ui_get_element

Screen, windows & UI · macOS · Windows

Effect: read (strongest supported action). Status: gated.

Gated means the tool requires an installed app, a connected account, permission, or runtime availability. Check those requirements on the listed platform before using it.

macOS

Purpose

Re-resolves a previously returned element_ref (its bounds/state may have changed). Returns role, label, bounds, focused, value, and `enabled` ONLY when the app publishes AXEnabled — that attribute is optional, so many perfectly usable controls omit it (TextEdit's text area does). When it is missing you get `enabled_unknown: true` instead; that is 'unknown', NOT disabled, and ui_click will click it. stale_element if the handle is unknown or the element no longer exists.

Required inputs

element_ref

Permissions and confirmation

No explicit confirmation parameter is exposed in this snapshot. This does not grant permission to act: obtain user authorization before any real action.

Use only the apps, accounts and resources authorized by the user on this platform. Consult this tool's platform-specific description for its connection and permission requirements; this catalog does not assert additional OAuth scopes or OS entitlements.

Full input schema — macOS

{
  "properties": {
    "element_ref": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "element_ref"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Documentation example

Do not execute this example. These concrete inputs refer to a fictional demonstration dataset. Resolve real handles and obtain user authorization before any real call.

{
  "element_ref": "demo-button-001"
}

Windows