Drop Down Menus in UiPath (Find Children & Select Item) - Full Tutorial

[@andersjensenorg]

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[@yashobantadash6670]

sir make a full video on find children activity , covering all the other properties like find descendants etc.also make a video on 'on element appear' activity and its industry usage

[@kvast13]

Nice video :) I often experience, that the find chirldren activity doesnt properly identify the items in the drop down menu. So i have to use ui explorer to inspect the element and point out the correct parent. An alternative to get attribute is simply a get text activity :-)

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey Bjørn. Good old screen scraping with Get Text - thanks a lot and please continue to point out alternatives/give me feedback. It's highly appreciated 🙂 Kind regards, Anders

[@AL1_917]

Great video, but I have a slightly different question; How do you select from a "dropdown" in a search? For example, when you google something, it shows you search predictions that you can click. I have programmed a bot to search for names from an excel sheet, but I need it to click on the matching search prediction because the regular search doesn't lead directly to the results I want. I don't know how to select these predictions because they change with every name from the excel sheet.

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey Austrian Leninist Thanks for writing. I'm getting more than 40 questions/comments every day and having difficulty answering everyone (I try my best). I've created my UiPath Groups, where we all can post and solve problems or hang out around our favorite tool, UiPath. So you're very welcome. Get the addresses here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWfbnnqcerFjbas Have a great day. Kind regards, Anders

[@yashobantadash6670]

sir make a full video on find children activity , covering all the other properties like find descendants etc..also make a video on 'on element appear' activity and its industry usage 🙌

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey Yashobanta Dash Thanks for writing. I'm getting more than 40 questions/comments every day and having difficulty answering everyone (I try my best). I've created my UiPath Groups, where we all can post and solve problems or hang out around our favorite tool, UiPath. So you're very welcome. Get the addresses here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWfbnnqcerFjbas Have a great day. Kind regards, Anders

[@yashobantadash6670]

@@andersjensenorg yess i forgot, i am already in dicord group! i will get help from there.thankss1

[@RajeshAttada007]

Hi Anders... Great content on UiPath. My question is: If select item is not able find items from the UI...(incorrect control) What is the other method to select value in the drop-down?

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey Rajesh, then it's not a drop-down (combo-box) per definition. Can you try with a click? Or use the recorder and see what UiPath suggests? Or join my Discord and post it there: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWfbnnqcerFjbas (you're welcome here anyways, we're +1300 RPA Developers). Kind regards, Anders

[@RajeshAttada007]

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[@andersjensenorg]

@@RajeshAttada007 Nice 🙂

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey Rajesh. Check this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6nWoZihdpyIj8U I solved the problem in a live stream for you 🙂

[@RajeshAttada007]

@@andersjensenorg great... I will watch now. Thanks a lot

[@OmkarShete-lv4qc]

Thanks, Anders for such a nice vedio. I have a question that, I have one excel file in which there is an item name. and i want to filter my dropdown according to that and click on checkbox once that element found. How to proceed with that?

[@andersjensenorg]

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 4900+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

[@sribalamareeswaran]

Great videos sir!!! Please give us a video on UiPath Interview preparation for experienced professionals... It would be great help...

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey Balamareeswaran Murugesan Thanks for writing. I'm getting more than 40 questions/comments every day and having difficulty answering everyone (I try my best). I've created my UiPath Groups, where we all can post and solve problems or hang out around our favorite tool, UiPath. So you're very welcome. Get the addresses here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWfbnnqcerFjbas Have a great day. Kind regards, Anders

[@sribalamareeswaran]

@@andersjensenorg Thank you sir for your response and time!!!

[@Thaagaard]

I know this is an old video. But I hope you still read this. :) I have a little problem with a combo box. In the combobox I have "Surename Firstname (ID)" The only thing I have is the ID. Do you know how I search and choose the correct file? :) You are a life saver with this videos. :)

[@andersjensenorg]

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 11,000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

[@vishalnangare52075]

Hey Anders I want to select only 1 element from dropdown list and use form related to that dropdown element. which activity i need to use

[@andersjensenorg]

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 12,000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

[@kenchang3456]

Yet another excellent video, thank you very much :-)

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey Ken Chang. Thanks a lot 😊 Have a great day. You're more than welcome at my Discord, where we're 5800+ RPA developers networking and solving problems: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

[@subhasishghosh2467]

Hi how to access submenu if click is the only option and hover does not populate the sub menu

[@andersjensenorg]

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 10,000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

[@zeatherx3]

Could this also work if the drop down menu consist of ca 650 elements

[@andersjensenorg]

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 11,000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

[@priyankachinnikatti372]

Hi I want to select menu bar n i tired that using hover activity but it's not getting selected please help me on this (how can we automate clicking on home button calendar symbol and menu bar) kindly make video on this

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey priyanka chinnikatti Thanks for writing. I'm getting more than 50 questions/comments every day and having difficulty answering everyone (I try my best). I've created my UiPath Groups, where we all can post and solve problems or hang out around our favorite tool, UiPath. So you're very welcome. Get the addresses here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWfbnnqcerFjbas Have a great day. Kind regards, Anders

[@suryamurugan8670]

Hi. I want select drowdrop in excel.but select item is not working. Which activity I want to use.

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey Surya. The easy solution would be to send Keyboard Shortcuts to the Excel sheet (just like a human would do). A bit more robust than mouse clicks (that will also work). The advanced solution would be to create a simple VBA script, which you can run from UiPath. Kind regards, Anders

[@suryamurugan8670]

@@andersjensenorg keyboard shortcut like pageup pagedown.

[@karthikeyans9346]

I have a text that is below the first scroll.i need to get that text i used get text but it is not fetching

[@andersjensenorg]

Hey Karthikeyan S Thanks for writing. I'm getting more than 50 questions/comments every day and having difficulty answering everyone (I try my best). I've created my UiPath Groups, where we all can post and solve problems or hang out around our favorite tool, UiPath. So you're very welcome. Get the addresses here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWfbnnqcerFjbas Have a great day. Kind regards, Anders

[@rohitw548]

Going to try this Tonight and See if it works. will let you know

[@andersjensenorg]

Great, Rohit. Did you succeed? 😊

[@rohitw548]

@@andersjensenorg I almost did, I recorded a Sequence by using the Web Record option. and the script worked for few times. But now it gives me this Error - Select Item 'Choose One': Cannot select item. It was not found among existing items. TIP: Some combo-boxes delay load items until its dropdown is expanded. Try to simulate a click on control prior to selecting an item. I am struggling now to add delays as I cant find any Videos related to this Delays