Menu Layout button on Appian Selenium

Hi anbus0002 ,

Identify a Unique XPath/CSS Selector for the Menu Layout Button.

Check the following Selenium code if you are trying to test or using RPA:

WebDriver driver = AppianObjectRepository.getWebDriver();

WebElement menuButton = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[contains(@class, 'Button---secondary') and contains(@class, 'Button---small') and contains(@class, 'Button---with_icon')]"));
menuButton.click();

If it's RPA, then you can refer this link - Browser Java Module

Note: The above code is just for reference, identify exact relative xpath !!!

Identifying a button in Appian using Selenium can be more challenging than in traditional applications because Appian generates its UI dynamically and many CSS classes can change frequently. Here are some effective and stable ways to locate buttons:

1. Locate by visible text
If the button has visible text, you can use XPath:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//button[normalize-space()='ButtonName']")

If it’s not a <button> element but a <div>, <a>, or similar:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//*[text()='ButtonName']")

 2. Use stable attributes
Look for attributes like:

aria-label

title

id (if not dynamic)

data-*

Example:

driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "[aria-label='Save']")

The Appian Selenium API has javadocs in the download. Have you tried the following?

• clickOnRecordActionFieldMenuAction

  public void clickOnRecordActionFieldMenuAction​(java.lang.String indexOfField, java.lang.String action)

  Click a specified action inside a record action field with styling of MENU or MENU_ICON
  FitNesse Example: | click on record action field | [INDEX] | menu action | ACTION_NAME or [INDEX] |

  Parameters:

  indexOfField - The index of the record action field out of all record action fields on the page

  action - The action from the dropdown that the user wants to click on