# Get Electron Number

The **Get Electron Number** building block finds and extracts a number from an Electron application (or from within a specific Electron element) and returns it as an output you can use elsewhere in the flow.

Fully expanded, the **Get Electron Number** block shows the following properties:

**Note:** The screenshot on this page uses the **Elegance Design**, introduced in **2025.3**. If you are using an earlier version, your layout may look different.

## Quick-start

1. Drag **Get Electron Number** onto the canvas.
2. Connect the block in the flow and specify the basic parameters required for this block to operate: **Select Electron Element to get number**. Optionally, you can adjust other parameters if needed.
3. Run the flow when it’s ready.

## Building block parameters

**Parameters**

- **Block header**: The green input connector triggers the block to begin execution. The green output connector triggers when an Electron number is successfully fetched. You can rename the block by double-clicking the header text and typing in a new title.

- **Select Electron Element to get number**: Contains the locator for the Electron element from which the number is extracted. You can capture it by right-clicking and selecting **Capture new Electron number**, and clear it by right-clicking and selecting **Clear Electron number**.

- **Number found**: Contains the number that was found. This output can be connected and used in other building blocks.

- **Not found**: Triggers if the Electron element is not found before the timeout. This is typically used to branch the execution flow or to explicitly fail a case by linking it to a **Fail** block.

- **Position found**: The application canvas position where the element was found in **X, Y** coordinates (top-left of the application canvas is **0, 0**).

- **Area found**: The position and size of the found element in **X, Y, Width, Height** coordinates, starting with the upper-leftmost pixel.

- **Source element**: Lets you limit the locator to only search inside a specific source element by selecting the **Element** option, so the locator applies within that source element rather than the whole window.

- **Electron window**: Contains a handle to the Electron window once it is found and focus is set. You can pass this to other Electron building blocks to direct them to a specific window when multiple windows are open.

- **Find format**: Defines a format the number must match to be retrieved. For example, with `Price: [NUMBER] USD`, only numbers inside text like `Price: 123.00 USD` are retrieved.

- **Is case sensitive**: Controls whether **Find format** is case sensitive. By default, it is case-insensitive.

- **1000 separator**: Defines the character used to separate thousands. By default, this uses Leapwork’s Windows regional settings (typically “,” or “.”).

- **Decimal separator**: Defines the character used to separate decimals. By default, this uses Leapwork’s Windows regional settings (typically “,” or “.”).

- **Filter**: Defines a filter the number must meet to be retrieved (for example, only retrieve numbers that are **Greater than 100**).

- **Use occurrence**: Selects which occurrence of the Electron element to use when more than one match is found. Select **All** to iterate through all occurrences.

- **Count**: Contains the total number of found occurrences that match the configured locator and criteria.

- **Default timeout**: If the checkbox is not selected, the timeout is **10 seconds** unless changed manually. If the checkbox is selected, the flow’s **Default timeout** under **Max. run time** applies.

- **Timeout (sec)**: The maximum time spent searching before giving up and triggering **Not found**.

- **Scroll to find**: When set to a value other than **None**, the block uses scrolling while searching for the Electron element.

- **Max repeats**: The maximum number of times to perform a scroll before giving up searching for the Electron element.

- **Amount**: The amount of scrolling that will be performed on each scroll repeat.

- **Delay (sec)**: The delay in seconds between each of the scroll amounts.

- **Scroll into view**: When selected, any found Electron element is automatically scrolled into view.

- **Await DOM change**: Delays the search until there have been no changes to the application’s DOM for a specified period (for example, three seconds). Regardless of this checkbox, the search proceeds after waiting a maximum of **30 seconds**.

- **Await Requests**: Delays the search until there have been no active XHR requests for a specified period (for example, three seconds). Regardless of this checkbox, the search proceeds after waiting a maximum of **30 seconds**.

## Resources

| **Topic** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| [Flows FAQ](https://docs.leapwork.com/faq/latest/leapwork-flow-faq/flows-faq) | Common questions about creating, running, and managing flows in Leapwork. |
| [Flows Troubleshooting](https://docs.leapwork.com/troubleshooting/latest/leapwork-flow-troubleshooting/flows-troubleshooting) | Guidelines and solutions for identifying and fixing issues that occur when building or running flows in Leapwork. |
| [Electron Troubleshooting](https://docs.leapwork.com/troubleshooting/latest/leapwork-flow-troubleshooting/electron-troubleshooting) | Guidance and solutions for diagnosing and resolving issues related to Electron-based automation and environments |