Send Mouse Clicks to IE (... Like oWSH.SendKeys() sends keys)? 2

[mydocpro]

... I would like to open a drop down list which seems to require a mouse click ...

oWSH = CREATEOBJECT("wscript.shell")
oWSH.AppActivate("Google Chrome")   && assumes Google Chrome is running
oWSH.SendKeys('{TAB}')	&& tab to a dropdown list ... but to drop it down seems to require a mouse click

Do any of you know how to make a list open in IE (Google) ... that seems to require a click?
Or do you know a work-around to get a list to open (drop down) in IE (Google)?

Utmost thanks in advance,
Philip

 

[Mike Gagnon]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions...omation-clicks-not-working-in-ie-10-and-later

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[mydocpro]

Thanks Mike,

I may be able use an IE dom workaround with this.

So I gather sendkeys() cannot send a mouse click, especially in Chrome.

Utmost thanks/blessings,
Philip

 

[Mike Lewis]

You cannot use SendKeys() to send a mouse click, but there is nearly always a keyboard alternative. In most cases, sending Enter when a dropdown has focus is the same as clicking with the mouse. (At least, that's true with FireFox, so probably with Chrome as well.)

Mike

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[mydocpro]

Thanks Mike, I will keep trying (most IE dropdown lists respond to <enter>, this is more of a dropdown browser ('guised as a dropdown list)

Utmost thanks/blessings!
Philip

 

[Mike Lewis]

Philip,

For what it's worth, I just tried your code with Chrome. Sending ENTER works fine.

This is what I did:

oWSH = CREATEOBJECT("wscript.shell")
oWSH.AppActivate("Google Chrome")   && assumes Google Chrome is running
oWSH.SendKeys('{TAB}')	            && assumes focus is on control before the drop-down
oWSH.SendKeys('{ENTER}')

Mike


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