hubcap clickat

Click at specific page coordinates.

When to use

Click at exact viewport coordinates when you know the pixel position. Use click when you have a CSS selector instead. Use bounds to get an element’s coordinates first.

Usage

hubcap clickat <x> <y>

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description
`x`	float	Yes	X coordinate in pixels from the left edge of the viewport
`y`	float	Yes	Y coordinate in pixels from the top edge of the viewport

Flags

None.

Output

Field	Type	Description
`clicked`	boolean	Whether the click succeeded
`x`	number	The X coordinate that was clicked
`y`	number	The Y coordinate that was clicked

{"clicked":true,"x":100,"y":200}

Errors

Condition	Exit code	Stderr
Invalid x coordinate	1	`error: invalid x coordinate: ...`
Invalid y coordinate	1	`error: invalid y coordinate: ...`
Chrome not connected	2	`error: connecting to Chrome: ...`
Timeout	3	`error: timeout`

Examples

Click at the center of a 1280x720 viewport:

hubcap clickat 640 360

Click near the top-left corner:

hubcap clickat 10 10

Get an element’s position with bounds, then click it:

hubcap bounds '#submit' | jq '{x: .x, y: .y}' | xargs -I {} sh -c 'hubcap clickat $(echo {} | jq -r ".x") $(echo {} | jq -r ".y")'