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EVENT
EVENT is a new command to automate web controls that the classic TAG command can not automate:
- Drag & Drop
- Sliders
- Tricky date control
- Ajax drop&down boxes
To test the EVENT recording, change the record options click mode in iMacros Browser or IE.
EVENTS commands are collections of EVENT commands of the same type, target, etc.
Syntax
EVENT TYPE=type [SELECTOR|XPATH]=localizer [BUTTON|POINT|CHAR|KEY]=[button|point|char|key] [MODIFIERS=modifiers]
Parameters
- TYPE
- The event type to be fired by the command. Allowed values are:
- Mouse events
- MOUSEDOWN,
- MOUSEMOVE,
- MOUSEUP,
- CLICK,
- DBLCLICK
- Keyboard events
- KEYDOWN
- KEYUP
- KEYPRESS
- Mouse events
- The event type to be fired by the command. Allowed values are:
- SELECTOR or XPATH
- The query string to localize the target element on the page. This can be either an XPATH expression, or a CSS selectors query
- BUTTON, POINT, CHAR, or KEY
- It depends on which event type is being used. Mouse events need a BUTTON or a POINT. Keyboard events need CHAR or KEY
- MOUSEDOWN, CLICK and DBLCLICK need a BUTTON (0, meaning default or left mouse button, 1 for the middle mouse button, or 2 for the secondary or right mouse button)
- MOUSEUP and MOUSEMOVE use a POINT like in "(245,186)"
- KEYDOWN, KEYUP, and KEYPRESS use CHAR (printable characters, like "a" or "Q") or KEY (non-printable keys, like arrow up as in KEY=40)
- It depends on which event type is being used. Mouse events need a BUTTON or a POINT. Keyboard events need CHAR or KEY
- MODIFIERS
- A combination of CTRL, ALT, SHIFT, META. Keys held pressed during the mouse events.
Remarks
- Keyboard events using KEY are only supported in iMacros for Firefox
- EVENTS commands are collections of EVENT commands of the same type and on the same target element, so moving the mouse over a path records one single EVENTS command, where the points defining the path are given as a list of points: POINTS="(27,154),(26,154),(25,154)"
Examples
URL GOTO=http://demo.imacros.net/TestPages/ForceDirectedGraph.aspx FRAME NAME=iframeFDgraph EVENT TYPE=MOUSEDOWN SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>svg>g:nth-of-type(10)>circle" BUTTON=0 EVENTS TYPE=MOUSEMOVE SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>svg>g:nth-of-type(10)>circle" POINTS="(559,222),(558,222),(557,222),(555,223), (554,224),(551,224)" EVENTS TYPE=MOUSEMOVE SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>svg" POINTS="(546,227),(536,232),(534,234),(523,243),(515,255),(512,259),(510,263),(500,282),(499,285),(493,300),(492,304),(492,306),(488,321),(487,323),(487,324),(487,326),(486,327),(483,336)" EVENTS TYPE=MOUSEMOVE SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>svg>line:nth-of-type(4)" POINTS="(481,338),(481,339)" EVENTS TYPE=MOUSEMOVE SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>svg" POINTS="(480,340),(479,342),(475,347),(475,348)" EVENT TYPE=MOUSEMOVE SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>svg>g:nth-of-type(10)>circle" POINT="(474,350)" EVENT TYPE=MOUSEMOVE SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>svg" POINT="(473,351)" EVENTS TYPE=MOUSEMOVE SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>svg>g:nth-of-type(10)>circle" POINTS="(472,353),(470,355),(469,357),(468,359),(467,360),(466,360)" EVENT TYPE=MOUSEUP SELECTOR="HTML>BODY>svg>g:nth-of-type(10)>circle" POINT="(466,360)"
Use the CLEAR command so that times of website response measurements are not influenced by using local cache data:
URL GOTO=https://moqups.com/#!/ EVENT TYPE=MOUSEDOWN SELECTOR="#preview-svg>svg>svg>svg>foreignObject>DIV" BUTTON=0 EVENTS TYPE=MOUSEMOVE SELECTOR="#preview-svg>svg>svg>svg>foreignObject>DIV" POINTS="(131,254),(132,254),(134,254),(136,255),(139,256),(142,256),(147,256),(153,257),(160,257),(169,258),(190,258)" EVENT TYPE=MOUSEMOVE SELECTOR="#containment" POINT="(204,257)" EVENT TYPE=MOUSEUP POINT="(386,254)"
Enable the EVENT recording mode
Record drag & drop events
Record date and time selection
Record the selection from within an "ajaxy" drop-down
Notes
- Experimental command => Please report issues and suggestion with this command in the iMacros for Firefox user forum!