Act on controls – mouse and keyboard activities

While working in UiPath Studio, we have to work with various types of controls, such as Find control, mouse control, keyboard control, and so on, to automate tasks. In this section, we are going to implement the mouse and keyboard activities.

Mouse activities

Those activities that involve interaction with the mouse fall under the category of mouse activities.

There are three mouse activities in UiPath Studio:

• Click activity
• Double-click activity
• Hover activity

The Click activity

When we have to click on a UI element on the screen, we generally use the Click activity. It is very easy to use the Click activity, as illustrated by the following example:

1. Drag and drop a Flowchart on the Designer panel. Search for mouse in the search bar of the Activities panel. Drag and drop the Click activity. Right-click on the Click activity and select Set as Start Node.
2. Double-click on the Click activity. Click on Indicate on screen and indicate the UI element you want...