IE action click does not work on input ?

[tonycst]

I am trying to click inputbox.

$IE = _IEAttach($WinTitle)
_IELoadWait($IE) ;make sure loaded
$IEObject = _IEGetObjByname($IE, "txtSearch")
_IEAction($IEObject, "click")

Nothing happens unless i click it with mouse.

It ONLY works for buttons but not for an inputs and combo boxes.
Maybe inputs and combos i try to click are none standard ?

Here is a code from the page for the input.

<INPUT onkeypress=ValidationForCatalogandInventoryText();CheckScan(); onkeyup=EnableSearchButton(); onfocus=RemoveScanText(this.id); onblur=SystemSettingsTrim();SetScanText(false); id=txtSearch class=textbox onpaste=EnableSearchButton();OnPasteDisallowSpecialChars(); style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white" ondrop="OnDragDropDisallowSpecialChars('btnSearch');" maxLength=15 value="Scan an item ..." name=txtSearch>

Thats where i want to click.

thanks !

[jdelaney]

Not enough info, so I'll take a stab in the dark...throw in this additional line:

$IE = _IEAttach($WinTitle)
_IELoadWait($IE) ;make sure loaded
$IEObject = _IEGetObjByname($IE, "txtSearch")
; _IEAction($IEObject, "click") 
_IEAction($IEObject, "focus") 

; now set the text, and then do a blur: _IEAction($IEObject, "blur")

As for combo boxes, use this to set the value:

_IEFormElementOptionSelect

 

Edited January 19, 2018 by jdelaney

[tonycst]

I dont need to set any values, i just need the input box to be clicked.

Focus worked, thank you. What i dont understand is why CLICK does not work but FOCUS does.
No way i'd assume i need to focus on an element when i am trying to click it lol

[jdelaney]

You are assuming that the _IEaction "click" will do the same as a 'mouseclick' on a gui application...that is not a correct assumption.

[tonycst]

I dont know man. To me, click=click.
Pretty sure in Africa click also means click with a mouse.

[Danp2]

You need to ask yourself which event you are trying to trigger. If the goal is to trigger the onClick event, then use _IEAction with click. In this case, the code is in the onFocus event, so you need to give the element focus for that event to be triggered.

[tonycst]

I began to see what you mean, but that i need not only understand autoit but also how IE elements work.
Why not say in the help file that "Focus" is more like a mouse click and "click" is more like (to be honest, i dont know what "click" would stand for other then a mouse click.) something else but clearly not the mouse click. ?

That would clear the confusion for generations to come

[spudw2k]

15 minutes ago, tonycst said:

Why not say in the help file that "Focus" is more like a mouse click and "click" is more like...something else but clearly not the mouse click. ?

Because that is not accurate.  Focus is like setting focus, while Click "simulates" a mouse click by firing the objects OnClick event.  

It would be more accurate for the help file to state this message which is on the MSDN page for the IHTMLElement Click method page

 

Quote

Remarks

Note  Simulating a click using the IHTMLElement::click does not bring the element being clicked into focus.