Automation Spy Changelog

What's new in Automation Spy 3.6.0.0

Jul 21, 2023
  • Fix bugs
  • Improve application UI
  • Add new features

New in Automation Spy 2.4.0.0 (Jun 18, 2019)

  • Fixed some bugs

New in Automation Spy 2.2.0.0 (May 11, 2017)

  • In Attributes list you can use contextul menu to copy the value of an attribute and paste it where you need it. Select an attribute in Attributes list and right-click on it.
  • In Attributes list if you go to “Labeled By” item and right click this item you can choose “Jump to” menu item.
  • In Patterns list, if you go to any item that means an UI Automation element (for ex. “EnclosingElement”) you can right click on it and choose “Jump to”.
  • In Patterns list, if you select any item that represents a bounding rectangle (for ex. “BoundingRectangles[0]”) you can right click on it and choose “Highlight”.
  • You can monitor UI Automation events for the selected element using this button . First select an element in the tree and then press this button.
  • You can stop monitoring the events using the same button .

New in Automation Spy 2.0.0.0 (Apr 14, 2017)

  • You can highlight elements using button . If this button is pressed, selected elements are highlighted. You can also highlight an element by right clicking the element in the tree and choosing ”Highlight”.
  • You can pick an UI Element from anywhere on your desktop using button . If this button is pressed and Ctrl key is pressed then the element under the mouse pointer will be selected in the left tree.
  • In Attributes list if you go to “Labeled By” item and right click this item you can choose “Jump to” menu item.
  • In Patterns list, if you go to any item that means an UI Automation element (for ex. “EnclosingElement”) you can right click on it and choose “Jump to”.
  • In Patterns list, if you select any item that represents a bounding rectangle (for ex. “BoundingRectangles[0]”) you can right click on it and choose “Highlight”.
  • You can monitor UI Automation events for the selected element using this button . First select an element in the tree and then press this button.
  • You can stop monitoring the events using the same button .
  • If you want to pick specific events to monitor or choose the scope of the monitoring you can open the "Events Settings" dialog using this button . First choose the settings and afterwards monitor the events.
  • You can navigate to the element that raised the event using the contextual menu in the "Events" tab.

New in Automation Spy 1.1.0.0 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • Make buttons more visible when they are pressed.