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SarahEOwen
SarahEOwen
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September 3, 2017
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Element Tag or Selector Picker

  • September 3, 2017
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In DTM, there is a bulls-eye icon that you can click to help you find an element tag or selector (see screen shot 1). I don't see it in Launch (see screen shot 2). Is it coming later?

Screen Shot 1 :: DTM

Screen Shot 2 :: Launch

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    Best answer by thebenrobb

    Unfortunate answer, probably not soon, and our engineering manager is very sad about that.  Our security team has concerns about that feature.  I don't understand the full technical details, but conceptually, in order to make that work, we have to get the content of the page and read through it in order to grab the css selector that identifies that element you click on.  That can be performed on internal company pages that have potentially sensitive information on it.  Which is bad.  We don't do anything nefarious with it, but just the fact that we can access it is bad.  So until we can figure out another way of doing that, that feature will not find a home in Launch.

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    thebenrobb
    Adobe Employee
    thebenrobbAdobe EmployeeAccepted solution
    Adobe Employee
    September 8, 2017

    Unfortunate answer, probably not soon, and our engineering manager is very sad about that.  Our security team has concerns about that feature.  I don't understand the full technical details, but conceptually, in order to make that work, we have to get the content of the page and read through it in order to grab the css selector that identifies that element you click on.  That can be performed on internal company pages that have potentially sensitive information on it.  Which is bad.  We don't do anything nefarious with it, but just the fact that we can access it is bad.  So until we can figure out another way of doing that, that feature will not find a home in Launch.

    SarahEOwen
    SarahEOwenAuthor
    Level 9
    September 8, 2017

    Hmmmmm, that is too bad. Maybe the team that maintains the Visual Experience Composer (VEC) for Target can help address the security team's concerns. It seems like the Element Tag or Selector feature in DTM is the younger brother of the VEC feature in Target.

    Thanks for always answering my questions so happily!

    Sarah

    jantzen_b
    Adobe Employee
    jantzen_bAdobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    October 19, 2017

    Sarah,

    In the meantime, you can use a number of browser add-on's or the browser's built in tools to grab a CSS selector from an element on the page. Let me know if you want additional instruction on how to do it.

    Thanks,
    Jantzen

      SarahEOwen
      SarahEOwenAuthor
      Level 9
      October 19, 2017

      Hi Jantzen.Belliston​ -

      I would love to hear what browser add-on's you use

      Thanks so much -

      Sarah

      jantzen_b
      Adobe Employee
      jantzen_bAdobe Employee
      Adobe Employee
      October 19, 2017

      Personally, I just use Chrome's built in tools.

      To use it:

      • Open the browser tools by right clicking and choosing "Inspect"
      • Choose the element selector tool (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + C)
      • Click on the desired element
      • The HTML making up the element will be highlighted in the code window
      • Right click the highlighted line
      • Choose "Copy" --> "Copy Selector" from the dropdown
      • Paste that code into the box within DTM/Launch

      Let me know if you need some screenshots.

      -Jantzen

        SarahEOwen
        SarahEOwenAuthor
        Level 9
        October 19, 2017

        Hi Jantzen.Belliston​ -

        Ah - I do use "Inspect" but I didn't know about right click > copy > copy selector. Thanks for sharing that tip with me!

        Have a great day -

        Sarah

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