UI Automation Activities

Last updated Oct 6, 2025

Activities index

This page lists all UI Automation activities in a table, specifying their compatibility with Studio profiles, project types, and UI Automation experiences (Classic or Modern).

Activity	Studio			StudioX		Studio Web	Notes
	Windows		Cross-platform	Windows	Cross-platform
	Classic	Modern	Cross-platform	Windows	Cross-platform
Activate							In Modern experience, the optional Activate property can be used for the Click, Keyboard Shortcuts, and Type Into activities.
Anchor Base							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by indicating an anchor for the selector.
Application Event Trigger							N/A
Attach Browser							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity.
Attach Window							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity.
Block User Input							No target element is associated with this activity.
Browser Dialog Scope							N/A
Browser File Picker Scope							N/A
Call Transaction							N/A
Callout							N/A
Check/Uncheck							N/A
Check							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check/Uncheck activity.
Check App State							N/A
Check Element							N/A
Click							N/A
Click Event Trigger							N/A
Click Image							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with Image as a targeting method.
Click Image Trigger							N/A
Click OCR Text							N/A
Click Picture on Screen							N/A
Click Text							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with 'InnerText is' option selected for the Fuzzy selector targeting method.
Click Toolbar Button							N/A
Click Trigger							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click Event Trigger activity.
Close Application							N/A
Close Popup							N/A
Close Tab							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity.
Close Window							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity with the Close property set to Always.
Context Aware Anchor							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by indicating an anchor for the target element within the unified target.
Copy Selected Text							N/A
CV Check							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check/Uncheck activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
CV Click							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
CV Dropdown Select							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Select Item activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
CV Element Exists							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
CV Extract Table							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Extract Table Data activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
CV Get Text							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Get Text activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
CV Highlight							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Highlight activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
CV Hover							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Hover activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
CV Refresh							N/A
CV Screen Scope							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
CV Type Into							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Type Into activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled.
Drag and Drop							N/A
Double Click							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click Type property (set to Double) of the Click activity.
Double Click Image							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with Image as a targeting method.
Double Click OCR Text							N/A
Double Click Text							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with 'InnerText is' option selected for the Fuzzy selector targeting method.
Element Attribute Change Trigger							N/A
Element Exists							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity.
Element Scope							N/A
Element State Change Trigger							N/A
Expand ALV Hierarchical Table							N/A
Expand ALV Tree							N/A
Expand Tree							N/A
Export UI Tree							N/A
Extract Form Data							N/A
Extract Structured Data							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Extract Table Data activity.
Extract Table Data							N/A
Fill Form							N/A
Find Children							N/A
Find Element							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Output element property of the Check App State activity.
Find Image							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Output element property of the Check App State activity with Image as a targeting method.
Find Image Matches							N/A
Find OCR Text Position							N/A
Find Relative Element							N/A
Find Text Position							N/A
For Each UI Element							N/A
Get Active Window							No target element is associated with this activity.
Get Ancestor							N/A
Get Attribute							N/A
Get Browser Data							N/A
Get Clipboard							N/A
Get Event Info							N/A
Get From Clipboard							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Get Clipboardactivity.
Get Full Text							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Scraping method property (set to Fulltext) of the Get Text activity.
Get OCR Text							N/A
Get Password							N/A
Get Position							N/A
Get Source Element							No target element is associated with this activity.
Get Text							N/A
Get URL							N/A
Get Visible Text							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Scraping method property (set to Native) of the Get Text activity.
Go Back							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity.
Go Forward							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity.
Go Home							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity.
Go to URL							N/A
Google Cloud Vision OCR							N/A
Hide Window							N/A
Highlight							N/A
Hotkey Trigger							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Keypress Event Trigger activity.
Hover							N/A
Hover Image							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Hover activity with Image as a targeting method.
Hover OCR Text							N/A
Hover Text							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Hover activity with 'InnerText is' option selected for the Fuzzy selector targeting method.
Image Exists							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity with Image as a targeting method.
Indicate On Screen							N/A
Inject .NET Code							N/A
Inject Js Script							N/A
Invoke ActiveX Method							N/A
Key Press Trigger							N/A
Keyboard Shortcuts							N/A
Keypress Event Trigger							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Keypress Event Trigger activity.
Load Image							No target element is associated with this activity.
Maximize Window							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Resize Window property of the Use Application/Browser activity.
Microsoft Azure Computer Vision OCR							N/A
Microsoft OCR							N/A
Microsoft Project Oxford Online OCR							N/A
Minimize Window							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Resize Window property of the Use Application/Browser activity.
Monitor Events							N/A
Mouse Scroll							N/A
Mouse Trigger							No target element is associated with this activity.
Move Window							N/A
Navigate Browser							N/A
Navigate To							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Go to URL activity.
OCR Text Exists							N/A
On Element Appear							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity.
On Element Vanish							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity.
On Image Appear							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity.
On Image Vanish							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity.
Open Application							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity.
Open Browser							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity.
Read Status Bar							N/A
Refresh Browser							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity.
Replay User Event							No target element is associated with this activity.
Restore Window							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Resize Window property of the Use Application/Browser activity.
SAP Login							N/A
SAP Logon							N/A
SAP Session Attributes Change Trigger							N/A
Save Image							No target element is associated with this activity.
Select Dates in Calendar							N/A
Select Item							N/A
Select Menu Item							N/A
Select Multiple Items							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using multiple Select Item activities.
Send Hotkey							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Keyboard Shortcuts activity.
Set Browser Data							N/A
Set Clipboard							N/A
Set Clipping Region							N/A
Set Focus							N/A
Set Runtime Browser							N/A
Set Text							N/A
Set To Clipboard							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Set Clipboard activity.
Set Web Attribute							N/A
Show Window							N/A
Start Process							N/A
System Trigger							No target element is associated with this activity.
Table Cell Scope							N/A
Take Screenshot							N/A
Tesseract OCR							N/A
Text Exists							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity with 'InnerText is' option selected for the Fuzzy selector targeting method.
Tooltip							N/A
Type Into							N/A
Type Secure Text							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Type Into activity.
Update UI Element (former Set Value)							N/A
Use Application/Browser							N/A
Use Foreground							No target element is associated with this activity.
Wait Attribute							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the activity and a looping mechanism.
Wait Element Vanish							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity.
Wait Image Vanish							In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity with Image as a targeting method.

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