Double click

[ricardopolo]

I'm trying to simulate a double click in mac. In RobotJs I use the double click option http://robotjs.io/docs/syntax#mouseclickbutton-double

what can I use for doing a double click in Nutjs?

I tested sending two click events on after each other and I does not work

Thanks

[ricardopolo]

@s1hofmann any advice?

[s1hofmann]

Unfortunately nut.js does currently not expose a dedicated double-click method which would be required for macOS.
One way to work around this could be the Cmd+O shortcut, in case you’re trying to open an item

[ricardopolo]

Do you think It will be implement soon?

I was thinking of nut as a replacement for robot.is but the lack of double click or drag won’t allow us

thanks a lot

[s1hofmann]

Hi @ricardopolo 👋

To be honest, this has a rather low priority at the moment.
You're actually the first one to report this issue (same for #374) and I've yet to decide how this should be best reflected API wise.

[ricardopolo]

Thanks @s1hofmann.

I hope in the mid term this library could be a full replacement of RobotJs. You are doing a great library!!

[s1hofmann]

I'll give you a ping in here once it's available

[s1hofmann]

/cc @ricardopolo

You can give mouse.click(Button.LEFT/Button.MIDDLE/Button.RIGHT) and mouse.doubleClick(Button.LEFT/Button.MIDDLE/Button.RIGHT) a try with the latest snapshot release.

npm i @nut-tree/nut-js@next

[adamjerickson]

I'm trying to use this doubleClick feature and it seems to only perform a single click. I'm running inside electron, on MacOS, in the 'main' area. "@nut-tree/nut-js": "^3.1.1",

await mouse.doubleClick(Button.LEFT);

Any thoughts on what might be wrong?

[s1hofmann]

Hi @adamjerickson 👋

I just did a double check and confirmed that double clicking is working as expected on my macOS machine.
Tested on both node 18 and Electron 24.1.3

[adamjerickson]

The app I'm building this into is on node 16.14.2 with same version of electron. Do you have an easy way to test with that version of node? Otherwise I'll try to bootstrap something.

[s1hofmann]

I did another test with Electron 16.2.8 which worked flawlessly.

See https://share.cleanshot.com/YFZJLJpZ

[adamjerickson]

Okay, thanks. Must be something in my code. I'll dig deeper. Thanks.

[adamjerickson]

Is there a reason you have the doubleClick call inside the Click promise resolution? Does it need to be after a single click?

[s1hofmann]

The simple reason for this is to shift the focus away from the Electron window.

Without it the double click on the icon wouldn’t work, because one of the clicks would first shift the focus.
Maybe something to consider for you as well?

[parikshit-dp]

@s1hofmann maybe you can this in the documentation. I too had similar problem and first doing a click and then doubleClick worked. Thanks!