Install the Chrome Extension
The Robomotion RPA extension is what lets you point at elements instead of writing selectors — both inspecting a single element and recording a whole session.
Install it
Open Robomotion RPA on the Chrome Web Store and press Add to Chrome.
Chrome and Edge are both supported — Edge installs from the Chrome Web Store too.
Reload the Designer afterwards. It detects the extension on page load, so a tab opened before you installed it will not see it.
For desktop, Java and image automation
The extension covers the browser. Inspecting or recording anything else — Windows, Linux, macOS, Java or image automation — additionally needs the Robomotion Agent installed and connected on the machine you are automating. The extension reaches it through a native messaging host that the agent installer registers for you.
That is why the Record dialog asks which machine to record on, and why it says No Connected Agents when there is none.
The extension is only needed while you are building flows. A robot running a published flow does not need it — the selectors are already in the nodes by then. Do not install it on your robot machines for that reason.
See also
- Inspect and Record — what the extension is for
- Agents — the desktop half