ui-demo

To record a UI demo video with Playwright, you can automate the process using a structured three-phase workflow: Discover, Rehearse, and Record. This approach ensures reliable, polished screen recordings by enforcing deterministic selectors, pacing guidelines, and a visible cursor overlay.

Automating screen recordings for web app documentation is best handled by using Playwright's built-in video recording combined with a cursor overlay. This method applies storytelling flow and pacing guidelines to generate polished, reliable tutorials and onboarding walkthroughs.

Yes, you can add a cursor overlay to Playwright video recordings. This feature simulates natural cursor movement and pacing during the recording phase, making automated UI demos and stakeholder presentations appear polished and manually driven rather than automated.

The UI demo recording workflow reduces manual scripting by enforcing a Discover to Rehearse to Record pipeline. It relies on deterministic selectors to automate web interactions, ensuring consistent video output for tutorials and documentation without extensive manual coding for each step.

Using a rehearse phase before recording a web application walkthrough ensures that deterministic selectors are valid and pacing is correct. This step prevents failed recordings and shaky transitions, resulting in a polished UI demo video suitable for onboarding and stakeholder presentations.