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Why should you use Ranorex Spy during element identification?

Ranorex Spy lets a tester confirm, against the real running application, that a candidate locator actually resolves to one unique element before that locator is ever written into a test.

Without it, a tester would be guessing at attribute names and structure from memory or from a code editor with no live feedback, which is exactly how brittle or ambiguous paths end up in a suite - a path that happens to match the intended element today but also matches an unrelated one after a minor UI update.

Spy also exposes the full list of available attributes and methods on a given element, including ones that aren't obvious from just looking at the screen, so a tester can pick a genuinely stable identifier (like AutomationId) instead of defaulting to something fragile like index or visible text.

Using Ranorex Spy before writing a locator mainly helps avoid:
Ranorex Spy exposes information that helps testers choose:

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