# How to identify objects in desktop application when Katalon treats several objects as one? 

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-identify-objects-in-desktop-application-when-katalon-treats-several-objects-as-one/88278>\
**Category:** Desktop Testing\
**Tags:** desktop, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [May 18, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-identify-objects-in-desktop-application-when-katalon-treats-several-objects-as-one/88278 "2023-05-18T16:24:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![evgenia.verner](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/evgenia.verner/32/22830_2.png) [@evgenia.verner](https://forum.katalon.com/u/evgenia.verner)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-identify-objects-in-desktop-application-when-katalon-treats-several-objects-as-one/88278/1 "2023-05-18T16:24:26Z")

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Hello,  
I would like to get some help with the following:

1. I work on the desktop app automation (I used both Windows Spy and Recorder, however, Windows Recorder was more helpful, so I ended up with that), and it is possible to get through login, however, the next window that contains a list of several objects (in a list) is treated by Katalon as one object, and I am not able to identify and select them separately.  
Is there any possibility to capture the opjects? Maybe by any other additional program? I tried Autoit, it sees the objects the same way (as one)

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**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-identify-objects-in-desktop-application-when-katalon-treats-several-objects-as-one/88278/2 "2023-05-18T22:07:13Z")

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It’s one of the Frequently Asked Questions. Similar question and answer here:

> [@Unable to differentiate several objects with same attributes](http://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-differentiate-several-objects-with-same-attributes/88161/4):
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> Thanks again, this is working! I finally used this XPath expression: //h2[text()="ENFANTS N°1"]/following-sibling::n9-adhesion-beneficiaire/div[1]/form[1]/mat-form-field[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/input[1]

It’s about WebUI testing, not about desktop app testing. I don’t know if the similar level of XPath (predicates using [position()=N]) is supported for desktop applications.