activities
latest
false
UiPath logo, featuring letters U and I in white

UI Automation activities

Last updated Feb 19, 2026

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
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 Clipboard activity.

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 ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Get Attribute activity with position attribute.
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.
Unblock User Input ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ N/A
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.
Window Operation ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ N/A

Was this page helpful?

Support and Services
Get The Help You Need
UiPath Academy
Learning RPA - Automation Courses
UiPath Forum
UiPath Community Forum
Uipath Logo
Trust and Security
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Cookies Policy
© 2005-2026 UiPath. All rights reserved.