Simulate Mouse Clicks on Python

Question

I\'m currently in the process of making my Nintendo Wiimote (Kinda sad actually) to work with my computer as a mouse. I\'ve managed to make the nunchuk\'s stick control actu

Answer 1

You can install the PyAutoGUI GUI automation module from PyPI (run pip install pyautogui) and then call the pyautogui.click() to click on a certain X and Y coordinates of the screen:

>>> import pyautogui
>>> pyautogui.click(50, 100)
>>> pyautogui.moveTo(200, 200)

PyAutoGUI works on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and on Python 2 and 3. It also can emulate the keyboard, do mouse drags, take screenshots, and do simple image recognition of the screenshots.

Full docs are at https://pyautogui.readthedocs.org/

Answer 2

I didn't see this mentioned, so here it goes - there is also python-dogtail; see:

• Automated GUI testing with Dogtail | Red Hat
• Testing/Automation/DogtailTutorial - Ubuntu Wiki

It requires "Enable assistive technologies" in the Gnome Desktop - but can in principle obtain e.g. names of GUI buttons of an application, and allow virtual clicks on them (rather than via x/y coordinates).

Answer 3

You can use PyMouse which has now merged with PyUserInput. I installed it via pip:

1. apt-get install python-pip

2. pip install pymouse

In some cases it used the cursor and in others it simulated mouse events without the cursor.

from pymouse import PyMouse

m = PyMouse()
m.position() #gets mouse current position coordinates
m.move(x,y)
m.click(x,y) #the third argument "1" represents the mouse button
m.press(x,y) #mouse button press
m.release(x,y) #mouse button release

You can also specify which mouse button you want used. Ex left button:

m.click(x,y,1)

Keep in mind, on Linux it requires Xlib.