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Click

Clicks an element on a web page. It works three ways: by CSS selector straight in the browser, on an element already captured, or on an element from a list.


Options​

Select the action​

The action's mode. What you pick here decides which of the other fields appear.

By browser​

Clicks using a CSS selector on the page.

Browser or page ID​

The browser, tab or iframe opening action used as the context.

Element selector​

The CSS selector identifying the element to click, button#btnSubmit for example.

By element​

Clicks an element captured earlier by a Get element action.

Element ID​

The action that captured the element.

By element list​

Clicks an element from a list captured by a Get elements action.

Element list ID​

The action that captured the list.

The list index​

Which position in the list to click. The index starts at 0.

Button​

The mouse button used: Left, Middle or Right. Default: Left.

Element state​

The condition the element has to be in for the click to happen: Visible, Invisible/hidden, Present in the DOM or Not present in the DOM. Default: Visible.

Number of clicks​

How many times the robot clicks the element. Use 2 for a double click. Default: 1.

Click time​

How long, in milliseconds, between pressing and releasing the mouse button. Default: 0.

Timeout​

How long, in seconds, the robot waits for the element to be available before failing. Default: 120.

Returns​

Javascript code​

js
actions["action-id"] // the clicked element (Element)

Field selection​

The clicked element comes back and can be referenced by other actions working in By element mode.

Rules and conditions​

  • Select the action has to be set before the other fields, since it decides which of them appear.
  • In By browser mode, the page ID and the CSS selector are both required.
  • In By element list mode, the index has to match a position that exists in the list.
  • If the element is not found within the timeout, the robot stops with an error.