Moving mouse to a spot and clicking

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#1

I’d like to move my mouse to a certain point on the page and click at a certain place. I Do not even know the co-ordinates yet so all help is apreciated. Could you also please give me some example scripts ?

Thanks a Bunch,

Vincenzo

#2

Please anybody ?

#3

Well, if you have access to GUI scripting, you might be able to do what you want to do. On my Jaguar machine, the following script will click on the second tab in Safari. You may see different results based on screen resolution, number of tabs open in Safari, etc. I don’t know if GUI scripting will work within a web page or document.

tell application "Safari" to activate

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Safari"
		click at {300, 100} -- {from left, from top}
	end tell
end tell

– Rob

#4

why do you need the mouse to click at a certain place? what is it doing?

ben

#5

Ben: It helps me with a site… Not important.

Rob: Thanks, But i don’t have access to GUI Scripting… Is this a Panther Only thing ? Sorry for being such a newbie. I Inserted:

tell application "Safari" to activate 

tell application "System Events" 
   tell process "Safari" 
      click at {300, 100} -- {from left, from top} 
   end tell 
end tell

In My Scriptmaker ( Jaguar ) But it sais it can’t understand the command click at.

Btw, My aim is to click at certain places in the actual site.

Thanks, And sorry for being such a n00b :oops:

Vince

#6

Panther offers GUI scripting by default but Jaguar users (OS X 10.2.3 or later) must install a beta version of System Events [d/l the beta] to gain access to the UI. Make sure to follow all instructions in the documentation if you decide to install it or it won’t work.

Edit: You can also manipulate the mouse (move the cursor, click, get the coordinates, check to see if the mouse is down) with Extra Suites.
– Rob

#7

Rob, Thanks for the Help so far. Now i know how to get my co-ordinates. I also have some scripts to move the mouse and some to click with the mouse. However, i can’t combine them and get the result i want. I Want to move the mouse ( Co-ordinates i allready know ) and click, then repeat this process. Can someone give me the exact script for this ? This’d be awesome !

Thanks for the help so far,

Vince

#8

Someone might be able to help if you post the code snippets that you need to pull together.

– Rob

#9

Ok Rob, So The Code to move the mouse will be:

tell application "Extra Suites"
	
	ES move mouse {460, 515}
	
end tell

Unfortunatly i can’t get the Click-Script. I need to click ONCE. I found this example but it’s totally wrong:

tell application "Finder" to activate

tell application "Extra Suites"
	
	ES click mouse with double click --and option
	--ES click mouse with control
	
end tell

The Thing is, I don’t need to open anything. i only need to click at the location my mouse moved to in the previous code. then repeat this process constantly.

Thanks for the Help so far, and thanks in advance,

Vincenzo

#10

This works for me as long as no application windows are visible when the script is executed. I tested it by placing a folder in the targeted location. After running the script via the Script menu, the folder’s icon is selected.

tell application "Extra Suites" to ES move mouse {460, 515}
tell application "Finder" to activate
tell application "Extra Suites" to ES click mouse

Why do you need to repeat the process constantly?

– Rob

#11

Rob, You’ve been a great help so far :smiley: . This works pretty good yeah. But i need to repeat it cause i have a website with this security program that has to be refreshed every 2 minutes. When im in school ( im 14 ) i can’t do this, so i want a script to do it for me. Thanks so far, and more help would be great !!

Thanks,

Vince

#12

Maybe this will work when saved as a stay open application. Once launched, it should run the code every 120 seconds.

on idle
	tell application "Finder" to activate
	
	tell application "System Events"
		set visible_apps to application processes whose visible is true
		repeat with app_ in visible_apps
			if name of app_ is not "Finder" then
				set visible of app_ to false
			end if
		end repeat
	end tell
	
	tell application "Extra Suites" to ES move mouse {460, 515}
	delay 1
	tell application "Extra Suites" to ES click mouse
	return 120 -- seconds
end idle

– Rob (who will be extremely mad if he finds out that this is used to break the rules at school)

#13

Thanks ! :smiley: .

Lol, Naa, I won’t run it at my school’s computer. Just at home :slight_smile: And it’s allowed anyways. You’re the best man. Is it ok if i PM you if i need more help ?

Thanks a lot,

Vincenzo

#14

It’s ok to PM me but others with similar needs might benefit if we keep the discussion here. :slight_smile:

– Rob

#15

Oh wait, it seems not to work. Nothing happens :? Weird

#16

If you run it in Script Editor, it will do nothing. It must be saved as a stay open application and then launched (the same way you launch other applications).

#17

If there’s no chance that the computer will be used while the script is running, the following version will be more resource friendly since it doesn’t need to hide the applications every time it executes.

tell application "Finder" to activate

tell application "System Events"
	set visible_apps to application processes whose visible is true
	repeat with app_ in visible_apps
		if name of app_ is not "Finder" then
			set visible of app_ to false
		end if
	end repeat
end tell

tell application "Extra Suites" to ES move mouse {460, 515}
delay 1

on idle
	tell application "Extra Suites" to ES click mouse
	return 120 -- seconds
end idle

– Rob

#18

k Thanks man. I think this is working :smiley: . What if i want to add extra mouse movements and clicks… So thesame thing but more in one serie ? Lol, I know i keep on wining but since were solving problems, might aswell solve’em all now :smiley:

Thanks in advance,

Vince

#19

I would probably use something like this, where you can add more move and click commands to the idle handler (at the end of the script).

tell application "Finder" to activate

tell application "System Events"
	set visible_apps to application processes whose visible is true
	repeat with app_ in visible_apps
		if name of app_ is not "Finder" then
			set visible of app_ to false
		end if
	end repeat
end tell

on idle
	tell application "Extra Suites"
		ES move mouse {460, 515}
		ES click mouse
		-- more move and click commands here
	end tell
	return 120 -- seconds 
end idle

– Rob

#20

As i’m a complete newbie, and i didnt really get what u ment in your last post, could you give me an example of this script with another move and click mouse code ? Ill insert the Co-ordinates :slight_smile: BTW, i tried running your previous codes as an app. But it opens and disappears, and then nothing happens. is this normal ?

thanks,

Vince