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Mouse & keyboard

Click

Purpose: left-click somewhere on the webpage.

Parameters: the Click command has one parameter, field label. This points to the field you want the automation to locate and then click on.

Advanced: click position, click count, force, timeout.

Right Click

Purpose: right-click somewhere on the webpage.

Parameters: one parameter, field label. This points to the field you want the automation to locate and then click on.

Advanced: click position, click count, force, timeout.

Mouse Hover

Purpose: hover over an element on the webpage.

Parameters: one parameter, field label. This points to the field you want the automation to locate and then hover over.

Move Mouse

Purpose: move the mouse to an exact position on the page.

Parameters: two parameters, X and Y. These are pixel coordinates; 0,0 is the top left of the webpage.

Scroll Page

Purpose: simulate mouse scrolling. Works for both vertical and horizontal scrolling.

Parameters: three parameters. The first is a dropdown with two options:

Mode Use when
Relative You want to scroll relative to the current scroll position. For example, an additional 20 pixels
Absolute You want an exact scroll position, measured from the top left of the webpage

Press Key

Purpose: simulate pressing keyboard keys. Also accepts multi-keys and shortcuts.

Parameters: a single parameter, Key: the keyboard code you want the automation to simulate.

Supported keys

Most keys are supported. A few examples:

F1–F12, Digit0–Digit9, KeyA–KeyZ, Backquote, Minus, Equal, Backslash, Backspace, Tab, Delete, Escape, ArrowDown, End, Enter, Home, Insert, PageDown, PageUp, ArrowRight, ArrowUp

A full list is available under the KeyboardEvent.Key column in the MDN key values reference.

Modifier shortcuts

Shift, Control, Alt, Meta, ShiftLeft, ControlOrMeta

Combine a modifier with a key using +:

Control+A
Shift+ArrowRight
ControlOrMeta+S

Stack more than one modifier the same way, for example Control+Shift+Tab.

ControlOrMeta

ControlOrMeta resolves to Control on Windows and Linux, and to Meta on macOS, so one step covers both.

Drag and Drop

Purpose: drag an element on the page.

Parameters:

  • Field to drag
  • Move destination
  • Destination field or destination coordinates

Move destination has three options:

Option Use when
Field You want to drag the source field into or over another field on the page
Relative Coords You want to drag the source field a set number of pixels from its current position. X: 100, Y: 0 moves it 100 pixels right
Absolute Coords You want to drag the source field to a specific position on the page. X: 100, Y: 0 moves it to the top of the page, 100px from the left edge