# Modern Design Experience

> UiPath v2020.4 introduced the UiAutomationNext activities package that delivered a new way in which you identify, configure, and verify target UI elements with new activities, an all-in-one recorder, and a new data scraping wizard. Starting with v2020.10, the UIAutomationNext package has been deprecated and the existing UIAutomation package has been expanded to include all the modern features previously available in UiAutomationNext.

## About the Modern Experience

UiPath v2020.4 introduced the UiAutomationNext activities package that delivered a new way in which you identify, configure, and verify target UI elements with new activities, an all-in-one recorder, and a new data scraping wizard. Starting with v2020.10, the UIAutomationNext package has been deprecated and the existing UIAutomation package has been expanded to include all the modern features previously available in UiAutomationNext.

You can use the new features by [enabling the modern design experience](modern-design-experience.md#enabling-the-modern-experience) in your automation projects. To find out what changes it brings, read about the [differences between modern experience and classic experience](modern-design-experience.md#differences-between-modern-experience-and-classic-experience).

Please note that all projects created in the StudioX profile use the modern design experience by default.

## Enabling the Modern Experience

The modern design experience is not enabled by default. The **classic design experience** that includes the activities, wizards, and recorders that were available in Studio v2020.4 and older releases is also enabled by default for projects created in this version of Studio.

You can enable the modern experience for each project and configure a global setting that makes it the default experience for all new projects. The project-level setting overrides the global setting.

* To enable the modern experience for a project, in the **Project** panel, select **Project Settings**, then select **Modern Design Experience** from the **General** tab and reload the project.

  :::note
  You can enable the modern experience for projects created in Studio versions prior to v2020.10, which use the classic experience by default.![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/studio/studio-166495-8ce3af39.webp)
  :::
* To make the modern experience the default experience for all **new projects**, go to **Home** (Studio Backstage View) &gt; **Settings** &gt; **Design**, and select **Modern Design Experience**. This will enable the **Modern Design Experience** project setting for all newly created projects.

## Differences Between Modern Experience and Classic Experience

### Recorders

* Modern experience - The [App/Web](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/app-web-recorder) and [Computer Vision](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/computer-vision-recorder) recorders are available.
* Classic experience - The [Basic, Desktop, Web, Image, Native Citrix](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/app-web-recorder), and [Computer Vision](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/computer-vision-recorder) recorders are available.

### Activities

A separate set of activities is available by default in each experience.

Regardless of the experience selected for a project, you can also enable the activities that are only available by default in the other experience. Click **View Options** at the top of the **Activities** panel, and then select:

* **Show Modern** to view modern activities in a project that uses the classic experience
* **Show Classic** to view classic activities in a project that uses the modern experience.

  ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/studio/studio-171648-b8160a6d.webp)

The following table lists the activities that are available by default in one experience but not in the other. The [UI Automation activities](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/about-the-ui-automation-activities-pack) that are not listed in the table are available by default in both experiences.

| Modern Activities | Classic Activities |
| --- | --- |
| [Check App State](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-check-state) | [On Element Appear](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/on-ui-element-appear), [On Element Vanish](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/on-ui-element-vanish), [On Image Appear](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/on-image-appear), [On Image Vanish](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/on-image-vanish), [Wait Element Vanish](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/wait-ui-element-vanish), [Wait Image Vanish](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/wait-image-vanish), [Find Image](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/wait-image-appear), [Image Exists](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/image-found), [Element Exists](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/ui-element-exists) |
| [Check/Uncheck](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-check) | [Check](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/check) |
| [Click](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-click) | [Click](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/click), [Double Click](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/double-click) [Click Image](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/click-image), [Double Click Image](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/double-click-image) |
| [Extract Table Data](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-extract-data) | [Extract Structured Data](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/extract-data), [Get Full Text](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/get-full-text), [Get Visible Text](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/get-visible-text) |
| [Get Text](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-get-text) | [Get Text](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/get-value) |
| [Go to URL](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-go-to-url) | [Navigate To](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/navigate-to) |
| [Highlight](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-highlight) | [Highlight](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/highlight) |
| [Hover](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-hover) | [Hover](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/hover), [Hover Image](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/hover-image) |
| [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-keyboard-shortcuts) | [Send Hotkey](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/send-hotkey) |
| [Navigate Browser](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-navigate-browser) | [Close Tab](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/close-tab), [Go Back](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/go-back), [Go Forward](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/go-forward), [Go Home](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/go-home), [Refresh Browser](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/refresh-browser) |
| [Select Item](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-select-item) | [Select Item](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/select-item) |
| [Take Screenshot](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-take-screenshot) | [Take Screenshot](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/take-screenshot) |
| [Type Into](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-type-into) | [Type Into](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/type-into), [Type Secure Text](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/type-secure-text) |
| [Use Application/Browser](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/n-application-card) | [Open Application](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/open-application), [Open Browser](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/open-browser), [Attach Window](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/window-scope), [Attach Browser](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/browser-scope), [Element Scope](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/element-scope), [Close Window](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/close-window)[Start Process](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/start-process) |
| N/A | [Anchor Base](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/anchor-base), [Context Aware Anchor](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/anchor-context-aware) |

### Object Repository

You can only use the [Object Repository](about-object-repository.md) in the modern experience with modern activities.

### Scraping Wizards

* Modern experience - The **Table Extraction** wizard is available for data scraping.
* Classic experience - The **Data Scraping** and **Screen Scraping** wizards are available.
