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Overview of various actions and their properties.

Action is a combination of an element finder and a value. The element finder is used to locate a specific element within the page. There are multiple ways to find the element refer to the documentation for more details. The value field can be left blank if a click is required, or it can be filled with plain text to fill input fields. There are multiple options that can be performed; check out the action value documentation for more details.

In addition to these two, there are other properties of action that can enhance its features, such as

If no element is found it will do retry for n number of times as configured under settings screen and proceed with error handling method.

Init Wait

Init Wait stands for Initial Wait. Initial Wait to start particular action. Waiting time is provided in sec. It can be used where extension starts but it requires a few seconds for the page to load fully. Init Wait can be used to delay the action with the given number of seconds. It runs only the first time when the action executes and does not run when the action is repeated in a loop. It’s not a mandatory field. If left blank, the extension will start executing right away.

Examples

  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 0.5
  • 2
  • 1e4 (Random value between 1 to 4)
  • Leave it blank / empty to start right away

Name

The name property is used to distinguish between different actions. It is not a mandatory field and can be left blank. You can provide any name that helps you understand the purpose of the action.

Repeat

If you want a specific action to repeat multiple times, you can set a repeat value. By default, the action will run once. Setting a repeat value of 1 will make the action run twice. Examples positive numeric value 1 to 999

Repeat Interval

If you want to control the time between each repeat you can provide repeat-interval as well.

Examples

  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 0.5
  • 2
  • 1e4 (Random value between 1 to 4)
  • Leave it blank / empty to start right away

Disable

The disable property allows you to disable an action. When an action is disabled, it will be skipped during execution.