Simulate the full sequence of mouse click events.

Some sites expect it, e.g. GMail.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lib/domUtils.js b/lib/domUtils.js
index 700e1920..fd182c59 100644
--- a/lib/domUtils.js
+++ b/lib/domUtils.js
@@ -80,13 +80,15 @@ var domUtils = {
   simulateClick: function(element, modifiers) {
     modifiers = modifiers || {};
 
-    var event = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
-    event.initMouseEvent("click", true, true, window, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, modifiers.ctrlKey, false, false,
-                         modifiers.metaKey, 0, null);
-
-    // Debugging note: Firefox will not execute the element's default action if we dispatch this click event,
-    // but Webkit will. Dispatching a click on an input box does not seem to focus it; we do that separately
-    element.dispatchEvent(event);
+    var eventSequence = [ "mouseover", "mousedown", "mouseup", "click" ];
+    for (var i = 0; i < eventSequence.length; i++) {
+      var event = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
+      event.initMouseEvent(eventSequence[i], true, true, window, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, modifiers.ctrlKey, false, false,
+                           modifiers.metaKey, 0, null);
+      // Debugging note: Firefox will not execute the element's default action if we dispatch this click event,
+      // but Webkit will. Dispatching a click on an input box does not seem to focus it; we do that separately
+      element.dispatchEvent(event);
+    }
   },
 
 };