Описание
The action constructor is a universal tool for working with page elements, which allows you to select the optimal signs for its search.
To use this feature, you need to have a basic understanding of the HTML markup language.
How to call?
There are two ways to call a constructor:
you need to right-click on the element of interest on the page and select Add to action constructor from the context menu.
2. The second method is from the Element Tree window. Right-click on the desired element and select In action constructor.
When an element is added to the Action Designer, its available properties and they are automatically transferred to the Element Properties window .
Search options
Classic search
1. Document No.
It is recommended to set the value -1 (search in all documents on the page).
2. Form No.
It is also better to set -1 (search in all forms on the page). Choosing this value will make the template more versatile.
Example: on page 3 of the form - search, registration, ordering goods. We need to click on the button in the order form and we have chosen as the value of the “Form” field - 2 (numbering from zero). After some time, a new login form appears on the site, and it is inserted in front of the order form. Number 2 will now be the login form, and our template will either give an error that the button was not found, or (much worse) will click on another button in another form.
In the program settings (Settings → Recording), you can mark two checkboxes - “Search in all forms on the page” and “Search in all documents on the page” and then always when searching for elements for the document number and form will be -1.
3. Tag
HTML tag to find.
4. Attribute name
The HTML tag attribute for the search.
5. Value
The value of the attribute of the selected HTML tag
6. Search type
text - search by full or partial text occurrence;
notext - search for elements that do not contain the specified text;
regexp - search using regular expressions ;
The screenshot shows that after clicking on the Search button, three elements were found, which is not very good - always try to select such search parameters so that in the end there is only one element.
XPath search
With the help of XPath expressions, you can implement a more universal and resistant to changes in site layout algorithm for finding elements, in comparison with classic search or regular expressions.
Document number and form number are responsible for the same as in the classic search.
1. XPath
XPath expression input field.
2. Options
Here you can select one of the suggested expression designer.
If none of the proposed options suits you, then you can compose the XPath expression yourself.
Action selection
You can choose one of three possible actions
Set - Setting a value
Attribute - an attribute of an element for which a new value must be set
Value is the text to be inserted. You can use both plain text and project variables
{-Variable.someVar-},{-Profile.Name-}.
Get - Get a value
Attribute - the attribute whose value you want to get.
Value - the value of the found attribute will be displayed here.
Rise - Perform Action
here you can select the required action to be done with the found element.
Two additional fields are available for drag and drop actions, for coordinates
Final actions
1. Testing
After you have selected the necessary search parameters and decided on the desired action, it does not hurt to test the selected parameters by clicking the appropriate button.
2. Commentary
It's not a bad idea to leave a comment for the action as automatic comments carry little information
Comments
default
The same actions, only
with custom comments
3. Adding to the project
And already at the very end, when the parameters are selected, the element is found, the required action is selected and tested, you can click Add to project.
useful links
ZennoPoster + xPath using Yandex.Market as an example (contest article from the forum)