"Copy Link" Interaction not Working

Article Overview:

This article will cover how you can solve the following issue:
How can you automate copying a link and opening it in a new browser tab using a workaround in Virtuoso, particularly when the "Copy Link" element is not behaving as expected during automation.

Problem Statement:

A user is attempting to automate the following steps on a web page using Virtuoso, but encounters an issue where the "Copy Link" element does not display as expected during automation:

1. Mouse hover on "Allowed Values"
2. Click on the "Copy Link" icon
3. Assert the "Copy Link" confirmation pop-up (but unable to proceed from here)
4. Open the copied link in a separate browser tab

Solution:

When the "Copy Link" functionality doesn't work as expected on a webpage or the confirmation pop-up isn't triggered, you can use the following workaround to copy the link manually and open it in a new browser tab:

Workaround Steps:

1. Look for the "Link Copied" text on the page:

   • After clicking the "Copy Link" icon, you need to check if a "Link Copied" confirmation appears on the page. This message often appears when the link is copied successfully.
   • Example NLP steps:

     1. Click on button "Copy Link".
     2. Look for element "Link Copied" on page

2. Simulate copying the link manually:

   • Use any input text box to simulate pasting the copied link. In this case, we'll use the "Search" input field as an example.
   • Press Ctrl + V to paste the copied link into the input field.
   • Example NLP steps:

     1. Click on "Search".
     2. Press "ctrl_v".

3. Store the copied link:

   • Now that the link is pasted into the input field, you can extract the value of the input field and store it in a variable.
   • Example NLP steps:

     1. Store Element text of "Search" in $CopiedLink

4. Navigate to the copied link in a new browser tab:

   • Once the link is stored in the copiedLink variable, you can open it in a new tab.
   • Example NLP steps:

     1. Navigate to $CopiedLink in new tab

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