Clicker (Labs)

Performs a click on the first found element, such as a button or a link, represented through an accessor e.g. ID, CSS Selector, XPath, .. and matching location query string e.g. #myButton.

Learn more about the Document-Object-Model.

Example: Open https://www.knime.com and click on the 'Download' button with 'Link Text' as accessor and 'Download' as location.

Options

Element Identification

Accessor method

Specifies which attribute or value e.g. ID, Link Text, CSS Selector,.. of the element to find.

Available options:

  • Link text: Use this when you know the link text used within an anchor tag.
  • Partial link text: Use this when you know the partial link text used within an anchor tag.
  • CSS Selector: Use this when you want to locate an element using CSS selector syntax.
  • XPath: You can use XPath to either locate the element in absolute terms (not advised), or relative to an element that does have an id or name attribute.
  • Id: Use this when you know the id attribute of an element and you are sure that it will not change.
  • Name: Use this when you know the name attribute of an element.
  • Class name: Use this when you want to locate an element by class name.
  • Tag name: Use this when you want to locate an element by tag name.
Accessor query

Query according to the chosen accessor specifying the element to click.

Timing

Search time (seconds)

Time, in seconds, for an element to be located until finally failing. If the element has been located earlier, this will not prolong the execution time.

Polling intervall (seconds)

Intervals in which an element is searched for within the given timeout.

Repetition

Repeat

Available options:

  • n times : Search and click n times on an element.
  • until element not found: Search and click for an element until it can not be located anymore.
Number of repetitions

Number of repetitions an element will be searched for and clicked.

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