Web automation, navigate, HTML attributes

To automate web page elements in Chrome, Firefox and other web browser windows, can be used UI element functions and tools. See recipe UI elements.

var w = wnd.find(1, "*- Google Chrome", "Chrome_WidgetWin_1").Activate();

//find and click link "Search"
var e = w.Elm["web:LINK", "Search"].Find(1);
//e.Invoke(); //clicks the link
e.WebInvoke(); //clicks and waits until the window name changes

//find and click radiobutton with label "search titles only"; it does not have a name etc, therefore let's find an adjacent element (STATICTEXT) and navigate
e = w.Elm["web:STATICTEXT", "search titles only", navig: "pr"].Find(1);
e.Invoke();

//assume then need to enter text in a text input field near the radiobutton.
//	Could find it like in the above examples, but let's try alternative ways.
if (true) { //use Navigate
	e = e.Navigate("pa2 pr fi2"); //to create the string, in the "Find UI element" tool select the first element, then right-click the final element and click "Navigate". Then copy-paste.
	e.SendKeys("Ctrl+A", "!web automation");
} else { //use Tab key. In this case it is the best way.
	e.SendKeys("Shift+Tab Ctrl+A", "!web automation"); //SendKeys makes the radiobutton focused and send Shift+Tab which makes the text field focused
}

//select a combo box item
e = w.Elm["web:COMBOBOX", prop: "@name=postdate"].Find(1);
e.ComboSelect("*3 months*");

Get element HTML and attributes.

var ec = w.Elm["web:CHECKBOX", prop: "@name=matchusername"].Find(1);
var html = ec.Html(outer: true);
print.it(html);
var a = ec.HtmlAttributes();
foreach (var v in a) {
	print.it(v.Key, v.Value);
}
string attrValue = ec.HtmlAttribute("checked");
print.it(attrValue);

Get web page name, address (URL) and body HTML.

var ep = w.Elm["web:DOCUMENT"].Find(1);
var name = ep.Name;
var url = ep.Value;
print.it(name, url);
var body = ep.Html(outer: true);
print.it(body);

Open web page in default web browser.

run.it("https://www.example.com/");

There is no function "wait until the web page is fully loaded". Instead let the script search for an element that should be in the new page; make the timeout longer if need (by default the tool creates code with 1 s timeout). Also use function WebInvoke when appropriate.

var w1 = wnd.find(10, "*- Google Chrome", "Chrome_WidgetWin_1"); //find web browser window; wait max 10 s
var e1 = w1.Elm["web:LINK", "Search"].Find(10); //find a link; wait max 10 s
e1.WebInvoke(); //click the link and wait until window name changes
var e2 = w.Elm["web:TEXT", prop: "@name=keywords"].Find(10); //wait max 10 s for an element in the new web page