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Accelerate Test Automation with Precise UI Element Recognition

Ranorex Spy empowers QA teams to swiftly identify and manage UI elements across desktop, web, and mobile applications, streamlining test creation and reducing maintenance efforts.
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Streamlined UI Element Identification

Eliminate Manual Effort in Locating UI Components

Ranorex Spy simplifies the process of exploring and analyzing user interfaces by automatically scanning applications to identify controls and UI elements. This automation accelerates development cycles and minimizes the time spent on test maintenance.

Automated Scanning

Quickly traverse applications to detect UI elements without manual intervention.

Comprehensive Analysis

Gain detailed insights into UI components for informed test creation.

Cross-Platform Support

Identify elements across desktop, web, and mobile platforms seamlessly.

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Robust Object Repository Management

Maintain Consistency with Centralized UI Element Storage

With Ranorex Spy, identified UI elements are stored in a centralized object repository, promoting reusability and consistency across test cases. This centralized management reduces redundancy and enhances collaboration among team members.

Reusable Components

Leverage stored UI elements across multiple tests to ensure consistency.

Simplified Maintenance

Update UI elements in one place to reflect across all associated tests.

Enhanced Collaboration

Share object repositories among team members for cohesive test development.

Advanced GUI Object Recognition

Ensure Test Stability with Accurate Element Detection

Ranorex Spy employs advanced object recognition capabilities to uniquely identify GUI components, including dynamic elements. This precision ensures that automated tests remain stable and reliable, even as application interfaces evolve.

Dynamic Element Handling

Accurately detect and interact with UI elements that change during runtime.

Reduced Test Failures

Minimize false negatives by ensuring consistent element identification.

Improved Test Reliability

Maintain test accuracy despite changes in the application's UI.

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“Rated 5/5 stars ... Ranorex Spy is invaluable in debugging test cases that fail, and allows us to quickly recover. No other tool on [the] market is comparable.”

— Test Automation Engineer, Medium Enterprise Industrial Manufacturing

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FAQs

Have questions about Ranorex Spy?

If you don’t see your question here, we’re happy to help.

Ranorex Spy is a tool for inspecting and analyzing the UI elements of your application. It lets you identify objects, view their properties and hierarchy, and build reliable object repositories for automated tests.

Ranorex Spy supports desktop, web, and mobile technologies—including WinForms, WPF, Java, HTML, Angular, and more. It’s designed to handle both standard and custom UI elements.

Yes. Ranorex Spy can be run independently, allowing you to explore your application’s UI and build repositories before writing or executing any tests.

Ranorex Spy enables you to precisely identify UI elements and their attributes, which helps create stable object references and reduces false positives or broken tests due to UI changes.

Absolutely. Ranorex Spy provides flexible recognition capabilities, including path editing and attribute weighting, to reliably track dynamic or non-standard controls.