Article Overview:
This article will cover how you can achieve the following:
How to automate drag and drop action in Virtuoso.
Problem Statement:
Automating drag-and-drop actions in web applications can be challenging, as implementations of this functionality often vary across different websites. Traditional drag-and-drop actions may not always work as expected due to differing HTML5 event handling. Users require a flexible and reliable approach to automate drag-and-drop functionality within Virtuoso, ensuring consistency across different platforms and scenarios.
This article addresses these challenges by providing three common methods for automating drag-and-drop actions in Virtuoso, along with a solution for overcoming limitations with HTML5 events through the use of library extensions.
Solution:
Drag and drop implementation can differ from website to website.
There are 3 common methods of using the drag-and-drop functionality.
- Mouse over & (Mouse drag to or Mouse drag by) combination - see Virtuoso Guide - Mouse actions for more information)
- Mouse down & (Mouse drag to or Mouse by) & Mouse up - see Virtuoso Guide - Mouse actions for more information
- drag and drop library extension:
Explanation:
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Mouse over & (Mouse drag to or Mouse drag by) combination:
- Mouse over: Hovering over an element that has a title attribute.
- Mouse drag to: Dragging the mouse from its current position to a target element or specific coordinates.
- Mouse drag by: Dragging the element by relative coordinate values.
Example NLP scripts:
Mouse over "Draggable Element"
Mouse drag to "Target Element"
Mouse drag by 100,50
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Mouse down & (Mouse drag to or Mouse drag by) & Mouse up:
- Mouse down: Initiating the drag action by pressing the mouse button on the source element.
- Mouse drag to: Moving the mouse to a target element or coordinates while holding the button down.
- Mouse up: Releasing the mouse button to drop the element.
Example NLP scripts:
Mouse down "Element to drag"
Mouse drag to "Drop Target"
Mouse up
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Drag and drop library extension:
- This method uses predefined library extensions to handle drag-and-drop operations.
- Storing element details of the "Element to drag from" and "Element to drop to" in variables like $from and $to.
- Performing the drag-and-drop operation using the simulateDragAndDropVirtuosoStoredElement($from, $to) command
Example using selectors:
dragAndDrop(".from.selector", "#to.selector")
Example using stored elements:
store element details of "Element to drag from" in $from
store element details of "Element to drop to" in $to
dragAndDrop($from, $to)
Known limitations
The NLP-based solution may encounter limitations with HTML5 events, particularly in the first two methods. For robust automation, consider using extensions from the Virtuoso library.
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