best which fits your problem! Hope one of them could help you

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Best Regards,
Susana