CLICK

From iMacros

"Clicks" on the HTML element at the specified X/Y coordinates. The zero position (origin) of the coordinate system is in the top left corner of the webpage. The x axis is positive to the right, the y axis is positive downwards. The optional CONTENT attribute can be used to send text to the clicked element (e.g. if the clicked element is an input box).

To record a CLICK command set the ClickMode to "Use X/Y position" during recording.

Note: This CLICK command must not be confused with the DS CMD=CLICK command, which is designed to work with Flash, Silverlight (etc.) applets, but, of course, also works with HTML. But in contrast to DS CMD=CLICK, CLICK can click on elements of a page although they are not currently displayed in the browser window, i.e. this command does not need scrolling. In addition, the CLICK command can be run in background mode.

Contents 1 Syntax 2 Parameters 3 Examples 4 See Also

Syntax

CLICK X=n Y=m [CONTENT=some_content]

Parameters

• X

Specifies the x (horizontal) coordinate of the website element that is to be clicked.

• Y

Specifies the y (vertical) coordinate of the website element that is to be clicked.

• CONTENT

Specifies the value that is sent to the clicked element. (Replace blank spaces by <SP>, like in "Hello<SP>world")

Examples

The following example illustrates that the CLICK command can, in contrast to the DS CMD=CLICK command, "click" website elements that are not currently displayed in the browser window:

' open a iOpus homepage 
URL GOTO=http://www.iopus.com/imacros/demo/v4/f1/form.asp      
' reset size so that the big text box and the submit button are "hidden" 
SIZE X=823 Y=300  
' enter Remarks 
CLICK X=458 Y=510 CONTENT=Without<SP>apples    
' press submit 
CLICK X=358 Y=644 CONTENT=Click<SP>to<SP>order<SP>now

Related forum posts:

• Use CLICK to press tricky login button
• Workaround for lack of DS mouse commmands

See Also

TAG, WINCLICK