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[Guest]

Is there a way to click something from a web browser without specifying the x, y, coordinates. may be, by specifying a word or icon in that window?
Basically, I want to use something in my script that will click on a specific icon in the active window.

[Gre]

You can try "PixelSearch".If there are other web page element with same colors you can try PixelSearch
combined with "StatusBarGetText"

[BoBo]

I've followed Gre's nice advise - but tweaked it to check for a known link/URL and where its positioned on the screen/webpage.

To run that script (AHK 1.0.22) you should add a hotkey to break the loop if necessary, as you won't be able to stop it using the mouse

[ILL.1]

Run window spy and see if the button you're looking for is shown. Then add that as ahk_CLASS#. Where CLASS is the type of button object and # is the number of that object. Also, you could try PostMessage or SendMessage. Look through the documentation for Winamp. There is a very nice example in there.
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[dijiyd]

This icon, does it submit a form? (Though this method need that you know some html and a little javascript)

[Guest]

Here is the link to the website: http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=absolute

and my icon of interest is the red speaker box for the audio file next to the word absolute ..

[Chris]

Another thing I've had success with, at least in MSIE, is to press Ctrl-F to bring up the find window, type the text of a word close to the desired button (the one you want to click). After the find is complete, do "Send {tab}{Enter}" to set focus to the button and press it.

In your example, search for "Main Entry" then do "Send {tab}{Enter}".

[Guest]

thats what i first try to do but i couldn't figure out how to search (or atleast the command for the search)...

[Chris]

In MSIE, it would be something like this:

Send, ^f
WinWaitActive, Find
Send, Main Entry{enter}
Sleep, 200
Send {tab}{Enter}

[BoBo]

[Chris]

I think they're different: the other one wanted to move the mouse onto something, this topic is about pressing the button.

[tpatel5]

NO Bobo is right it was me (tpatel5)!!!! but forgot to login

[Chris]

Thanks for admitting your guilt

[cstone]

If you make a hot key with this code and run it, it will desplay the form number and element number of all items on the page. look for the button you want and write the first two number down. the first being the from the second the element.

javascript:function ROIoiW(){var i=0,j,A='anonymous',D,E,F=document.forms;while(i<F.length){E=F[i].elements;for(j=0;j<E.length;j++){D=E[j];alert(i+'/'+j+'/'+D.type+'-'+E.name+'-'+D.name+'-'+D.value)}i++}}ROIoiW();void(null)

from there you can use this code to click the button

text = javascript:document.forms[the first number].element[second number].focus()
ControlSetText, Edit1, %test1%, A
ControlFocus, Edit1, A
Send {ENTER};this enter exacutes the javascript
Send {ENTER};this should click the button
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[Chris]

Thanks for sharing another cool javascript technique.