Find Element Not On Screen

#1

I have a UI that has a lot of elements on it. It requires a scroll to see all the elements. However, I am lead to believe (via a forum post from July 2017) that I shouldn’t need to scroll to merely “find” the element. This has not been my experience to date (running 11.4.83, ios device).

Using the Appium Studio console, I use the filtering capability provided. I enter my XPATH expression in the Filter textbox and see no elements found. I close object spy, scroll down, and enter the same XPATH expression and there it is.

I really don’t want to swipe just to try and find an element. I’d prefer not to do it for clicking either.

Please advise.

thanks
Walter

#2

I’ve come to understand that off-the-screen elements are generated dynamically when scrolling/swiping. This explains the behavior I am seeing. I will adjust my logic accordingly.

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