Sherpa Explorer#

The “Sherpa Explorer” button in the development menu allows you to open Sherpa Explorer.

Sherpa Explorer is a tool for manually selecting and testing selectors. In it, as in a regular selector editor, you can interactively record any element, as well as explore the hierarchical tree of any Desktop, Java, and web application, its available attributes, and find and test the necessary combination of attributes.

The user interface of Sherpa Explorer consists of the following main areas:

1. Main menu (top panel);
2. Element tree;
3. Selector;
4. Attributes;
5. Selector values.

The main menu of Sherpa Explorer allows you to highlight the desired element by pressing the CTRL key, view the full hierarchy of elements up to the current one, check for the presence of an element, and export the element's selector to the Sherpa Designer development environment blocks in the “Selector” property.

Element Tree#

Element Tree displays a tree structure path to a specific application element. By double-clicking on an element in the tree, the corresponding path opens, allowing access to that element. Thus, you can drill down until the end element of the path is found.

Selector#

No.	Interface Element	Description
1.	“Gather Data” button	Allows gathering data from the element. Also, you can use the F5 key to perform the action.
2.	“Reset” button	Allows resetting the default selector data.
3.	button	Allows adding a row.
4.	button	Allows deleting a row.
5.	button	Allows cloning a row.
6.	button	Allows moving a row up.
7.	button	Allows moving a row down.
8.	“Switch UiPath” button	Allows switching the UiPath mode.
9.	“Object” column	Displays the type of the element.
10.	“Value” column	Displays the attributes of the element.

Attributes#

No.	Interface Element	Description
1.	“Copy” button	Allows copying the value to the clipboard.
2.	“Copy as CSS” button	Allows copying as part of the CSS selector to the clipboard.
3.	button	Allows importing the value into the selector.
4.	“BoundingRectangle” row	Indicates the rectangular area that fully encompasses the element.
5.	“ClassName” row	The name of the element's class.
6.	“ControlType” row	The type of control element (e.g., button, text box, etc.).
7.	“FrameworkId” row	The identifier of the framework used (e.g., Win32, WPF, etc.).
8.	“HasKeyboardFocus” row	If this row contains the value 1, it indicates that the mode is active where the User can type text or use keys to control the element. If this row contains the value 0, then this element in the interface currently does not receive keyboard focus.
9.	“Id” row	The identifier of the element (usually unique for each element).
10.	“Index” row	The index of the element in the list of matching elements.
11.	“IsContentElement” row	Indicates whether the element is part of the container's content.
12.	“IsControlElement” row	Indicates whether the element in the interface is a control or interactive element.
13.	“IsDataValidForForm” row	Indicates whether the data obtained from the element is valid for use in the current form.
14.	“IsEnabled” row	Indicates whether the element is active for interaction.
15.	“IsKeyboardFocusable” row	Indicates whether the element can receive keyboard focus.
16.	“IsOffscreen” row	Indicates whether the element is off the screen.
17.	“IsPassword” row	Indicates whether the element is a password input field.
18.	“IsRequiredForForm” row	Indicates whether the element is required to fill out the form.
19.	“LocalizedControlType” row	Localized description of the control element type.
20.	“Name” row	The name of the element.
21.	“NativeWindowHandle” row	The window handle associated with the element.
22.	“Orientation” row	The orientation of the element (e.g., horizontal or vertical).
23.	“ProcessId” row	The identifier of the process to which the element belongs.
24.	“ProviderDescription” row	Description of the provider (access interface to elements).
25.	“Role” row	The role of the element (e.g., button, input field, etc.).
26.	“States” row	The states of the element (e.g., selected, expanded, etc.).

Selector Values#

An area where specific values selected by the User through the selector are displayed.

Demonstration of Work in Sherpa Explorer#

• Working in Sherpa Explorer: launch options, interface, working with selectors
• Using Sherpa Explorer to work with the Chrome browser