Systems and methods for recording user interactions within a target application

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process, the instructions comprising instructions to:

• receive a notification of a selection of an user interface (UI) element within a UI of a target application;
• generate a request for an element listener instance;
• notify multiple test recorder hooks of the request for the element listener instance, wherein each of the test recorder hooks is associated with a specific UI format having multiple different element listeners depending on a type of selected UI element;
• create the element listener instance by one of the test recorder hooks based on the UI format and the selected UI element;
• register, by the element listener instance, for events associated with the UI element;
• and
• record the events.

A computer system including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer system comprising:

• a recorder interface configured to:
• receive a notification of a selection of an user interface (UI) element within a UI of a target application,
• generate a request for an element listener instance, and
• notify multiple test recorder hooks of the request for the element listener instance;
• multiple test recorder hooks, wherein each of the test recorder hooks is associated with a specific UI format having multiple different element listeners depending on a type of selected UI element and is configured to create the element listener instance based on the UI format and the selected UI element;
• and
• the element listener instance configured to register for events associated with the UI element and to record the events.