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mikef
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9 months ago

SE Tip : Drag-and-drop one object to another

Hi all, A common challenge in automation is achieving precise drag-and-drop actions, especially when dealing with dynamic or responsive user interfaces. This question comes up regularly in differen...
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radhikabhat
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9 months ago

Hi Mikef,

Thanks for posting this solution. I was looking for something similar in Python without using the built-in Drag function that depends heavily on the coordinates. This method worked like a charm. Thanks a ton for sharing it. 

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mikef
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9 months ago

Very welcome!

You could expand this in other ways, such as using a built-in object method like FindChildByXpath, which also returns an Object type from a given Xpath. Then you could use a similar script, passing in Xpath values instead of specific alias objects to do the same job.