Mouse Click using javascript

[Rich]

I am testing a web app using WebDriver/Selenium-2.0a4 with IE8. My
goal is to simulate a right-click in JavaScript since WebDriver
doesn't allow it yet. As a way to get there, I am trying to simulate a
left-click. I am using Eclipse IDE. Posts recommend creating an event
and firing it with element.fireEvent; however I could not get that to
work. It does not throw an error, but nothing else happens. Does this
call work in WebDriver/Selenium-2.0a4 with IE8?

To give an example using JavaScript element.click() -- this DOES work
to do a left-mouse click:

StringBuffer javaScript = new StringBuffer();
javaScript.append(" var
element=document.getElementsByTagName('a');");
javaScript.append(" for (var i = 0; i < element.length; i++){ ");
javaScript.append(" if
(element[i].innerHTML.indexOf('approveRecordingDiv+')!=-1) {myElement=
element[i]; } ");
javaScript.append(" }");
javaScript.append(" myElement.click();");

((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(javaScript.toString());
Thread.sleep(3000);


But this does NOT work for me to left-click. Any suggestions?

// Same code as above, but, this is instead of myElement.click();
javaScript.append(" var fired = myElement.fireEvent('onclick');");

((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(javaScript.toString());
Thread.sleep(3000);

For right-click, I have tried several approaches which involve
creating an event and using init to populate the values. The init
statement causes an error.

I also read that for right click, you have to call use the parent
document, rather than the element itself for the event.

Neither approach has worked though.

javaScript.append(" var evt =
elmnt.ownerDocument.createEventObject();");
-- I have also tried with passing MouseEvents and MouseEvent
javaScript.append(" var evt =
elmnt.ownerDocument.createEventObject('MouseEvents');");

javaScript.append("evt.initMouseEvent('click', true, true,");
javaScript.append(" elmnt.ownerDocument.defaultView, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0,
false, false, false, false, 2, null);");
javaScript.append(" elmnt.fireEvent('onclick',evt); ");

The posts on line also do not seem to be using the JavascriptExecutor
object, but maybe they just removed those references to make the code
easier to read?

When I use the init, this is the error returned in Eclipse:

Failed to execute: Exception occurred:
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1',
java.version: '1.6.0_20'
Driver info: driver.version: ie
(function() { return function(){ var
element=document.getElementsByTagName('a'); for (var i = 0; i <
element.length; i++){

if (element[i].innerHTML.indexOf('approveRecordingDiv+')!=-1)
{myElement= element[i]; } } var evt =

myElement.ownerDocument.createEventObject('MouseEvents');evt.initMouseEvent('click',
true, true);};})();

[Rich]

Although I still would like to understand this issue, we found a
simpler way to simulate right click (tested in IE8). Use a double
click or two single clicks, then right-click using Shift-F10. I don't
know exactly why this works, but it does. In the sample code below, we
use the Selenium method to click twice, then use the IE Driver to find
the WebElement and send the key sequence Shift-F10, which emulates the
right-mouse button click. We use this to testing GWT based web apps.
One place this did not work as well was in a tree control where the
context menu was set to appear at the mouse's coordinates. Often, the
mouse coordinates were negative, so right-clicking the menu item did
not cause the child menu options to get displayed. To handle this
case, we added a bit of code to the control so that if the mouse
coordinates were negative, the context menu appears at a 0,0.

selenium.click("//td[@role='menuitem' and contains(text(), 'Add')]");
selenium.click("//td[@role='menuitem' and contains(text(), 'Add')]");
new InternetExplorerDriver().findElement(By.xpath("//
td[@role='menuitem' and contains(text(),
'Add')]")).sendKeys(Keys.SHIFT, Keys.F10);



On Jun 10, 10:51 am, Rich <richflickst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am testing a web app usingWebDriver/Selenium-2.0a4 with IE8. My

> goal is to simulate aright-clickin JavaScript sinceWebDriver
> doesn't allow it yet. As a way to get there, I am trying to simulate a
> left-click. I am using Eclipse IDE. Posts recommend creating an event
> and firing it with element.fireEvent; however I could not get that to
> work. It does not throw an error, but nothing else happens. Does this

> call work inWebDriver/Selenium-2.0a4 with IE8?

>
> To give an example using JavaScript element.click() -- this DOES work
> to do a left-mouseclick:
>
> StringBuffer javaScript = new StringBuffer();
> javaScript.append("  var
> element=document.getElementsByTagName('a');");
> javaScript.append("  for (var i = 0; i < element.length; i++){ ");
> javaScript.append("    if
> (element[i].innerHTML.indexOf('approveRecordingDiv+')!=-1) {myElement=
> element[i]; } ");
> javaScript.append(" }");
> javaScript.append("  myElement.click();");
>
> ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(javaScript.toString());
> Thread.sleep(3000);
>
> But this does NOT work for me to left-click. Any suggestions?
>
> // Same code as above, but, this is instead of myElement.click();
> javaScript.append("  var fired = myElement.fireEvent('onclick');");
>
> ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(javaScript.toString());
> Thread.sleep(3000);
>

> Forright-click, I have tried several approaches which involve

> creating an event and using init to populate the values. The init
> statement causes an error.
>

> I also read that forrightclick, you have to call use the parent