UIAutomationNext project settings enable you to configure multiple properties that are common to activities globally for your current project. This means that once configured, the setting for each property is propagated to all of the activities in your project. If you want to configure a different setting for a specific activity, you can update it from that activity's Properties panel.
You can also configure settings that apply project-wide for target selection, the App/Web Recorder, and the use of targeting methods and anchors.

To configure UI Automation Next project settings:

Select Project > Project Settings.
Under Activities Settings, select the UI Automation Next tab.
The settings are split in different categories, and each setting has a Production value and a Debug value. Expand the categories to update the desired settings.
You can reset all settings to their default values or copy all values between the debug and production fields using the Bulk Actions drop-down menu at the top of the window.

This page lists the properties you can configure and the activities that are impacted by each one. If you are not sure about the effects of changing the settings of a property, we recommend using the default setting.

Selection

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Auto Apply Changes	If True, edits made to the targeting methods in the Selection Options window are applied without clicking the Apply or Confirm buttons. If False, the changes are applied only after clicking Apply or Confirm.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Extract Table Data, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	False
Change Anchor Mode	If True, when an element is clicked to be added as an anchor and an anchor already exists, the new anchor replaces the existing one. If you want to add an anchor and keep the existing one, you must click Add Anchor in the hover menu of the target. If False, when an element is indicated as an anchor during selection, it is added as a new anchor without removing an existing anchor.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Extract Table Data, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	False
Add Anchor Mode	If True, when a target is indicated and no anchor is automatically detected, the selection goes in add anchor mode (any indicated element is added as an anchor). If False, the selection does not go in add anchor mode when no anchor is automatically detected. To add an anchor, you must first click Add Anchor in the hover menu of the target.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Extract Table Data, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	True
Show Confirm & Cancel Buttons	If True, the Confirm and Cancel buttons appear in the Selection Options window, and the Cancel button does not appear in the hover menu. If False, the Confirm and Cancel buttons appear in the hover menu, but not in the Selection Options window.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Extract Table Data, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	True

Recorder

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Enable Recorder	Enable the App/Web Recorder.		False
Confirm every step	If True, after clicking a target element, the selection hover menu appears, the user can add and remove anchors, remove the target, and must confirm the selection for the step to be recorded. If False, after clicking a target element, the selection is made without user intervention and the step is recorded.		False

Generic

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Delay after (seconds)	Delay between the current activity and the next activity.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Extract Table Data, Get Text, Go to URL, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Navigate Browser, Select Item, Type Into	0.2
Delay before (seconds)	Delay between the previous activity and the current activity.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Extract Table Data, Get Text, Go to URL, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Navigate Browser, Select Item, Type Into	0.3
Timeout (seconds)	How long to wait for the current activity to be executed before throwing an error.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Extract Table Data, Get Text, Go to URL, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Navigate Browser, Select Item, Type Into	30

Targeting Methods

The settings determine which targeting methods and anchors to use in target detection. Separate sections are available for configuring settings for different types of target applications:

Web - applies to web browsers.
Java - applies to Java applications.
SAP - applies to SAP applications.
Desktop (UIA) - applies to desktop applications that use the Microsoft UI Automation technology.
Desktop (AA) - applies to desktop applications that use the Microsoft Active Accessibility technology.
Desktop (Win32) - applies to native desktop applications.

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Full Selector	Use the Selector method.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	False for Web, True for all other types
Fuzzy Selector	Use the Fuzzy Selector method.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	False for SAP, True for all other types
Image	Use the Image method. Note: This method is only used for the Check App State activity if the other methods are disabled.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	False for SAP, True for all other types
Enable Auto Anchor	Use automatically generated anchors.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	False for SAP, True for all other types
Enable Anchors	Use anchors.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	False for SAP, True for all other types
Ignore Selectors with IDX / tableRow / tableCol	Disable the full selector if the target selector has a `tableRow`, `tableCol`, or an `idx` attribute with a value higher than 1 and anchors exist.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	True

Application/Browser

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Close	When to close the target application after executing activities in it.	Use Application/ Browser	Never
Open	When to open the target application for executing activities in it.	Use Application/ Browser	IfNotOpen

Check State

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Wait for state (seconds)	How long to wait for the target element to appear or disappear.	Check App State	10

Data Scraping

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Delay between pages (seconds)	If the data spans multiple pages, how long to wait for each page to be loaded.	Extract Table Data	0.3

Highlight

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Duration (seconds)	How long to highlight the target element.	Highlight	1

Hover

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Duration (seconds)	How long to hover over the target element.	Hover	2

Keyboard Events

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Click before typing	Whether to click the specified UI element before typing the text, and the type of click to perform.	Type Into	Single
Delay between keys (seconds)	Delay between consecutive keystrokes.	Type Into	0.02
Delay between shortcuts (seconds)	Delay between consecutive special keys.	Type Into	0.5
Empty field	Whether to delete the existing content before typing the text, and how to clear the field.	Type Into	SingleLine

Robot Logging

Information about the methods used to identify targets and anchors, and the performance of each method at runtime can be saved in the Robot execution logs. The options apply to all supported activities.

Property Name	Property Description	Impacted Activities	Default Setting
Log target & anchor search steps	Log the methods used to identify targets and anchors.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Extract Table Data, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	False
Log targeting methods timings	Log the performance of each targeting method.	Check/Uncheck, Check App State, Click, Extract Table Data, Get Text, Highlight, Hover, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select Item, Type Into	False

UiPath Activities

The UiPath Activities Guide

Project Settings