Click operations
Click operations must be indicated in curly brackets. By default, clicks are performed into the center of the respective control.
The following click operations are available:
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Click operation |
Description |
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{ALTCLICK} |
Performs a left click while holding the Alt key down |
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{CLICK} |
Click with the left mouse button |
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{CONTROLCLICK} |
Performs a left click while holding the Ctrl key down |
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{DOUBLECLICK} |
Double click with the left mouse button |
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{DRAG} |
This selects the object to be repositioned. The object in question must support drag and drop operations. |
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{DROP} |
This inserts an object that was previously selected with {DRAG}. |
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{LONGCLICK} |
Click with the left mouse button which lasts for two seconds |
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{MOUSEOVER} |
Moves the mouse pointer over the control. |
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{RIGHTCLICK} |
Click with the right mouse button |
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{SHIFTCLICK} |
Performs a left click while holding the Shift key down. |
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You can use the value X instead of {CLICK} for left clicks. X instructs the system to perform a click without using the mouse and it verifies whether or not the control is disabled. |
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In this example, the START button is clicked.
Simple click on a button |
Defining the click position for CLICK
You can define an offset for the click operations {CLICK} and {LONGCLICK}. The offset is defined in square brackets and specified in pixels px or in percent %.
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Syntax: |
{Click[OffsetHorizontal][OffsetVertical]} |
The specification of Offsets is relative to the upper left border of the control area.
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This example defines an offset of 10px along the horizontal axis and 10px along the vertical axis for performing a click onto the Next button:
Click on a button with defined offset in pixels This example defines an offset of 100% along the horizontal axis and 100% along the vertical axis. The click is performed onto the bottom right border of the control area.
Click on the bottom right border of a button |
Defining mouse movements and click positions
{Mouse} operations can be used to define click operations, mouse movements and offsets.
They are defined as follows:
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Syntax: |
{MOUSE[Action][MoveMethod][OffsetHorizontal][OffsetVertical]} |
The parameter Action defines the click operation to be performed. The following click operations can be used as values:
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Click operation |
Description |
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{CLICK} |
Click with the left mouse button |
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{DOUBLECLICK} |
Double click with the left mouse button |
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{DRAG} |
This selects the object to be repositioned. The object in question must support drag and drop operations. |
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{DROP} |
This inserts an object that was previously selected with {DRAG}. |
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{LONGCLICK} |
Click with the left mouse button which lasts for two seconds |
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{MOUSEOVER} |
Moves the mouse pointer over the control. |
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{RIGHTCLICK} |
Click with the right mouse button |
The following values can be specified for the parameter MoveMethod:
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Click operation |
Description |
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Jump |
The mouse pointer jumps directly to the clicked location. |
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Smooth |
The mouse pointer moves smoothly towards the clicked location. |
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HorizontalFirst |
The mouse pointer moves along the horizontal axis first. |
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VerticalFirst |
The mouse pointer moves along the vertical axis first. |
The offset parameters OffsetHorizontal and OffsetVertical are specified as described in chapter "Defining the click position for CLICK".
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In this example, the system right-clicks onto the Option button by using an offset of 10% along the horizontal axis and 10% along the vertical axis:
Defining the click operation, the mouse movement and the click position |
Use the {JUMPTO} operation
You can use the {JUMPTO} operation to make the mouse pointer jump to a specific location and perform a click operation.
To do so, use one of the following syntaxes:
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Syntax: |
{JUMPTO[Action]} {JUMPTO[Action][OffsetHorizontal][OffsetVertical]} |
The parameters Action, OffsetHorizontal and OffsetVertical are specified as described above for the {Mouse} operation.