Touch(dx, dy)

Clicks the specified point, relative to a corner of the current window.

Syntax

Touch(dx, dy)

Parameters

dx: Horizontal offset in pixels from edge of current window. A positive number means the offset is relative to the left edge, while a negative number means the offset is relative to the right edge.

dy: Vertical offset in pixels from edge of current window. A positive number means the offset is relative to the top edge, while a negative number means the offset is relative to the bottom edge.

Remarks

This concise and useful function is equivalent to MoveTo followed by Click.

Using pixel coordinates to position the pointer is not the best way to control an application, but sometimes it's the only way.

Examples

CopySwitch to a Firefox tab by number

Tab 1..9 = Touch(-20, 145) Wait(100) {Down_$1}{Enter};

Firefox has no menu item or keyboard shortcut for switching to a particular tab. It does however have a drop down menu of available tabs at the right edge of the tab bar. Touch(-20, 145) clicks that menu (you may need to adjust the coordinates). Note that -20 specifies a horizontal offset in pixels from the right edge of the window. {Down_$1} moves to the desired tab in the menu, and {Enter} selects it.