# Closed topic - changing the recorder to locate by CSS

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/closed-topic-changing-the-recorder-to-locate-by-css/44708>\
**Category:** Bug Report\
**Tags:** bugs-report, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [June 19, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/closed-topic-changing-the-recorder-to-locate-by-css/44708 "2020-06-19T03:01:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![anne.mccloghry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@anne.mccloghry](https://forum.katalon.com/u/anne.mccloghry)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/closed-topic-changing-the-recorder-to-locate-by-css/44708/1 "2020-06-19T03:01:04Z")

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Hi Guys,

a few people have raised this in this previous ticket, which is now closed.  
but you didn’t post whether you would be resolving it, have resolved it, dropped it…

> [@Can Katalon record Tests with CSS selectors rather than the default Xpath?](http://forum.katalon.com/t/can-katalon-record-tests-with-css-selectors-rather-than-the-default-xpath/6616):
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> unfortunatly Xpath selectors are shaky and do no work for most of the test executions i’ve tried to run. Katalon could not find the objects. is there a way to change this default configuration for the test recordings?

Is there any plan to change the way the Spy or Recorder locates the objects??

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ThanhTo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/thanhto/32/697_2.png) [@ThanhTo](https://forum.katalon.com/u/ThanhTo)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/closed-topic-changing-the-recorder-to-locate-by-css/44708/2 "2020-06-19T07:41:39Z")

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Hi @anne.mccloghry

We are aware of the request. Currently there isn’t a plan to support automatically generating CSS locators yet. We’ll let you know when it is considered.

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/d/5/d55596ab02785a255798e87ede769734747b30c4.svg) [@system](https://forum.katalon.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/closed-topic-changing-the-recorder-to-locate-by-css/44708/3 "2021-06-19T07:41:41Z")

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Closed on June 19, 2021, 7:41am UTC

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