How to set ClientX and ClientY for a recorded button action to -1

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Hello,On a recorded test I wish to be able to set the clientx and clienty for the buttons to -1. This is so where ever the button is on screen it will click the middle of the button. I have created a template that gets the text off the button so it will find that button where ever it is on the screen but because the clientX and clientY are not -1 it will not always click the button.What I want to do is if someone records a test and it is a button click it will set the clientX and clientY to -1 automatically. Is this something I am able to do without manually changing the properties one by one in the keyword test.ThanksCraig

tristaanogre · Answer

There's no way to do this automatically.

However, it sounds to me like you're doing a "record and playback" method of developing tests. My suggestion would be a two step process.

1) Manually mapping your components in NameMapping/Aliases

2) Manually adding "On Screen Actions" to your keyword tests where you can designate the co-ordinates as you go.

The only other option, as far as I know, is to do what you suggested, that being going back and re-editing your scripts by hand.

craig_horne · Answer

Ok thanks for that its a shame there is no way to do this as we have people who just want to record their test and don't want to get down to the nitty gritty of things. But the recording of tests are not that good unless the screen is in the exact same place which is why I went down the root of mapping the buttons and creating templates. The setting of the X & Y would have been icing on the cake.

Thanks for the kind reply.

Craig

tristaanogre · Answer

Well, location of the component on the screen doesn't really have anything to do with the X Y in the click. &nbsp;That's a relative X Y to the size of the component. &nbsp;so, if you have a Button.Click(5,10), that's 5 pixels down and 10 pixels right from the top left corner of the button. &nbsp;Now, if you have screen resolution differences so that the pixels of the button itself are different, that's a different story. &nbsp;

craig_horne · Answer

My problem is that the button could either be a large button with text and picture or depending on what other buttons there are it could be just an icon sized button. This is why I wanted it to default to -1 as then it just clicks the centre regardless of the button size.

craig_horne · Answer

And the recorded action could be recorded with a large button but when the playback happens the button could be small so the default setting of -1 would solve this major pain.

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