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Full index of UI Automation activities with compatibility information for Studio profiles, project types, and UI Automation experiences.

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 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

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