Robots perform actions that would normally be performed by humans. They interact with a variety of windows, drop-down menus, text fields, check boxes, and many other elements.
Just like a human, the robot needs to know the specific windows and fields where an action should be performed. Selectors are used to solve this problem. Each UI element, such as a button, and its parent elements are characterized by attributes. A selector stores these values (elements and their attributes). Using this information, the robot can find a given element and perform the desired action on it.
Selector values have an XML structure and consist of at least one node representing the UI element of interest. In addition, parent elements can be added to ensure that the selected element is correctly identified. When all parent elements are included, the selector consists of all nodes up to the window of an application or browser.
When you need to indicate an activity, use the Selector Value property (1).
To open the Selector Editor, click the ellipsis button next to the value field (2).