Click
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.
An element in the 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.
An element already selected
Clicks an element captured earlier by a Get element action.
Element ID
The action that captured the element.
One item from a selection of multiple elements
Clicks an element from a list captured by a Get elements action.
Elements list id
The action that captured the list.
Enter the index of the list
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.
Click count
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
This action has no returns.
Rules and conditions
- Select the action has to be set before the other fields, since it decides which of them appear.
- In An element in the browser mode, the page ID and the CSS selector are both required.
- In One item from a selection of multiple elements 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.