Is there a way I could get a count of them?

Marvy

If _span("Text") matches more than one element, will all matching elements be returned, or just the first? And if all are returned.

NaomiC

As far as I know, it will return the first match by default. You can find the 2nd match like this: _span("Text[1]")

Soumya_Highradius

if you say _Span("Text") only the element with property name or visible text as "Text" will be identified.
If you say _Span("Text[1]") then only the element with property name or visible text as "Text[1]" will be identified. (there can be multiple spans with the same visible text "Text" in different screens, one will be identified as _span("Text") and the other as _span("Text[1]" so both of them are different.)

if you want to identify any span with the name or visible text as "Text", you can do that by regular expression "/Text/"
provided you set the strictvisibility to true
i.e
_setStrictVisibilityCheck(true);
_click(_span("/Text/"))// code to click or rightclick or any action on the span
_setStrictVisibilityCheck(false);