python selenium mouse scroll wheel click

Question

I have a question about is it possible to simulate a mouse scroll wheel click in python selenium ( when you click on a link a new tab opens in the browser ) or something sim

Answer 1

You need to execute javascript code. Mouse scroll wheel click has 1 as number representation according to MouseEvent.button documentation:

0: Main button pressed, usually the left button or the un-initialized state

1: Auxiliary button pressed, usually the wheel button or the middle button (if present)

2: Secondary button pressed, usually the right button

3: Fourth button, typically the Browser Back button

4: Fifth button, typically the Browser Forward button

Your javascript code will be

var mouseWheelClick = new MouseEvent( "click", { "button": 1, "which": 1 });
document.getElementById('#elementToClick').dispatchEvent(mouseWheelClick)

Then just simply

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.execute_script(javascript_code)