sootsim describe
sootsim describe
The default way to see what is on screen. Lists visible UI elements with type, text, position, size, and style: buttons show [button], tappable views show [tap], inputs show [input]. Structural noise (icon wrappers, layout containers, duplicate text inside buttons) is pruned by default; use —all for the unfiltered tree, —verbose for ids/labels/style, and —json to script against it. Reach for describe before screenshots or DOM poking.
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Options
| flag | description |
|---|---|
--verbose | include ids, labels, and extra style info |
--all | do not prune structural view nodes |
--watch | redraw as the UI changes (ctrl-c to stop) |
--json | emit structured JSON |
--no-clipped | strip rows annotated (clipped:left|right|top|bottom) so the on-screen state is not buried |
--compact | render the tree in a tighter format |
--no-xy | hide x,y coordinates from each row |
--only <glob> | glob filter across text/role/testID |
--subtree <id> | limit the dump to a subtree rooted at the given testID |
--testid-like <pattern> | fuzzy-match nodes whose testID contains the pattern |
Examples
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