Move Cursor to Text

UiPath.Terminal.Advanced.Activities.TerminalMoveCursorToText

Description

Moves the cursor to the screen coordinates of first occurrence of the text provided as input.

The activity is valid only inside a Terminal Session activity.

Project compatibility

Windows - Legacy | Windows

Configuration

Designer panel

• Text - The text to be found on screen. This field supports only String variables and strings.
• Ignore Case - When set to True, the search for the text on screen is case insensitive.

Properties panel

Common

• DisplayName - The display name of the activity.

Input

• Start Column - The column coordinate of the position on the screen where the search starts from. This field supports only integer and Int32 variables.
• Start Row - The row coordinate of the position on the screen where the search starts from. This field supports only integer and Int32 variables.
• Text - The text to be found on screen. This field supports only String variables and strings.

Misc

• Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.
  Note: If the text provided as input is not found on screen, the activity throws an InvalidCoordinates exception.

Options

• DelayMS - Delay time (in milliseconds) after executing the activity. The default amount of time is 300 milliseconds (0.3 seconds).
• IgnoreCase - When set to True, the search for the text on screen is case insensitive.
• TimeoutMS - Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before an error is thrown. The default value is 5000 milliseconds (5 seconds).
• WaitType - Before performing the actions, wait for the target to become ready. The following options are available:
  • NONE - Does not wait for the terminal keyboard to be enabled.
  • READY / COMPLETE - Waits for the terminal keyboard to be enabled. The default value is READY.
  Note: The READY and COMPLETE options have the same function, since the wait type is related to the status of the terminal keyboard, which has only two states: enabled or inhibited.

Output

• Column - The column where the first occurrence of the text provided as input was found. The return value is an Int32.
• Row - The row where the first occurrence of the text provided as input was found. The return value is an Int32.