Supported Expressions

Auto Refresh Plus, Supports four types of expression that allow you to create patterns that help match, locate, and manage text in page monitor.

Normal Expression #

It searches for keywords on the web page and does not need to be initialized with any symbol. Just press enter on each keyword.

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    Features supported

  • Auto click on link (If monitored text or regex have a link)
  • Open link in new tab
  • Visual (Find inside the text you see on the visual screen)
  • Source (Find inside the inline text in HTML source code)

Custom expression #

It is initialized with two ## symbols, and they are Boolean statements for OR and AND operators. It must be enclosed in parentheses (4 parentheses in total), its syntax is:

##(search1 | search2) (Search3 | Search4)

this statement will search for search1 or search2 AND search3 or search4.

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    Features supported

  • Visual (Find inside the text you see on the visual screen)
  • Auto click on link (If monitored text or regex have a link)
  • Open link in new tab
  • Source (Find inside the inline text in HTML source code)

xPath expression #

The XML Paths Language provides a flexible way of addressing (pointing to) the different parts of a document, it must be initialized with two @@ symbols and followed by the xpath expression such as:

@@//*[contains( text() , "Search")]
or
@@//input[contains( @value , "Search")]

This statement will search for search1 or search2 AND search3 or search4.

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    Features supported

  • Visual (Find inside the text you see on the visual screen)
  • Auto click on link (If monitored text or regex have a link || Only Result type 4)
  • Open link in new tab ( Only Result type 4 )
  • Source (Find inside the inline text in HTML source code)
xPath expression cheatsheet

Regex expression #

Auto Refresh Plus also supports Regex expressions and must initialize with the $ symbol and followed by the regex expression, for example:

$/(Search)/
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    Features supported

  • Visual (Find inside the text you see on the visual screen)
  • Auto click on link (If monitored text or regex have a link)
  • Open link in new tab
  • Source (Find inside the inline text in HTML source code)
Regex expression cheatsheet