hubcap mouse

Move the mouse to specific viewport coordinates without clicking.

When to use

Move the mouse pointer to exact coordinates without triggering a click. Use hover to move to an element by CSS selector. Use clickat to move and click in one step.

Usage

hubcap mouse <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
`x`	number	The X coordinate the mouse moved to
`y`	number	The Y coordinate the mouse moved to

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

Errors

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

Examples

Move the mouse to the center of the viewport:

hubcap mouse 640 360

Move the mouse to trigger a hover effect at a specific point:

hubcap mouse 250 75

Move to an element’s position using bounds, then take a screenshot of the hover state:

pos=$(hubcap bounds '.tooltip-trigger' | jq -r '"\(.x) \(.y)"') && hubcap mouse $pos && hubcap screenshot hover.png