The mouse module

The Mouse class

The Mouse class is an abstraction on top of various mouse operations like moving, clicking, double-clicking, rollovers, etc. It requires a Casper instance as a dependency for accessing the DOM. A mouse object can be created that way:

var casper = require("casper").create();
var mouse = require("mouse").create(casper);

casper.then(function() {
    this.mouse.click(400, 300); // clicks at coordinates x=400; y=300
});

click()

Signature:

• click(Number x, Number y)
• click(String selector)

Performs a click on the first element found matching the provided :doc:`selector expression <../selectors>` or at given coordinates if two numbers are passed:

casper.then(function() {
    this.mouse.click("#my-link"); // clicks <a id="my-link">hey</a>
    this.mouse.click(400, 300);   // clicks at coordinates x=400; y=300
});

doubleclick()

Signature:

• doubleclick(Number x, Number y)
• doubleclick(String selector)

Sends a doubleclick mouse event onto the element matching the provided arguments:

casper.then(function() {
    this.mouse.doubleclick("#my-link"); // doubleclicks <a id="my-link">hey</a>
    this.mouse.doubleclick(400, 300);   // doubleclicks at coordinates x=400; y=300
});

down()

Signature:

• down(Number x, Number y)
• down(String selector)

Sends a mousedown mouse event onto the element matching the provided arguments:

casper.then(function() {
    this.mouse.down("#my-link"); // press left button down <a id="my-link">hey</a>
    this.mouse.down(400, 300);   // press left button down at coordinates x=400; y=300
});

move()

Signature:

• move(Number x, Number y)
• move(String selector)

Moves the mouse cursor onto the element matching the provided arguments:

casper.then(function() {
    this.mouse.move("#my-link"); // moves cursor over <a id="my-link">hey</a>
    this.mouse.move(400, 300);   // moves cursor over coordinates x=400; y=300
});

up()

Signature:

• up(Number x, Number y)
• up(String selector)

Sends a mouseup mouse event onto the element matching the provided arguments:

casper.then(function() {
    this.mouse.up("#my-link"); // release left button over <a id="my-link">hey</a>
    this.mouse.up(400, 300);   // release left button over coordinates x=400; y=300
});