Instant drag mouse

[ricardopolo]

Any way to instant drag the mouse?
Like setPosition but whit button held?

In robotjs: http://robotjs.io/docs/syntax#dragmousex-y

[s1hofmann]

Hi @ricardopolo 👋

no, at the moment this is not possible with nut.js

[s1hofmann]

Hi @ricardopolo 👋

I just had a look at your mentioned example and tested it on macOS, where it actually does not work.
Could you please give an example of your usage + the OS you're on?

Otherwise I'll close this issue soonish.

[ricardopolo]

It works in my case in windows. Basically I created a Remote Desktop like solution and move the remote computer using RobotJs. Would love to do it with Nut.js.

The instant drag is useful, as example, when dragging a file in windows explorer

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[s1hofmann]

I’ll have a look on Windows specifically

[s1hofmann]

@ricardopolo I just did a double check on Windows, it works just fine.
The only difference is that mouse.drag in nut.js actually performs a smooth drag, so the right way to do it is:

• Press and hold the correct mouse button
• Set mouse position
• Release the mouse button

See the following snippet:

const {mouse, Button, sleep} = require("@nut-tree/nut-js");

(async () => {
        await sleep(3000);
        const current = await mouse.getPosition();
        await mouse.pressButton(Button.LEFT);
        await mouse.setPosition({x: current.x + 500, y: current.y});
        await mouse.releaseButton(Button.LEFT);
})();